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§6627 Compensation for Lost or Damaged Property

Title 2 › CHAPTER 65 — SENATE OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION › SUBCHAPTER III — SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF SENATE › Part B — General Powers and Duties › § 6627

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Any money the Sergeant at Arms gets as payment for damage to, loss of, or loss of use of property that was bought with funds from the account named "Contingent Expenses, Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate" must be put back into that account or its subaccount. Money put back will be combined with the other funds in that account and can be used in the same way and under the same rules as the rest of the account. Applies to fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter.

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Title 2, §6627

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(a)In general
Any amounts received by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate (in this section referred to as the “Sergeant at Arms”) for compensation for damage to, loss of, or loss of use of property of the Sergeant at Arms that was procured using amounts available to the Sergeant at Arms in the account for Contingent Expenses, Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, shall be credited to that account or, if applicable, to any subaccount of that account.
(b)Availability
Amounts credited to any account or subaccount under subsection (a) shall be merged with amounts in that account or subaccount and shall be available to the same extent, and subject to the same terms and conditions, as amounts in that account or subaccount.
(c)Effective date
This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter.

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 117d–1 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is from the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005, which is div. G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005.

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Citation

2 U.S.C. § 6627

Title 2, The Congress

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110