2 U.S.C. § 6505 — Appropriations for contingent expenses of Senate; restrictions

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This section sets out the rules described in its provisions concerning appropriations for contingent expenses of senate; restrictions.

Appropriations made for contingent expenses of the Senate shall not be used for the payment of personal services except upon the express and specific authorization of the Senate 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 Senate, 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.

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Appropriations made for contingent expenses of the Senate shall not be used for the payment of personal services except upon the express and specific authorization of the Senate 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 Senate, 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.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

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.