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Title 2 — The Congress

Chapter 65 — Senate Officers and Administration

§ 6504. Committee on Rules and Administration; designation of employees to approve vouchers for payments from Senate contingent fund

Statutory text

The Committee on Rules and Administration may authorize its chairman to designate any employee or employees of such Committee to approve in his behalf, all vouchers making payments from the contingent fund of the Senate, such approval to be deemed and held to be approval by the Committee on Rules and Administration for all intents and purposes.

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. 93–145 · 87 Stat. 527

    Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 6504

    Pub. L. 93–145, Nov. 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 529

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 93–145, Nov. 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 529

  2. Pub. L. 97–51 § 126 · 95 Stat. 958

    Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 6504

    Pub. L. 97–51 substituted “the committee Auditor and the committee Assistant Auditor” for “one committee employee”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 97–51 substituted “the committee Auditor and the committee Assistant Auditor” for “one committee employee”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 126. The second proviso of the paragraph of section 101 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1974, which appears under the heading “committee employees” (87 Stat. 529; 2 U.S.C. 68–1) is amended by striking out “one committee employee” and inserting in lieu thereof “the committee Auditor and the committee Assistant Auditor”.

  3. President’s Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1984

    Pub. L. 98–473 title I § 123A(c) · 98 Stat. 1837

    Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 6504

    Pub. L. 98–473 substituted “any employee or employees of such Committee” for “the committee Auditor and the committee Assistant Auditor”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 98–473 substituted “any employee or employees of such Committee” for “the committee Auditor and the committee Assistant Auditor”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (c) The following provisions of law are hereby repealed: (1) the last paragraph under the heading “Clerical assistance to Senators” of the first section of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1944 (2 U.S.C. 92e), (2) the last paragraph under the heading “Clerical assistance to Senators” of the first section of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1945 (2 U.S.C. 92e), (3) the next-to-last paragraph under the heading “Clerical assistance to Senators” of the first section of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1946 (2 U.S.C. 92e), and (4) the next-to-last paragraph under the heading “Clerical assistance to Senators” of the first section of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1947 (2 U.S.C. 92e).

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 68–1 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Amendments1981–1984 · 2 rounds

1984

Pub. L. 98–473 substituted “any employee or employees of such Committee” for “the committee Auditor and the committee Assistant Auditor”.

1981

Pub. L. 97–51 substituted “the committee Auditor and the committee Assistant Auditor” for “one committee employee”.

Credits

1973–1984 · 3 acts
  1. 1973Pub. L. 93–145, , 87 Stat. 529
  2. 1981Pub. L. 97–51, § 126, , 95 Stat. 965
  3. 1984Pub. L. 98–473, title I, § 123A(c), , 98 Stat. 1970.
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(Pub. L. 93–145, , 87 Stat. 529; Pub. L. 97–51, § 126, , 95 Stat. 965; Pub. L. 98–473, title I, § 123A(c), , 98 Stat. 1970.)

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