2 U.S.C. § 6506: Separate accounts for…

Summary

Starting October 1, 1983, the Senate’s contingent fund must have two separate accounts: one for the Secretary of the Senate and one for the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate. The old “Automobiles and Maintenance” account is ended, and all vehicle costs for the Senate go into the Sergeant at Arms account. The old “Postage Stamps” account is ended. Special delivery postage for the Secretary goes into the Secretary account, special delivery postage for the Sergeant at Arms goes into that account, and postage for the Secretaries for the Majority and Minority and other authorized offices goes into the “Miscellaneous Items” account. Any law or Senate resolution passed before October 1, 1983 that allowed spending from the contingent fund for the Secretary or for the Sergeant at Arms can now be read to allow spending from the new separate account for that officer.

Title 2, §6506

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(a)Effective October 1, 1983—

(1)there shall be, within the contingent fund of the Senate, a separate account for the “Secretary of the Senate”, and a separate account for the “Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate”;

(2)the account for “Automobiles and Maintenance”, within the contingent fund of the Senate, is abolished, and funds for the purchase, lease, exchange, maintenance, and operation of vehicles for the Senate shall be included in the separate account, established by paragraph (1), for the “Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate”; and

(3)the account for “Postage Stamps”, within the contingent fund of the Senate, is abolished; and funds for special delivery postage of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate shall be included in the separate account, established by paragraph (1), for the “Secretary of the Senate”; funds for special delivery postage of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate shall be included in the separate account, established by paragraph (1), for the “Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate”; and postage stamps for the Secretaries for the Majority and the Minority and other offices and officers of the Senate, as authorized by law, shall be included in the account for “Miscellaneous Items”, within the contingent fund of the Senate.

(b)Any provision of law which was enacted, or any Senate resolution which was agreed to, prior to October 1, 1983, and which authorizes moneys in the contingent fund of the Senate to be expended by or for the use of the Secretary of the Senate, or his office (whether generally or from a specified account within such fund) may on and after October 1, 1983, be construed to authorize such moneys to be expended from the separate account, within such fund, established by subsection (a)(1) for the “Secretary of the Senate”; and any provision of law which was enacted prior to October 1, 1983, and which authorizes moneys in the contingent fund of the Senate to be expended by or for the use of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, or his office (whether generally or from a specified account within such fund) may on and after October 1, 1983, be construed to authorize such moneys to be expended from the separate account, within such fund, established by subsection (a)(1) for the “Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate”.

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 68–3 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriation Act, 1984, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriation, 1984.

§6506 Separate Accounts for “secretary of the Senate” and for “sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate”; Establishment Within Senate Contingent Fund; Inclusion of Funds in Existing Accounts

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Title 2, §6506

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