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§6136 Transfer of Funds From Representation Allowance of Majority and Minority Leaders of Senate to Expense Allowance; Availability; Definitions

Title 2 › Chapter 61— SENATE LEADERSHIP › Subchapter III— MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS AND WHIPS › § 6136

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Senate must move money from a Majority or Minority Leader’s Representation Allowance into that Leader’s Expense Allowance if the Leader sends a written request. The Leader picks the amount and the transfer can be for any fiscal year beginning with the year that ends on September 30, 1985. Money moved this way can be spent that year for the same purposes and under the same rules as the Leader’s other expense allowance funds. Leader’s Representation Allowance — the account that holds the Representation Allowance for the Majority and Minority Leaders. Leader’s Expense Allowance — the yearly expense money a Leader can use and the appropriation account that funds it.

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Title 2, §6136

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(a)The Secretary of the Senate shall, upon the written request of the Majority or Minority Leader of the Senate, transfer from any available funds in such Leader’s allotment in the Leader’s Representation Allowance (as defined in subsection (b)(1)) for any fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year ending September 30, 1985) to such Leader’s Expense Allowance (as defined in subsection (b)(2)) to such year such amount as is specified in the request. Any funds so transferred for any fiscal year at the request of either such Leader shall be available to such Leader for such year for the same purposes as, and in like manner and subject to the same conditions as, are other funds which are available to him for such year as his expense allowance as Majority or Minority Leader.
(b)(1)The term “Leader’s Representation Allowance” means the Representation Allowance Account for the Majority and Minority Leaders established by section 6135 of this title.
(2)The term “Leader’s Expense Allowance”, when used in reference to the Majority or Minority Leader of the Senate, refers to the moneys available, for any fiscal year, to such Leader as an expense allowance and the appropriation account from which such moneys are funded.

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Codification Section was formerly classified to section 31a–2a of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is from the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1987.

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2 U.S.C. § 6136

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Apr 3, 2026

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