263.1 § 64-1. Employees of Senate Disbursing Office, designation by Secretary of the Senate to administer oaths and affirmations.

The Secretary of the Senate is, on and after November 1, 1973, authorized to designate, in writing, employees of the Disbursing Office of the Senate to administer oaths and affirmations, with respect to matters relating to that Office, authorized or required by law or rules or orders of the Senate (including the oath of office required by section 3331 of title 5, United States Code). During any period in which he is so designated, any such employee may administer such oaths and affirmations. (Nov. 1, 1973, Pub. L. 93-145, § 101, 87 Stat. 532.)

263.2 § 64-2. Transfers of funds by Secretary of Senate; approval of Committee on Appropriations.

Hereafter, the Secretary of the Senate is authorized to make such transfers between appropriations or funds available for disbursement by him for a fiscal year as may be approved by a resolution of the Senate (reported by the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate), and, to the extent necessary, to reimburse, out of funds thereafter made available for disbursement by him for such fiscal year, any appropriation or fund for any amount so transferred from it. (May 4, 1977, Pub. L. 95-26, Title I, § 108, 91 Stat. 85.)

NOTE

Section 113 of Pub. L. 97-51 provided "Hereafter, the Secretary of the Senate as Disbursing Officer of the Senate is authorized to make such transfers between appropriations of funds available for disbursement by him for fiscal year 1982, as he deems appropriate, subject to the customary reprogramming procedures of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate."

NOTE

During any fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1982) the Secretary of the Senate is authorized to make such transfers between appropriations of funds available for disbursement by him during such year, subject to the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. (Pub. L. 97-276, sec. 101(e), Oct. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 1189.)

263.3 § 64-3. Reimbursement for United States Capitol Police salaries paid by Senate for service at Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Senate is authorized to receive moneys from the Department of the Treasury as reimbursements for salaries paid by the United States Senate in connection with certain officers and members of the United States Capitol Police serving as instructors at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. Moneys so received shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. (May 4, 1977, Pub. L. 95-26, Title I, § 111, 91 Stat. 87.)

264 § 64a. Death, resignation, or disability of Secretary of Senate; Financial Clerk deemed successor as disbursing officer.

In the event of the death, resignation, or disability of the Secretary of the Senate, the Financial Clerk of the Senate shall be deemed his successor as a disbursing officer and he shall serve as such disbursing officer until the end of the quarterly period during which a new Secretary shall have been elected and qualified, or such disability shall have been ended.

(Mar. 3, 1926, ch. 44, § 1, 44 Stat. 162; Oct. 31, 1969, Pub. L. 91-105, § 2, 83 Stat. 169; Aug. 18, 1970, Pub. L. 91-382, § 101, 84 Stat. 810; June 6, 1972, Pub. L. 92-310, § 220(g), 86 Stat. 204.)

§ 64b. Same; Assistant Secretary of the Senate to act as Secretary in all 265 matters except those of disbursing officer.

In the event of the death, resignation, or disability of the Secretary of the Senate, the Assistant Secretary of the Senate shall act as Secretary in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of that office in all matters, except those matters relating to the Secretary's duties as disbursing officer of the Senate, until such time as a new Secretary shall have been elected and qualified or such disability shall have been ended. For purposes of this section and section 64a of this title, the Secretary of the Senate shall be considered as disabled only during such period of time as the Majority and Minority Leaders and the President pro tempore of the Senate certify jointly to the Senate that the Secretary is unable to perform his duties. In the event that the Secretary of the Senate is absent or is to be absent for reasons other than disability (as provided in this paragraph), and makes a written designation that he is or will be so absent, the Assistant Secretary shall act during such absence as the Secretary in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the office in all matters, except those matters relating to the Secretary's duties as such disbursing officer. The designation may be revoked in writing at any time by the Secretary, and is revoked whenever the Secretary making the designation dies, resigns, or is considered disabled in accordance with this paragraph. (Dec. 15, 1971, Pub. L. 92-184, § 401, 85 Stat. 635; amended Aug. 13, 1974, Pub. L. 93-371, § 101(1), 88 Stat. 427.)

§ 65a. Insurance of office funds of Secretary of the Senate and Sergeant 266 at Arms; payment of premiums.

