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Title 2 — The Congress

Part B · Chapter 65 — Senate Officers and Administration

§ 6630. Disposal of used or surplus furniture and equipment by Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of Senate; procedure; deposit of receipts

Statutory text

Effective , the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is authorized to dispose of used or surplus furniture and equipment by trade-in or by sale directly or through the General Services Administration. Receipts from the sale of such furniture and equipment shall be deposited in the United States Treasury for credit to the appropriation for “Miscellaneous Items” under the heading “Contingent Expenses of the Senate”.

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. 95–94 title I § 103 · 91 Stat. 1254

    Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 6630

    Pub. L. 95–94, title I, § 103, Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 660

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 95–94, title I, § 103, Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 660

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 103. Effective October 1, 1977, the Sergeant at Arms and Door-keeper of the Senate is authorized to dispose of used or surplus furniture and equipment by trade-in or by sale through the General Services Administration. Receipts from the sale of such furniture and equipment that has been or will be replaced in kind shall be deposited in the United States Treasury for credit to the appropriation for “Miscellaneous Items” under the heading “Contingent Expenses of the Senate”. All other receipts from the sale of such furniture and equipment shall be deposited in the United States Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

  2. Pub. L. 97–51 § 118 · 95 Stat. 958

    1. Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 6630

      Pub. L. 97–51 substituted “Effective October 1, 1981” for “Effective October 1, 1977”

    2. Struck · 2 U.S.C. § 6630

      Pub. L. 97–51 struck out provisions requiring that all receipts from the sale of furniture and equipment, other than such furniture and equipment as was replaced in kind, be deposited in the United States Treasury as miscellaneous receipts

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 97–51 substituted “Effective October 1, 1981” for “Effective October 1, 1977” and struck out provisions requiring that all receipts from the sale of furniture and equipment, other than such furniture and equipment as was replaced in kind, be deposited in the United States Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 118. Section 103 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C. 59c) is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 103. Effective October 1, 1981, the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is authorized to dispose of used or surplus furniture and equipment by trade-in or by sale directly or through the General Services Administration. Receipts from the sale of such furniture and equipment shall be deposited in the United States Treasury for credit to the appropriation for ‘Miscellaneous Items’ under the heading ‘Contingent Expenses of the Senate’.”.

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 59c and then to section 117b of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriation Act, 1978, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978.

Amendments

1981—Pub. L. 97–51 substituted “Effective ” for “Effective ” and struck out provisions requiring that all receipts from the sale of furniture and equipment, other than such furniture and equipment as was replaced in kind, be deposited in the United States Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

Credits

1977–1981 · 2 acts
  1. 1977Pub. L. 95–94, title I, § 103, , 91 Stat. 660
  2. 1981Pub. L. 97–51, § 118, , 95 Stat. 964.
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(Pub. L. 95–94, title I, § 103, , 91 Stat. 660; Pub. L. 97–51, § 118, , 95 Stat. 964.)

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