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Title 2, The CongressRelease 119-110

§6319 Transportation of Official Records and Papers to a Senator’s State

Title 2 › CHAPTER 63 — SENATE MEMBERS › SUBCHAPTER II — EMPLOYEES, EXPENSES, AND ALLOWANCES › § 6319

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

When a Senator asks, the Senate will pay reasonable costs to send that Senator’s official records and papers from Washington, D.C. to any place the Senator picks in their State. The money comes from the “Miscellaneous Items” account in the Senate’s contingent fund. The Sergeant at Arms must use the most economical method that still delivers the items in an orderly and timely way. The Committee on Rules and Administration can make rules to run this. “Official records and papers” means books, records, papers, and official files that could be sent as franked mail. This applies to fiscal year 2005 and each succeeding fiscal year.

Full Legal Text

Title 2, §6319

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(a)Payment of reasonable transportation expenses
Upon request of a Senator, amounts in the appropriation account “Miscellaneous Items” within the contingent fund of the Senate shall be available to pay the reasonable expenses of sending or transporting the official records and papers of the Senator from the District of Columbia to any location designated by such Senator in the State represented by the Senator.
(b)Sending and transportation
The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate shall provide for the most economical means of sending or transporting the official records and papers under this section while ensuring the orderly and timely delivery of the records and papers to the location specified by the Senator.
(c)Oversight
The Committee on Rules and Administration shall have the authority to issue rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.
(d)Official records defined
In this section, the term “official records and papers” means books, records, papers, and official files which could be sent as franked mail.
(e)Effective date
This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2005 and each succeeding fiscal year.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 59d–1 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is from the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005, which is div. G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005.

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Citation

2 U.S.C. § 6319

Title 2, The Congress

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110