The Secretary of the Senate and the Sergeant at Arms on and after June 27, 1956, are authorized and directed to protect the funds of their respective offices by purchasing insurance in an amount necessary to protect said funds against loss. Premiums on such insurance shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate, upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration. (June 27, 1956, ch. 453, 70 Stat. 360.)

§ 65b. Advances to Sergeant at Arms of the Senate for extraordinary 267 expenses.

The Secretary of the Senate is on and after July 31, 1958, authorized, in his discretion, to advance to the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding $4,000, to meet any extraordinary expenses of the Senate. (July 31, 1958, Pub. L. 85-570, 72 Stat. 442; Oct. 1, 1976, Pub. L. 94-440, § 108, 90 Stat. 1445; May 4, 1977, Pub. L. 9526, § 104, 91 Stat. 82.)

§ 65c. Expense Allowance for the Secretary of the Senate, Sergeant at 267.1 Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, and Secretaries for the Majority and for the Minority of the Senate.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there is hereby established an account, within the Senate, to be known as the "Expense Allowance for the Secretary of the Senate, Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate and Secretaries for the Majority and for the Minori

ty of the Senate” (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “Expense Allowance"). For each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981) there shall be available for the Expense Allowance an expense allotment not to exceed $3,000 for each of the above specified officers. Amounts paid from the expense allotment of any such officer shall be paid to him only as reimbursement for actual expenses incurred by him and upon certification and documentation by him of such expenses. Amounts paid to any such officer pursuant to this section shall not be reported as income and shall not be allowed as a deduction under title 26.

(b) For the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, and the succeeding fiscal year, the Secretary of the Senate shall transfer, for each such year, $8,000 to the Expense Allowance from "Miscellaneous Items" in the contingent fund of the Senate. For the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, and for each fiscal year thereafter, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Expense Allowance such funds as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of subsection (a) of this section. (Pub. L. 97–51, sec. 119, Oct. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 964; amended Pub. L. 98–63, July 29, 1983, 97 Stat. 334.)

267.2 § 65d. Office Expenses of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate: Advancement of Funds; Effective Date.

From funds available for any fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984), the Secretary of the Senate shall advance to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate for the purpose of defraying office expenses such sums (for which the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper shall be accountable) not in excess of $1,000 at any one time, as such Sergeant at Arms shall from time to time request; except that the aggregate of the sums so advanced during the fiscal year shall not exceed $10,000.

In accordance with the provisions of this section, a detailed voucher shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Senate by such Sergeant at Arms whenever necessary, in order to replenish funds expended. (Pub. L. 98-51, sec. 104, July 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 226.)

267.3 § 65f. Funds for Secretary of the Senate to assist in proper discharge within United States of responsibilities to foreign parliamentary groups or other foreign officials.

(a) Hereafter the Secretary of the Senate is authorized to use any available funds (but not in excess of $50,000 for any fiscal year), out of the appropriation account (within the Contingent Fund of the Senate) for the Secretary of the Senate, to assist him in the proper discharge, within the United States, of his appropriate responsibilities to members of foreign parliamentary groups or other foreign officials.

(b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall be effective in the case of expenditures for fiscal years ending after September 30, 1986. (July 11, 1987, Pub. L. 100-71, § 2, Title I, 101 Stat. 423; Pub. L. 102-90, § 4, Aug. 14, 1991, 105 Stat. 450.)

268 § 66a. Restriction on payment of dual compensation by Secretary of the Senate.

Unless otherwise specifically authorized by law, no part of any appropriation disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate shall be available for

payment of compensation to any person holding any position, for any period for which such person received compensation for holding any other position, the compensation for which is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate. (June 27, 1956, ch. 453, 70 Stat. 360.)

CROSS REFERENCE

See section 5533(c) of title 5, United States Code (Senate Manual section 433.3). § 67. Clerks to Senators-elect.

A Senator entitled to receive his own salary may appoint the usual clerical assistants allowed Senators. (June 19, 1934, ch. 648, § 1, 48 Stat. 1022.)

§ 68. Payments from contingent fund of Senate.

