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§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 Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Lets a Senator use money from the Senate contingent fund “Miscellaneous Items” to pay reasonable costs of sending the Senator’s official records and papers from the District of Columbia to any place in the Senator’s State. The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper must use the most economical method and ensure timely delivery. The Committee on Rules and Administration may make rules. "Official records and papers" means books, records, papers, and official files eligible for franked mail. Applies to fiscal year 2005 and each succeeding fiscal year.

Full Legal Text

Title 2, §6319

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(a)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)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)The Committee on Rules and Administration shall have the authority to issue rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.
(d)In this section, the term “official records and papers” means books, records, papers, and official files which could be sent as franked mail.
(e)This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2005 and each succeeding fiscal year.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

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

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60