§ 2184. Purchase of furniture or carpets for House or Senate

Statutory text

No furniture or carpets for either House shall be purchased without the written order of the chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration, for the Senate, or without the written order of the chairman of the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives, for the House of Representatives.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

undated
R.S. § 1816
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 2184
R.S. § 1816
Unresolved: No Public Law or Statutes at Large citation in the Code source.
Source evidence
Code source credit
R.S. § 1816
1996
House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act
Pub. L. 104–186 title II § 221(2) · 110 Stat. 1718
Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 2184
Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “House Oversight of the House of Representatives, for the House of Representatives” for “Accounts of the House of Representatives, for the House”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “House Oversight of the House of Representatives, for the House of Representatives” for “Accounts of the House of Representatives, for the House”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(2) Section 1816 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (40 U.S.C. 170) is amended by striking out “Accounts of the House of Representatives, for the House” and inserting in lieu thereof “House Oversight of the House of Representatives, for the House of Representatives”.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 unresolved

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was classified to section 170 of former Title 40, prior to the enactment of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, by Pub. L. 107–217, § 1, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062.

R.S. § 1816 derived from Res. Apr. 16, 1862, No. 28, 12 Stat. 617; acts Mar. 30, 1867, ch. 24, § 2, 15 Stat. 13; July 20, 1868, ch. 177, § 1, 15 Stat. 115; Mar. 3, 1869, ch. 121, § 1, 15 Stat. 283, 284; Mar. 3, 1871, ch. 114, § 1, 16 Stat. 500; Aug. 15, 1876, ch. 287, 19 Stat. 147.

Provision of R.S. § 1816 relating to repairs of Capitol is classified to section 1814 of this title.

Amendments1946–1996 · 2 rounds

1996

Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “House Oversight of the House of Representatives, for the House of Representatives” for “Accounts of the House of Representatives, for the House”.

1946

Act Aug. 2, 1946, substituted “Committee on Rules and Administration” for “Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Committee on House Oversight of House of Representatives changed to Committee on House Administration of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 6, 1999.

Effective Date of 1946 Amendment

Act Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, § 142, 60 Stat. 834, provided that section 102 of that act shall take effect on Jan. 2, 1947, and section 245 of title II of that act, 60 Stat. 839, provided that section 224 thereof shall “take effect on the day on which the Eightieth Congress convenes”. The Eightieth Congress convened on Jan. 3, 1947.

Credits

1946–1996 · 3 acts

R.S. § 1816
1946Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, § 102, title II, § 224, 60 Stat. 814, 838
1996Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 221(2), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1748.

Show as published

(R.S. § 1816; Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, § 102, title II, § 224, 60 Stat. 814, 838; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 221(2), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1748.)