2014 US Code
Title 2 - The Congress (Sections 1 - 6654)
Chapter 65 - Senate Officers and Administration (Sections 6501 - 6654)
Subchapter I - General (Sections 6501 - 6518)
Sec. 6503 - Payments from Senate contingent fund
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, 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 65 - SENATE OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL Sec. 6503 - Payments from Senate contingent fund |
| Contains | section 6503 |
| Date | 2014 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Oct. 2, 1888, ch. 1069, 25 Stat. 546; Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, §102, 60 Stat. 814; Pub. L. 93-554, title I, Dec. 27, 1974, 88 Stat. 1776; Pub. L. 104-186, title I, §105(c), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1722. |
| Statutes at Large References | 25 Stat. 546 60 Stat. 814, 834 88 Stat. 1776 110 Stat. 1722 |
| Public and Private Laws | Public Law 93-554, Public Law 104-186 |
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No payment shall be made from the contingent fund of the Senate unless sanctioned by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. Payments made upon vouchers or abstracts of disbursements of salaries approved by said Committee shall be deemed, held, and taken, and are declared to be conclusive upon all the departments and officers of the Government: Provided, That no payment shall be made from said contingent fund as additional salary or compensation to any officer or employee of the Senate.
(Oct. 2, 1888, ch. 1069, 25 Stat. 546; Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, §102, 60 Stat. 814; Pub. L. 93–554, title I, Dec. 27, 1974, 88 Stat. 1776; Pub. L. 104–186, title I, §105(c), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1722.)
CODIFICATIONSection was formerly classified to section 68 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is based on provisions of last par. on 25 Stat. 546, act of Oct. 2, 1888, ch. 1069, relating to payments from contingent fund of Senate. Provisions of that par. relating to payments from contingent fund of House of Representatives were classified to section 95 of this title prior to being struck out by Pub. L. 104–186.
AMENDMENTS1974—Pub. L. 93–554 inserted provision relating to applicability to payments made upon abstracts of disbursements of salaries.
1946—Act Aug. 2, 1946, substituted "Committee on Rules and Administration" for "Committee to Audit and Control Contingent Expenses".
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1974 AMENDMENTPub. L. 93–554, title I, Dec. 27, 1974, 88 Stat. 1776, provided in part that the amendment made by Pub. L. 93–554 is effective Jan. 1, 1975.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1946 AMENDMENTAct Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, §142, 60 Stat. 834, provided that the amendment made by that act is effective Jan. 2, 1947.
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