§ 4333. Expenses of committees payable from Senate contingent fund

Statutory text

When any duty is imposed upon a committee involving expenses that are ordered to be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate, upon vouchers to be approved by the chairman of the committee charged with such duty, the receipt of such chairman for any sum advanced to him or his order out of said contingent fund by the Secretary of the Senate for committee expenses not involving personal services shall be taken and passed by the accounting officers of the Government as a full and sufficient voucher; but it shall be the duty of such chairman, as soon as practicable, to furnish to the Secretary of the Senate vouchers in detail for the expenses so incurred.

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.

1879
Pub. L. 45–183 · 20 Stat. 111
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 4333
Mar. 3, 1879, ch. 183, 20 Stat. 419
Source evidence
Code source credit
Mar. 3, 1879, ch. 183, 20 Stat. 419

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Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 69 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Amendments

1949—Act June 22, 1949, inserted “for committee expenses not involving personal services” after “Secretary of the Senate”, and omitted the requirement that the Secretary of the Senate file the vouchers with the General Accounting Office.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

Act June 10, 1921, transferred powers and duties of Comptroller, six auditors, and certain other officers of the Treasury to General Accounting Office.

Credits

1879–1949 · 3 acts

1879Mar. 3, 1879, ch. 183, 20 Stat. 419
1921June 10, 1921, ch. 18, title III, § 304, 42 Stat. 24
1949June 22, 1949, ch. 235, § 101, 63 Stat. 218.

Show as published

(Mar. 3, 1879, ch. 183, 20 Stat. 419; June 10, 1921, ch. 18, title III, § 304, 42 Stat. 24; June 22, 1949, ch. 235, § 101, 63 Stat. 218.)