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§6624 Metered Charges on Copiers; “sergeant at Arms” and “user” Defined; Certification of Services and Equipment as Official; Deposit of Payments; Availability for Expenditure

Title 2 › CHAPTER 65 — SENATE OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION › SUBCHAPTER III — SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF SENATE › Part B — General Powers and Duties › § 6624

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Starting November 5, 1990, and under rules the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration may issue, the Sergeant at Arms may certify, bill, and collect metered charges for copiers it provides, taking payment by certification, voucher, or other means. Those payments must go into the same contingent fund account and line item and may be spent like other money there. 'Sergeant at Arms' — the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the U.S. Senate. 'User' — any Senator, officer, committee, office, or other entity given copiers.

Full Legal Text

Title 2, §6624

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(a)As used in this section, the term—
(1)“Sergeant at Arms” means the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the United States Senate; and
(2)“user” means any Senator, Officer of the Senate, Committee, office, or entity provided copiers by the Sergeant at Arms.
(b)(1)Subject to such regulations as may on and after November 5, 1990, be issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms shall have the authority, with respect to metered charges on copying equipment provided by the Sergeant at Arms, solely for the purposes of this section, to make such certification as may be necessary to establish such services and equipment as official, issue invoices in conjunction therewith, and receive payment for such services and equipment by certification, voucher, or otherwise.
(2)All moneys, derived from the payment of metered charges on copying equipment provided from funds from the Appropriation Account within the contingent fund of the Senate for “Contingent Expenses, Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate” under the line item for the Service Department, shall be deposited in and made a part of such Appropriation Account and under such line item, and shall be available for expenditure or obligation, or both, in like manner and subject to the same limitations as any other moneys in such account and under such line item.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This section, referred to in text, means section 4 of Pub. L. 101–520, which enacted this section, amended section 6314 of this title, and enacted provisions set out as a note under section 6314 of this title. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 58a–4 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1991, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991.

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Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1990, see section 4(d) of Pub. L. 101–520, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1990 Amendment note under section 6314 of this title.

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Citation

2 U.S.C. § 6624

Title 2, The Congress

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Aug 21, 2026

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