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Title 2, The CongressRelease 119-110

§6509 Vouchering Senate Office Charges

Title 2 › CHAPTER 65 — SENATE OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL › § 6509

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

A Senate support office can submit a voucher to be paid for charges tied to any office whose money is paid out by the Secretary of the Senate. That can happen if the support office paid the expense for that office or if the support office is owed money for goods or services it provided to that office. Payments will be taken from the official funds of the office that benefited or received the goods or services. Each voucher must include a signed statement from the support office saying the amount and that the purchases could properly be charged to that office’s official funds. Vouchers must follow rules set by the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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Title 2, §6509

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(a)Senate support office charges
Charges for expenses of any office, the funds of which are disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, may be vouchered by a Senate support office paying such expenses or to which such charges are owed for goods or services provided, if—
(1)such charges are paid on behalf of the office incurring such expenses by such Senate support office; or
(2)such charges are payable to such Senate support office for goods or services provided by such office to the office incurring such expenses.
(b)Payment charged to official funds
Payments under this section shall be charged to the official funds of the office on whose behalf the expenses were paid, or which received the goods or services for which payment is required.
(c)Certification
Any voucher submitted by a Senate support office pursuant to this section shall be accompanied by a certification from such office of the amount and that such purchases were of the nature that they could be charged to the official funds of the office on whose behalf charges were paid, or to which goods or services were provided.
(d)Regulations
Vouchers under this section shall be submitted and paid subject to such regulations as may be promulgated by the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 68–8 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1994, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1994.

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2 U.S.C. § 6509

Title 2, The Congress

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110