Title 2 — The Congress
Chapter 55 — House of Representatives Officers and Administration
§ 5547. Emergency expenditures for meals, refreshments, and other support and maintenance
Statutory text
At any time on or after , the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives may incur obligations and make expenditures out of available appropriations for meals, refreshments, and other support and maintenance for Members, officers, and employees of the House of Representatives when, in the judgment of the Chief Administrative Officer, such obligations and expenditures are necessary to respond to emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection of property.
Nothing in this section may be construed to affect any other authority of the Chief Administrative Officer to incur obligations and make expenditures for the items and services described in subsection (a) for Members, officers, and employees of 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.
Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2003
Pub. L. 108–7 div. H title I § 107 · 117 Stat. 11
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 5547
(Pub. L. 108–7, div. H, title I, § 107, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 355.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 108–7, div. H, title I, § 107, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 355.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 107. Section 114 of Public Law 107–77 shall remain in effect during fiscal year 2003.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 130k of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is from the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003, which is div. H of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003.