No payment shall be made from the contingent fund of the Senate unless sanctioned by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. Payments made upon vouchers or abstracts of disbursements of salaries approved by said Committee shall be deemed, held, and taken, and are declared to be conclusive upon all the departments and officers of the Government: Provided, That no payment shall be made from said contingent fund as additional salary or compensation to any officer or employee of the Senate. (Oct. 2, 1888, ch. 1069, 25 Stat. 546; Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, § 102, 60 Stat. 814; amended Dec. 27, 1974, Pub. L. 93-554, Ch. III, § 101, 88 Stat. 1776.)

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§ 68-1. Same; designation of Committee employees to approve vouchers 270.1 on behalf of Committee.

The Committee on Rules and Administration may authorize its chairman to designate any employee or employees of such Committee to approve in his behalf, all vouchers making payments from the contingent fund of the Senate, such approval to be deemed and held to be approval by the Committee on Rules and Administration for all intents and purposes. (Nov. 1, 1973, Pub. L. 93-145, § 101, 87 Stat. 529; Oct. 1, 1981, Pub. L. 97-51, 95 Stat. 965; Oct 12, 1984, Pub. L. 98-473, § 123A(c), 98 Stat. 1970.)

§ 68-2. Appropriations for contingent expenses of Senate; restriction. 270.2 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 General Accounting Office shall apply the provisions of this section in the settlement of the accounts of expenditures from said appropriations incurred for services or materials. (Feb. 14, 1902, c. 17, § 1, 32 Stat. 26; June 10, 1921, c. 18, Title III, § 304, 42 Stat. 24.)

§ 68-3. Same; establishment of separate accounts for the Secretary of 270.3 the Senate and the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate: Effective Date.

(a) Effective October 1, 1983

(1) there shall be, within the contingent fund of the Senate, a separate account for the "Secretary of the Senate", and a separate account for the "Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate";

(2) the account for "Automobiles and Maintenance", within the contingent fund of the Senate, is abolished, and funds for the purchase, lease, exchange, maintenance, and operation of vehicles for the Senate shall be included in the separate account, established by paragraph (1), for the "Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate"; and

(3) the account for "Postage Stamps", within the contingent fund of the Senate, is abolished; and funds for special delivery postage of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate shall be included in the separate account, established by paragraph (1) for the "Secretary of the Senate"; funds for special delivery postage of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate shall be included in the separate account, established by paragraph (1), for the "Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate"; and postage stamps for the Secretaries for the majority and the minority and other offices and officers of the Senate, as authorized by law, shall be included in the account for "Miscellaneous Items", within the contingent fund of the Senate. (b) Any provision of law which was enacted, or any Senate resolution which was agreed to, prior to October 1, 1983, and which authorizes moneys in the contingent fund of the Senate to be expended by or for the use of the Secretary of the Senate, or his office (whether generally or from a specified account within such fund) may on and after October 1, 1983, be construed to authorize such moneys to be expended from the separate account, within such fund, established by subsection (a)(1) for the "Secretary of the Senate"; and any provision of law which was enacted prior to October 1, 1983, and which authorizes moneys in the contingent fund of the Senate to be expended by or for the use of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, or his office (whether generally or from a specified account within such fund) may on and after October 1, 1983, be construed to authorize such moneys to be expended from the separate account, within such fund, established by subsection (a)(1) for the "Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate”. (July 14, 1983, Pub. L. 98-51, sec. 103, 97 Stat. 266.)

NOTE

Section 1201 of Public Law 98-181 provided the following:

Sec. 1201. The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Sergeant at Arms") may designate one or more employees in the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate to approve, on his behalf, all vouchers, for payment of moneys, which the Sergeant at Arms is authorized to approve. Whenever the Sergeant at Arms makes a designation under the authority of the preceding sentence, he shall immediately notify the Committee on Rules and Adminstration in writing of the designation, and thereafter any approval of any voucher, for payment of moneys, by an employee so designated shall (until such designation is revoked and the Sergeant at Arms notifies the Committee on Rules and Adminstration in writing of the revocation) be deemed and held to be approved by the Sergeant at Arms for all intents and purposes.

Sec. 1202. Any provision of law which is enacted prior to October 1, 1983, and which directs the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate to deposit any moneys in the United States Treasury for credit to the account, within the contingent fund of the Senate, for "Miscellaneous Items", or for "Automobiles and Maintenance" shall on and after October 1, 1983, be deemed to direct him to deposit