§6611 Transfer Authority and Sergeant at Arms Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Fund

Summary

The Sergeant at Arms may, with approval from the Senate Appropriations Committee, move money during any fiscal year from the “Salaries, Officers and Employees” and “Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper” accounts into the Senate’s contingent fund to pay for Office expenses. Money moved this way can be used the same way as other money in that contingent account. The law creates the “Sergeant at Arms Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Fund” under Contingent Expenses. The Fund is for the Senate’s business continuity and disaster recovery needs. The Sergeant at Arms may transfer unused, expired discretionary balances from the contingent account into the Fund before those amounts are withdrawn under section 4107, but must notify the Committee on Appropriations at least 15 days before the withdrawal. Money transferred stays available until spent. The transfer authority and the ability to appropriate sums to the Fund apply for fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year after. The law uses “Fund” to mean that account and “Sergeant at Arms” to mean the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.