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§6566 Authority to Procure Technical Support and Other Services and Incur Travel Expenses; Payment of Such Expenses

Title 2 › CHAPTER 65 — SENATE OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION › SUBCHAPTER II — SECRETARY OF THE SENATE › Part B — General Powers and Duties › § 6566

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

From July 1, 1972, the Secretary of the Senate may hire technical support and may hire temporary or part‑time technicians, experts, consultants, or their organizations under the same rules a Senate standing committee uses (see section 4301(i)). With prior agreement from the federal department or agency and the Committee on Rules and Administration, the Secretary may also use that agency’s staff for pay and may pay official travel costs. Payments must come from the appropriation "Miscellaneous Items" under "Contingent Expenses of the Senate" and be supported by vouchers the Secretary approves. Any money the Secretary receives under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 must be turned into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

Full Legal Text

Title 2, §6566

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For the purpose of carrying out his duties under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 [52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.], the Secretary of the Senate is authorized, from and after July 1, 1972, (1) to procure technical support services, (2) to procure the temporary or intermittent services of individual technicians, experts, or consultants, or organizations thereof, in the same manner and under the same conditions, to the extent applicable, as a standing committee of the Senate may procure such services under section 4301(i) of this title, (3) with the prior consent of the Government department or agency concerned and the Committee on Rules and Administration, to use on a reimbursable basis the services of personnel of any such department or agency, and (4) to incur official travel expenses. Payments to carry out the provisions of this paragraph shall be made from funds included in the appropriation “Miscellaneous Items” under the heading “Contingent Expenses of the Senate” upon vouchers approved by the Secretary of the Senate. All sums received by the Secretary under authority of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

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The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 92–225, Feb. 7, 1972, 86 Stat. 3, which is classified principally to chapter 301 (§ 30101 et seq.) of Title 52, Voting and Elections. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 442 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section was enacted as part of Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1973.

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2 U.S.C. § 6566

Title 2, The Congress

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102