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Title 2, The CongressRelease 119-110

§6568 Banking and Financial Transactions of Secretary of Senate

Title 2 › CHAPTER 65 — SENATE OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION › SUBCHAPTER II — SECRETARY OF THE SENATE › Part B — General Powers and Duties › § 6568

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Senate can repay any bank that clears checks or payment items for the Senate for the costs it incurs. Those repayments must be paid from the Senate’s contingent fund. The Secretary can also make rules for the Disbursing Office about cashing personal checks. If an employee whose pay the Secretary handles owes money to the Senate and does not pay, the Secretary may take the owed amount from any payments due to or for that employee. The money taken must be credited to the proper Senate account.

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Title 2, §6568

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(a)Reimbursement of banks for costs of clearing items for Senate
The Secretary of the Senate is authorized to reimburse any bank which clears items for the United States Senate for the costs incurred therein. Such reimbursements shall be made from the contingent fund of the Senate.
(b)Check cashing regulations for Disbursing Office of Senate
The Secretary of the Senate is authorized to prescribe such regulations as he deems necessary to govern the cashing of personal checks by the Disbursing Office of the Senate.
(c)Amounts withheld from disbursements for employee indebtedness
Whenever an employee whose compensation is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate becomes indebted to the Senate and such employee fails to pay such indebtedness, the Secretary of the Senate is authorized to withhold the amount of the indebtedness from any amount which is disbursed by him and which is due to, or on behalf of, such employee. Whenever an amount is withheld under this section, the appropriate account shall be credited in an amount equal to the amount so withheld.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 60c–2a of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is from the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1977.

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Citation

2 U.S.C. § 6568

Title 2, The Congress

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110