1995 US Code
Title 2 - THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 3 - COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS
Sec. 59d - Transportation of official records and papers to House Member's district
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 2 - THE CONGRESS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 2 - THE CONGRESS CHAPTER 3 - COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS Sec. 59d - Transportation of official records and papers to House Member's district |
Contains | section 59d |
Date | 1995 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 1996 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 98-51, title I, §111(1), July 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 269. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 97 Stat. 269 |
Public Law References | Public Law 98-51, Public Law 104-14 |
Congressional Bill References | Unknown Value1297 95th Congress, Unknown Value423 102nd Congress, Unknown Value6 104th Congress |
§59d. Transportation of official records and papers to House Member's district (a) Payment of reasonable expenses from contingent fund of House; rules and regulations
Effective August 16, 1978, notwithstanding any provision of law and until otherwise provided by law, the contingent fund of the House shall be available to pay the reasonable expenses of sending or transporting the official records and papers of any Member of the House of Representatives from the District of Columbia to any location designated by such Member in the district represented by the Member.
The Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to provide for the most economical means of sending or transporting such documents to insure the orderly and timely delivery to the specified location. The Committee on House Administration shall have the authority to issue rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.
(b) “Member” and “official records and papers” definedAs used in this section—
(1) the term “Member” means a Representative, a Resident Commissioner in the House, and a Delegate to the House; and
(2) the term “official records and papers” means books, records, papers, and official files which could be sent as franked mail.
(Pub. L. 98–51, title I, §111(1), July 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 269.)
CodificationIn subsec. (a), “August 16, 1978” substituted for “upon the date of adoption of this resolution” meaning the date of adoption of House Resolution No. 1297, which was agreed to Aug. 16, 1978.
Section is based on House Resolution No. 1297, Ninety-fifth Congress, Aug. 16, 1978, which was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 98–51.
Sections 1 and 2 of House Resolution No. 1297 were redesignated subsecs. (a) and (b) of this section, respectively, for purposes of codification.
Change of NameCommittee on House Administration of House of Representatives treated as referring to Committee on House Oversight of House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104–14, set out as a note preceding section 21 of this title.
Transfer of FunctionsCertain functions of Clerk of House of Representatives transferred to Director of Non-legislative and Financial Services by section 7 of House Resolution No. 423, One Hundred Second Congress, Apr. 9, 1992. Director of Non-legislative and Financial Services replaced by Chief Administrative Officer of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Jan. 4, 1995.
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