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§6320 Purchase of Office Equipment or Furnishings by Senators

Title 2 › Chapter 63— SENATE MEMBERS › Subchapter II— EMPLOYEES, EXPENSES, AND ALLOWANCES › § 6320

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

A U.S. Senator may buy office equipment or furniture that the General Services Administration provided and that is currently in the Senator’s state office when the Senator leaves office or otherwise stops being a Senator, except if the Senator is expelled. If the Senator asks, the Senate Sergeant at Arms will arrange the purchase. The sale must follow rules set by the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration after consulting the GSA. The price is the government’s purchase cost minus depreciation set by those rules, but never below the items’ fair market value. Money from the sales goes to the General Services Administration and is credited to the proper account.

Full Legal Text

Title 2, §6320

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(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a United States Senator may purchase, upon leaving office or otherwise ceasing to be a Senator (except by expulsion), any item or items of office equipment or office furnishings provided by the General Services Administration and then currently located and in use in an office of such Senator in the State then represented by such Senator.
(b)At the request of any United States Senator, the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate shall arrange for and make the purchase of equipment and furnishings under subsection (a) of this section on behalf of such Senator. Each such purchase shall be—
(1)in accordance with regulations which shall be prescribed by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, after consultation with the General Services Administration; and
(2)at a price equal to the acquisition cost to the Federal Government of the equipment or furnishings so purchased, less allowance for depreciation determined under such regulations, but in no instance less than the fair market value of such items.
(c)Amounts received by the Federal Government from the sale of items of office equipment or office furnishings under this section shall be remitted to the General Services Administration and credited to the appropriate account or accounts.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 59b of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

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Citation

2 U.S.C. § 6320

Title 2 — The Congress

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60