§6599 — Title 2 The Congress | U.S. Code

Summary

Each fiscal year, starting with the year that ends on September 30, 1982, the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper may spend up to $300,000 from their Senate contingent fund account to hire outside help. With the Committee on Rules and Administration’s approval, they can hire temporary consultants or firms as independent contractors, or pay individuals a daily rate no higher than the per-day equivalent of the highest annual pay for a Senate standing committee employee. Those contracts are exempt from federal advertising rules (including 41 U.S.C. 6101). With both the agency’s and the Committee’s approval, they can also use staff from a federal department or agency and must repay that agency at the end of each calendar quarter for the work done that quarter.

Title 2, §6599

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For each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal year which ends September 30, 1982), the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is hereby authorized to expend from the account for the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, within the contingent fund of the Senate, an amount not to exceed $300,000:

(1)the procurement of the services, on a temporary basis, of individual consultants, or organizations thereof, with the prior consent of the Committee on Rules and Administration; such services may be procured by contract with the providers acting as independent contractors, or in the case of individuals, by employment at daily rates of compensation not in excess of the per diem equivalent of the highest gross rate of annual compensation which may be paid to employees of a standing committee of the Senate; and any such contract shall not be subject to the provisions of section 6101 of title 41 or any other provision of law requiring advertising; and

(2)with the prior consent of the Government department or agency concerned and the Committee on Rules and Administration, use on a reimbursable basis (with reimbursement payable at the end of each calendar quarter for services rendered during such quarter) of the services of personnel of any such department or agency.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 61f–8 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. In par. (1), “section 6101 of title 41” substituted for “section 5 of title 41, United States Code,” on authority of Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.

Amendments

1988—Pub. L. 100–458 substituted “from the account for the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, within the contingent fund of the Senate, an amount not to exceed $300,000:” for “from the contingent fund of the Senate an amount not to exceed $210,000 for:”. 1984—Pub. L. 98–367 substituted “$210,000” for “$60,000”. 1982—Par. (1). Pub. L. 97–257 substituted “the procurement of the services, on a temporary basis, of individual consultants, or organizations thereof, with the prior consent of the Committee on Rules and Administration; such services may be procured by contract with the providers acting as independent contractors, or in the case of individuals, by employment at daily rates of compensation not in excess of the per diem equivalent of the highest gross rate of annual compensation which may be paid to employees of a standing committee of the Senate; and any such contract shall not be subject to the provisions of section 5 of title 41 or any other provision of law requiring advertising; and” for “the procurement of individual consultants, on a temporary or intermittent basis, at a daily rate of compensation not in excess of the per diem equivalent of the highest gross rate of annual compensation which may be paid to employees of a standing committee of the Senate with the prior consent of the Committee on Rules and Administration; and”.

§6599 Use by Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of Senate of Individual Consultants or Organizations, and Department and Agency Personnel

Summary

Title 2, §6599

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