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§6631 Transfer of Excess or Surplus Educationally Useful Equipment to Public Schools

Title 2 › CHAPTER 65 — SENATE OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION › SUBCHAPTER III — SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF SENATE › Part B — General Powers and Duties › § 6631

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate may give ownership of extra or surplus educational equipment to public schools, either directly or through the General Services Administration. Transfers must cost as little as possible for the school and for the Senate. The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration will make rules for this. Money paid to cover transfer costs must go to the U.S. Treasury and be credited to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper account in the Senate’s contingent fund. Public school = elementary or secondary school. Educationally useful equipment = computers and related peripherals (for example, printers, modems, routers, servers, keyboards, scanners, and similar telecom or research gear). This started in fiscal year 1997 and continues every year after.

Full Legal Text

Title 2, §6631

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(a)Authorization
The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate may directly, or through the General Services Administration, transfer title to excess or surplus educationally useful equipment to a public school. Any such transfer shall be completed at the lowest possible cost to the public school and the Senate.
(b)Regulations
The Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate shall prescribe regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.
(c)Deposit of receipts
Receipts from reimbursements for the costs of transfer of excess or surplus educationally useful equipment under this section, shall be deposited in the United States Treasury for credit to the account for the “Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate” within the contingent fund of the Senate.
(d)Definitions
For the purposes of this section: (1)
(2)The term “educationally useful equipment” means computers and related peripheral tools, including printers, modems, routers, servers, computer keyboards, scanners, and other telecommunications and research equipment, that are appropriate for use in public school education.
(e)Effective date
This section shall take effect beginning with fiscal year 1997 and shall be effective each fiscal year thereafter.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 117b–2 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.

Amendments

2015—Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 114–95 substituted “elementary school or secondary school, as such terms are defined in section 7801” for “public elementary or secondary school as such terms are defined in section 7801”. 2002—Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 107–110 substituted “7801” for “8801”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2015 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 114–95 effective Dec. 10, 2015, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 114–95, set out as a note under section 6301 of Title 20, Education.

Effective Date

of 2002 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 107–110 effective Jan. 8, 2002, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 107–110, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 6301 of Title 20, Education.

Reference

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Citation

2 U.S.C. § 6631

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Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

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