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Title 2 — The Congress

Part B · Chapter 65 — Senate Officers and Administration

§ 6631. Transfer of excess or surplus educationally useful equipment to public schools

Statutory text

(a)

Authorization

The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate may directly, or through the General Services Administration, transfer title to excess or surplus educationally useful equipment to a public school. Any such transfer shall be completed at the lowest possible cost to the public school and the Senate.

(b)

Regulations

The Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate shall prescribe regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.

(c)

Deposit of receipts

Receipts from reimbursements for the costs of transfer of excess or surplus educationally useful equipment under this section,1 shall be deposited in the United States Treasury for credit to the account for the “Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate” within the contingent fund of the Senate.

(d)

Definitions

For the purposes of this section:

(1)

The term “public school” means a 2 elementary school or secondary school, as such terms are defined in section 7801 of title 20.

(2)

The term “educationally useful equipment” means computers and related peripheral tools, including printers, modems, routers, servers, computer keyboards, scanners, and other telecommunications and research equipment, that are appropriate for use in public school education.

(e)

Effective date

This section shall take effect beginning with fiscal year 1997 and shall be effective each fiscal year thereafter.

Footnotes

  1. 1 So in original. Comma probably should not appear.
  2. 2 So in original. Probably should be “an”.

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. 104–197 title I § 5 · 110 Stat. 2394

    Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 6631

    Pub. L. 104–197, title I, § 5, Sept. 16, 1996, 110 Stat. 2397

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 104–197, title I, § 5, Sept. 16, 1996, 110 Stat. 2397

  2. Pub. L. 107–110 title X § 1076(a) · 115 Stat. 1425

    Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 6631(d)(1)

    Pub. L. 107–110 substituted “7801” for “8801”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 107–110 substituted “7801” for “8801”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997.— Section 5(d)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997 (2 U.S.C. 117b–2(d)(1)) is amended— (1) by striking “14101” and inserting “9101”; and (2) by striking “(20 U.S.C. 8801)”.

  3. Every Student Succeeds Act

    Pub. L. 114–95 title IX § 9215(yy) · 129 Stat. 1802

    Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 6631(d)(1)

    Pub. L. 114–95 substituted “elementary school or secondary school, as such terms are defined in section 7801” for “public elementary or secondary school as such terms are defined in section 7801”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 114–95 substituted “elementary school or secondary school, as such terms are defined in section 7801” for “public elementary or secondary school as such terms are defined in section 7801”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (yy) Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997.— Section 5(d)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997 (2 U.S.C. 66319(d)(1)) is amended by striking “public elementary or secondary school as such terms are defined in section 9101” and inserting “elementary school or secondary school, as such terms are defined in section 8101”.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 114–95 effective Dec. 10, 2015, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 114–95, set out as a note under section 6301 of Title 20, Education.

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

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 117b–2 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1997, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997.

Amendments2002–2015 · 2 rounds

2015

Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 114–95 substituted “elementary school or secondary school, as such terms are defined in section 7801” for “public elementary or secondary school as such terms are defined in section 7801”.

2002

Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 107–110 substituted “7801” for “8801”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2015 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 114–95 effective , except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 114–95, set out as a note under section 6301 of Title 20, Education.

Effective Date of 2002 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 107–110 effective , except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 107–110, set out as an Effective Date note under section 6301 of Title 20, Education.

Credits

1996–2015 · 3 acts
  1. 1996Pub. L. 104–197, title I, § 5, , 110 Stat. 2397
  2. 2002Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1076(a), , 115 Stat. 2091
  3. 2015Pub. L. 114–95, title IX, § 9215(yy), , 129 Stat. 2184.
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(Pub. L. 104–197, title I, § 5, , 110 Stat. 2397; Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1076(a), , 115 Stat. 2091; Pub. L. 114–95, title IX, § 9215(yy), , 129 Stat. 2184.)

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