§6161 Senate Democratic Leadership Offices Funding and Authorities

Summary

The Secretary of the Senate Democratic conference may, at the Chair’s direction, send a letter to the Senate Disbursing Office to give a member of the conference leadership the Secretary’s money control and duties for the rest of that Congress. Defined terms: applicable conference = the Senate Democratic majority or minority conference; covered Congress = the 118th and later Congresses; covered period = starts when the Secretary sends the letter; designated officer = the leader who gets the Secretary’s duties. The duties and authorities include control of funds for the Office of the Secretary and the Secretary’s roles under section 6154, section 6156, or other law. For staff who work for the designated officer during the covered period, certain legal references to the Office of the Secretary or to the Secretary (in the last sentence of section 6314(e); subsection (b) of the first section of S. Res. 458 (98th Congress); section 207(e)(9)(M) of title 18; and section 220(e)(2)(C) of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1351(e)(2)(C))) must be read as referring to the designated officer’s office. Nothing here stops any procedure or action already started under the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) or section 207 of title 18.