Title 2, The CongressRelease 119-110

§6316 United States Code Annotated or United States Code Service; Procurement for Senators

Title 2 › CHAPTER 63 — SENATE MEMBERS › SUBCHAPTER II — EMPLOYEES, EXPENSES, AND ALLOWANCES › § 6316

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Senate must give a Senator, if the Senator asks in writing and says which set they want, one complete set either of the United States Code Annotated or of the United States Code Service instead of the regular Code volumes. The Senator gets the volumes that exist when they take office and, while they stay in office, any replacement volumes and pocket parts or pocket supplements and pamphlet updates. The Senator must certify the set is for their own personal use. A Senator may request this the first time they take office and again if they return after a break. A Senator in office on July 9, 1971 could file a request within 60 days after that date. Costs come from the contingent fund of the Senate.

Full Legal Text

Title 2, §6316

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In lieu of the volumes of the Code of Laws of the United States, and the supplements thereto, supplied a Senator under section 212 of title 1, the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed to supply to a Senator upon written request of, and as specified by, that Senator— (1)
(2)one copy of each of the volumes of the United States Code Service being published at the time the Senator takes office, and, as long as that Senator holds office, one copy of each replacement volume and each pocket supplement to the United States Code Service.
A Senator is entitled to make a written request under this paragraph and be supplied such volumes, pocket parts, and supplements the first time he takes office as a Senator and each time thereafter he takes office as a Senator after a period of time during which he has not been a Senator. In submitting such written request, the Senator shall certify that the volumes, pocket parts, or supplements he is to be supplied are to be for his exclusive, personal use. A Senator holding office on July 9, 1971, shall be entitled to file a written request and receive the volumes, pocket parts, and supplements, as the case may be, referred to in this paragraph if such request is filed within 60 days after July 9, 1971. Expenses incurred under this authorization shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 55 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Amendments

1972—Pub. L. 92–607 substituted “United States Code Service” for “Federal Code Annotated” in two places.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

2 U.S.C. § 6316

Title 2, The Congress

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110