2 U.S.C. § 5506 — Appropriations for expenses of House; restrictions
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House expense appropriations may pay for personal services only with specific House authorization. They may cover only expenses closely and directly tied to routine legislative business.
House expense appropriations may not pay for personal services unless the House expressly and specifically authorizes the payment for the House on whose behalf the services are provided. The appropriations also may not pay expenses not closely and directly connected with the House’s routine legislative business. The Government Accountability Office must apply this section when settling accounts for goods or services paid from those appropriations.
Appropriations made for expenses of the House of Representatives shall not be used for the payment of personal services except upon the express and specific authorization of the House in whose behalf such services are rendered. Nor shall such appropriations be used for any expenses not intimately and directly connected with the routine legislative business of the House of Representatives, and the Government Accountability Office shall apply the provisions of this section in the settlement of the accounts of expenditures from said appropriations incurred for services or materials.
Source credit: (Feb. 14, 1902, ch. 17, § 1, 32 Stat. 26; June 10, 1921, ch. 18, title III, § 304, 42 Stat. 24; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(45), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1737; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)
- 1902Enacted · Act of Feb. 14, 1902, ch. 17 · 32 Stat. 26
- 1921Amended · Act of June 10, 1921, ch. 18 · 42 Stat. 24
- 1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-186 · 110 Stat. 1737
- 2004Amended · Pub. L. 108-271 · 118 Stat. 814
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 17 on 1902-02-14.
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