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§6577 Senate Legislative Information System

Title 2 › CHAPTER 65 — SENATE OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION › SUBCHAPTER II — SECRETARY OF THE SENATE › Part B — General Powers and Duties › § 6577

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Senate must create and run a full Senate legislative information system, with oversight and approval from the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. The Secretary must work with House officers and may ask legislative branch and executive agencies for help and advice. Money already appropriated under the heading “Secretary of the Senate” by the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1995, that stays available until September 30, 1998, and that the Secretary finds is not needed for a Senate financial management system, may be used for this project if the Senate Committee on Appropriations agrees; those funds will be available through September 30, 2000. The Committee on Rules and Administration may make rules needed to carry this out. The rule is effective for fiscal years starting on or after October 1, 1996.

Full Legal Text

Title 2, §6577

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(a)Development and implementation by Secretary of Senate
The Secretary of the Senate, with the oversight and approval of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, shall oversee the development and implementation of a comprehensive Senate legislative information system.
(b)Cooperative effort
In carrying out this section, the Secretary of the Senate shall consult and work with officers and employees of the House of Representatives. Legislative branch agencies and departments and agencies of the executive branch shall provide cooperation, consultation, and assistance as requested by the Secretary of the Senate to carry out this section.
(c)Funding
Any funds that were appropriated under the heading “Secretary of the Senate” for expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate by the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1995, to remain available until September 30, 1998, and that the Secretary determines are not needed for development of a financial management system for the Senate may, with the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, be used to carry out the provisions of this section, and such funds shall be available through September 30, 2000.
(d)Regulations
The Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate may prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
(e)Effective date
This section shall be effective for fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 1996.

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The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1995, referred to in subsec. (c), is Pub. L. 103–283, July 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 1423. Provisions under the heading “Secretary of the Senate” in Pub. L. 103–283 appear at 108 Stat. 1425, and are not classified to the Code. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 123e of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1997, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997.

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2 U.S.C. § 6577

Title 2, The Congress

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110