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Title 2 — The Congress

Part B · Chapter 65 — Senate Officers and Administration

§ 6567. Funds for Secretary of Senate to assist in proper discharge within United States of responsibilities to foreign parliamentary groups or other foreign officials

Statutory text

(a)

In general

On and after , the Secretary of the Senate is authorized to use any available funds (but not in excess of $50,000 for any fiscal year), out of the appropriation account (within the Contingent Fund of the Senate) for the Secretary of the Senate, to assist him in the proper discharge, within the United States, of his appropriate responsibilities to members of foreign parliamentary groups or other foreign officials.

(b)

Effective date

The provisions of subsection (a) shall be effective in the case of expenditures for fiscal years ending after .

(c)

Transfer of funds

Upon the written request of the Secretary of the Senate, and upon notification to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, there shall be transferred any amount of funds available under subsection (a) specified in the request, but not to exceed $15,000 in any fiscal year, from the appropriation account (within the contingent fund of the Senate) for expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate to the appropriation account for the expense allowance of the Secretary of the Senate. Any funds so transferred shall be available in like manner and for the same purposes as are other funds in the account to which the funds are transferred.

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. Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1987

    Pub. L. 100–71 title I § 2 · 101 Stat. 391

    Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 6567

    Pub. L. 100–71, title I, § 2, July 11, 1987, 101 Stat. 423

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 100–71, title I, § 2, July 11, 1987, 101 Stat. 423

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) Notwithstanding subsection (g), for purposes of this subsection, the term “agency” means— (A) the Executive Office of the President; (B) an Executive department under section 101 of title 5, United States Code; (C) the Environmental Protection Agency; (D) the General Services Administration; (E) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; (F) the Office of Personnel Management; (G) the Small Business Administration; (H) the United States Information Agency; and (I) the Veterans’ Administration; except that such term does not include the Department of Transportation or any other entity (or component thereof) covered by subsection (b).

  2. Pub. L. 102–90 title I § 4 · 105 Stat. 447

    1. Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 6567(a)

      Pub. L. 102–90 substituted “On and after July 11, 1987, the Secretary of the Senate is authorized” for “The Secretary of the Senate is authorized”

    2. Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 6567(a)

      Pub. L. 102–90 substituted “$50,000” for “$25,000”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–90 substituted “On and after July 11, 1987, the Secretary of the Senate is authorized” for “The Secretary of the Senate is authorized” and “$50,000” for “$25,000”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (4) by striking “$250 or more in value” in subparagraph (B) (as redesignated) and inserting “more than the minimal value as established by section 7342(a)(5) of title 5, United States Code, or $250, whichever is greater”; and

  3. Pub. L. 105–18 title II § 7003(a) · 111 Stat. 158

    Added · 2 U.S.C. § 6567(c)

    Pub. L. 105–18 added subsec. (c)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–18 added subsec. (c).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) Section 2 of Public Law 100–71 (2 U.S.C. 65f) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(c) Upon the written request of the Secretary of the Senate, with the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, there shall be transferred any amount of funds available under subsection (a) specified in the request, but not to exceed $10,000 in any fiscal year, from the appropriation account (within the contingent fund of the Senate) for expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate to the appropriation account for the expense allowance of the Secretary of the Senate. Any funds so transferred shall be available in like manner and for the same purposes as are other funds in the account to which the funds are transferred.”.

    Effective date note
    Pub. L. 105–18, title II, § 7003(b), June 12, 1997, 111 Stat. 192, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall be effective with respect to appropriations for fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 1996.”

  4. Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005

    Pub. L. 108–447 div. G title I § 6 · 118 Stat. 2809

    Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 6567(c)

    Pub. L. 108–447 substituted “and upon notification to” for “with the approval of” in first sentence

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 108–447 substituted “and upon notification to” for “with the approval of” in first sentence.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 6. Activities Relating to Foreign Parliamentary Groups and Foreign Officials. Section 2(c) of chapter VIII of title I of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1987 (2 U.S.C. 65f(c)) is amended in the first sentence by striking “with the approval of” and inserting “and upon notification to”.

  5. Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020

    Pub. L. 116–94 div. P title XV § 1501 · 133 Stat. 2534

    Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 6567(c)

    Pub. L. 116–94 substituted “$15,000” for “$10,000”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 116–94 substituted “$15,000” for “$10,000”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 1501. Section 2(c) of chapter VIII of title I of Public Law 100–71 (2 U.S.C. 6567(c)) is amended by striking “$10,000” and inserting “$15,000”.

6 of 6 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 65f of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Section is from the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1987.

Amendments1991–2019 · 4 rounds

2019

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 116–94 substituted “$15,000” for “$10,000”.

2004

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 108–447 substituted “and upon notification to” for “with the approval of” in first sentence.

1997

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–18 added subsec. (c).

1991

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–90 substituted “On and after , the Secretary of the Senate is authorized” for “The Secretary of the Senate is authorized” and “$50,000” for “$25,000”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1997 Amendment

Pub. L. 105–18, title II, § 7003(b), , 111 Stat. 192, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall be effective with respect to appropriations for fiscal years beginning on or after .”

Credits

1987–2019 · 5 acts
  1. 1987Pub. L. 100–71, title I, § 2, , 101 Stat. 423
  2. 1991Pub. L. 102–90, title I, § 4, , 105 Stat. 450
  3. 1997Pub. L. 105–18, title II, § 7003(a), , 111 Stat. 192
  4. 2004Pub. L. 108–447, div. G, title I, § 6, , 118 Stat. 3170
  5. 2019Pub. L. 116–94, div. P, title XV, § 1501, , 133 Stat. 3209.
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(Pub. L. 100–71, title I, § 2, , 101 Stat. 423; Pub. L. 102–90, title I, § 4, , 105 Stat. 450; Pub. L. 105–18, title II, § 7003(a), , 111 Stat. 192; Pub. L. 108–447, div. G, title I, § 6, , 118 Stat. 3170; Pub. L. 116–94, div. P, title XV, § 1501, , 133 Stat. 3209.)

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