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Title 2 — The Congress

Chapter 55 — House of Representatives Officers and Administration

§ 5546. Support services for House during emergency; memorandum of understanding with an executive agency

Statutory text

(a)

Authorization

Notwithstanding any other provision of law—

(1)

subject to subsection (b), the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives and the head of an executive agency (as defined in section 105 of title 5) may enter into a memorandum of understanding under which the agency may provide facilities, equipment, supplies, personnel, and other support services for the use of the House of Representatives during an emergency situation; and

(2)

the Chief Administrative Officer and the head of the agency may take any action necessary to carry out the terms of the memorandum of understanding.

(b)

Approval of Speaker required

The Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives may not enter into a memorandum of understanding described in subsection (a)(1) without the approval of the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

(c)

Applicability

This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2002 and each succeeding fiscal year.

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. Pub. L. 107–117 div. B § 904 · 115 Stat. 2230

    Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 5546

    (Pub. L. 107–117, div. B, § 904, Jan. 10, 2002, 115 Stat. 2318.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 107–117, div. B, § 904, Jan. 10, 2002, 115 Stat. 2318.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 904. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law— (1) subject to subsection (b), the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives and the head of an executive agency (as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code) may enter into a memorandum of understanding under which the agency may provide facilities, equipment, supplies, personnel, and other support services for the use of the House of Representatives during an emergency situation; and (2) the Chief Administrative Officer and the head of the agency may take any action necessary to carry out the terms of the memorandum of understanding. (b) The Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives may not enter into a memorandum of understanding described in subsection (a)(1) without the approval of the Speaker of the House of Representatives. (c) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2002 and each succeeding fiscal year.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 130h of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Section is from the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2002, which is div. B of the Department of Defense and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United States Act, 2002.

Credits

(Pub. L. 107–117, div. B, § 904, , 115 Stat. 2318.)

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