2 U.S.C. § 1385 — Expenses
submitted 31 years ago by Pub. L. 104-1 to r/title-2-THE-CONGRESS · 341 words · no verdicts yet
This section authorizes funding for the Office and provides temporary House and Senate funding until appropriations begin. It also lets the Executive Director obtain goods and services through interagency arrangements and sets witness travel and fee rules.
(a) Authorization of appropriations. Starting in fiscal year 1995 and each year afterward, Congress may appropriate whatever amounts are needed for the Office’s functions. Until the first such appropriation, but for no more than 12 months after January 23, 1995, one-half of the Office’s expenses must be paid from House allowances and expenses funds and one-half from Senate allowances and expenses funds. The payments require vouchers approved by the Executive Director*, except annual-rate employee* salaries do not require vouchers. The House Clerk and Senate Secretary may arrange how expenses are divided, including reimbursement by one chamber to the other.
(b) Financial and administrative services. The Executive Director may order goods and enter agreements for services with the head of a Federal agency or major agency unit in the legislative or executive branch, in the same way and to the same extent that agencies may do so under sections 1535 and 1536 of title 31.
(c) Witness fees and allowances. Except for covered employees, witnesses before a hearing officer or the Board* in a proceeding under this chapter other than rulemaking must receive the same fees and mileage allowances as subpoenaed witnesses in United States courts. A covered employee* summoned, or assigned by the employer, to testify officially or produce official records in such a proceeding is entitled to travel expenses under subchapter I and section 5751 of chapter 57 of title 5.
Beginning in fiscal year 1995, and for each fiscal year thereafter, there are authorized to be appropriated for the expenses of the Office* such sums as may be necessary to carry out the functions of the Office. Until sums are first appropriated pursuant to the preceding sentence, but for a period not exceeding 12 months following January 23, 1995—
one-half of the expenses of the Office shall be paid from funds appropriated for allowances and expenses of the House of Representatives, and
one-half of the expenses of the Office shall be paid from funds appropriated for allowances and expenses of the Senate,
upon vouchers approved by the Executive Director*, except that a voucher shall not be required for the disbursement of salaries of employees who are paid at an annual rate. The Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate are authorized to make arrangements for the division of expenses under this subsection, including arrangements for one House of Congress to reimburse the other House of Congress.
The Executive Director may place orders and enter into agreements for goods and services with the head of any agency, or major organizational unit within an agency, in the legislative or executive branch of the United States in the same manner and to the same extent as agencies are authorized under sections 1535 and 1536 of title 31 to place orders and enter into agreements.
Except for covered employees, witnesses before a hearing officer or the Board* in any proceeding under this chapter other than rulemaking shall be paid the same fee and mileage allowances as are paid subpoenaed witnesses in the courts of the United States. Covered employees who are summoned, or are assigned by their employer, to testify in their official capacity or to produce official records in any proceeding under this chapter shall be entitled to travel expenses under subchapter I and section 5751 of chapter 57 of title 5.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 104–1, title III, § 305, Jan. 23, 1995, 109 Stat. 31.)
- 1995Enacted · Pub. L. 104-1 · 109 Stat. 31
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