§6636 Senate Computer Center

Summary

Creates a special revolving fund in the U.S. Treasury inside the Senate’s contingent fund called the Senate Computer Center Revolving Fund. The fund must only pay salaries and employer contributions for extra staff hired to meet outside contracts, and pay refunds required by those contracts. Within 90 days after each fiscal year ends, the Secretary of the Senate must remove any money in the fund over $100,000 (except amounts kept to pay required refunds) and return it to the Treasury. The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper may sell available Senate computer time to other legislative branch agencies under contracts that the Committee on Rules and Administration must approve and that end by the fiscal year’s close. Contracts must be paid in full up front and must allow proportional refunds for unused time. If current staff can’t meet contract work, the Sergeant at Arms may hire extra workers and pay them from the revolving fund; those hires can do regular center work when not needed for contracts. Payments from the fund require vouchers signed by the Sergeant at Arms, except for salaries paid on an annual basis.