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Title 2 — The Congress

Part B · Chapter 65 — Senate Officers and Administration

§ 6616. Support services for Senate during emergency; memorandum of understanding with an executive agency

Statutory text

(a)

Authorization

Notwithstanding any other provision of law—

(1)

subject to paragraph (3), the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate 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 Senate during an emergency situation;

(2)

the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate and the head of the agency may take any action necessary to carry out the terms of the memorandum of understanding; and

(3)

the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate may enter into a memorandum of understanding described in paragraph (1) consistent with the Senate Procurement Regulations.

(b)

Obligations and expenditures

The Sergeant at Arms of the Senate may incur obligations and make expenditures for meals, refreshments, and other support and maintenance for Members, officers, and employees of the Senate when such obligations and expenditures are necessary to respond to emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection of property.

(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 § 902 · 115 Stat. 2230

    Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 6616

    Pub. L. 107–117, div. B, § 902, Jan. 10, 2002, 115 Stat. 2316

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 107–117, div. B, § 902, Jan. 10, 2002, 115 Stat. 2316

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 902. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law— (1) subject to subsection (b), the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate 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 Senate during an emergency situation; and (2) the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate and the head of the agency may take any action necessary to carry out the terms of the memorandum of understanding. (b) The Sergeant at Arms of the Senate may enter into a memorandum of understanding described in subsection (a)(1) consistent with the Senate Procurement Regulations. (c) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2002 Applicability. and each succeeding fiscal year.

  2. Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020

    Pub. L. 116–94 § 1502(1)(A)(i) · 133 Stat. 2534

    Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 6616(a)(1)

    Pub. L. 116–94, § 1502(1)(A)(i), substituted “paragraph (3)” for “subsection (b)”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 116–94, § 1502(1)(A)(i), substituted “paragraph (3)” for “subsection (b)”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (i) by striking “subsection (b)” and inserting “paragraph (3)”; and

  3. Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020

    Pub. L. 116–94 § 1502(1)(A)(ii) · 133 Stat. 2534

    Added · 2 U.S.C. § 6616(a)(3)

    Pub. L. 116–94, § 1502(1)(A)(ii)–(C), added par. (3)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 116–94, § 1502(1)(A)(ii)–(C), added par. (3).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (ii) by striking “and” at the end;

  4. Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020

    Pub. L. 116–94 § 1502(2) · 133 Stat. 2534

    1. Added · 2 U.S.C. § 6616(b)

      Pub. L. 116–94, § 1502(2), added subsec. (b)

    2. Struck · 2 U.S.C. § 6616(b)

      Pub. L. 116–94, § 1502(2), struck out former subsec. (b). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Sergeant at Arms of the Senate may enter into a memorandum of understanding described in subsection (a)(1) consistent with the Senate Procurement Regulations.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–94, § 1502(2), added subsec. (b) and struck out former subsec. (b). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Sergeant at Arms of the Senate may enter into a memorandum of understanding described in subsection (a)(1) consistent with the Senate Procurement Regulations.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: “(b) The Sergeant at Arms of the Senate may incur obligations and make expenditures for meals, refreshments, and other support and maintenance for Members, officers, and employees of the Senate when such obligations and expenditures are necessary to respond to emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection of property.” .

5 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 130g 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.

Amendments

2019—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 116–94, § 1502(1)(A)(i), substituted “paragraph (3)” for “subsection (b)”.

Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 116–94, § 1502(1)(A)(ii)–(C), added par. (3).

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–94, § 1502(2), added subsec. (b) and struck out former subsec. (b). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Sergeant at Arms of the Senate may enter into a memorandum of understanding described in subsection (a)(1) consistent with the Senate Procurement Regulations.”

Credits

2002–2019 · 2 acts
  1. 2002Pub. L. 107–117, div. B, § 902, , 115 Stat. 2316
  2. 2019Pub. L. 116–94, div. P, title XV, § 1502, , 133 Stat. 3209.
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(Pub. L. 107–117, div. B, § 902, , 115 Stat. 2316; Pub. L. 116–94, div. P, title XV, § 1502, , 133 Stat. 3209.)

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