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§6544 Substitute Reporters of Debates and Expert Transcribers; Temporary Reporters of Debates and Expert Transcribers; Payments From Senate Contingent Fund

Title 2 › CHAPTER 65 — SENATE OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION › SUBCHAPTER II — SECRETARY OF THE SENATE › Part A — Organization and Personnel › § 6544

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows the Senate Secretary, since June 5, 1981, to hire substitute reporters and expert transcribers (daily) or temporary ones (annual, max 90 days/fiscal year); payments from the Senate contingent fund need Secretary‑approved vouchers.

Full Legal Text

Title 2, §6544

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The Secretary of the Senate is on and after June 5, 1981, authorized to employ, by contract or otherwise, substitute reporters of debates and expert transcribers at daily rates of compensation, or temporary reporters of debates and expert transcribers at annual rates of compensation; no temporary reporters of debates or expert transcribers may be employed under authority of this provision for more than ninety days in any fiscal year; and payments made under authority of this section shall be made from the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the Secretary of the Senate.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 126b of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. “On and after June 5, 1981” substituted in text for “hereafter”, which probably meant after the date of enactment of Pub. L. 97–12 rather than the date of enactment of Pub. L. 89–90.

Amendments

1981—Pub. L. 97–12 amended section generally, substituting “authorized to employ, by contract or otherwise, substitute reporters of debates and expert transcribers at daily rates of compensation, or temporary reporters of debates and expert transcribers at annual rates of compensation; no temporary reporters of debates or expert transcribers may be employed under authority of this provision for more than ninety days in any fiscal year; and payments made under authority of this section shall be made from the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the Secretary of the Senate” for “authorized to obtain by contract or otherwise, emergency reporters and transcribers as may be necessary, payments therefor to be made form the contingent fund of the Senate”.

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Citation

2 U.S.C. § 6544

Title 2, The Congress

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102