§ 5505. Payments from applicable accounts of 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.

1. 1996

   House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act

   Pub. L. 104–186 title I § 105 · 110 Stat. 1718

   Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 5505

   (Pub. L. 104–186, title I, § 105, Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1721.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Pub. L. 104–186, title I, § 105, Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1721.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 105. PAYMENTS FROM APPLICABLE ACCOUNTS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. (a) In General.— No payment may be made from the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives (as determined by the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives), unless sanctioned by that Committee. Payments on vouchers approved in the manner directed by that Committee shall be deemed, held, and taken, and are declared to be conclusive upon all the departments and officers of the Government. (b) Definitions.— As used in this section— (1) the term “applicable accounts of the House of Representatives” means accounts for salaries and expenses of committees (other than the Committee on Appropriations), the computer support organization of the House of Representatives, and allowances and expenses of Members of the House of Representatives, officers of the House of Representatives, and administrative and support offices of the House of Representatives; and (2) the term “Member of the House of Representatives” means a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress. (c) Conforming Amendments.— The paragraph beginning “Hereafter” under the heading “UNDER LEGISLATIVE.” and the subheading “HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.” in the first section of the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and for other purposes”, approved October 2, 1888 (2 U.S.C. 95), is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by striking out “, or from the contingent fund” and all that follows through the end of the sentence and inserting in lieu thereof a period; and (2) in the second sentence— (A) by striking out “made upon vouchers approved by the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives, and payments”; and (B) in the proviso, by striking out “funds” and all that follows through the end of the sentence and inserting in lieu thereof “find as additional salary or compensation to any officer or employee of the Senate.”.

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