§ 121d. — Senate Gift Shop.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC121d]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 4--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Sec. 121d. Senate Gift Shop
(a) Establishment
The Secretary of the Senate is authorized to establish a Senate Gift
Shop for the purpose of providing for the sale of gift items to Members
of the Senate, staff, and the general public.
(b) Deposit of receipts
All moneys received from sales and other services by the Senate Gift
Shop shall be deposited in the revolving fund established by subsection
(c) of this section and shall be available for purposes of this section.
(c) Revolving fund
(1) There is established in the Treasury of the United States a
revolving fund within the contingent fund of the Senate to be known as
the Senate Gift Shop Revolving Fund (hereafter referred to in this
section as the ``fund''). The fund shall consist of all amounts
collected or received by the Secretary of the Senate from sales and
services by the Senate Gift Shop. All moneys in the fund shall be
available without fiscal year limitation for disbursement by the
Secretary of the Senate in connection with the operation of the Senate
Gift Shop, including supplies, equipment, and other expenses. In
addition, such moneys may be used by the Secretary of the Senate to
reimburse the Senate appropriations account, appropriated under the
heading ``Salaries, Officers and Employees'' and ``Office of the
Secretary'', for amounts used from such account to pay the salaries of
employees of the Senate Gift Shop.
(2) The Secretary of the Senate may transfer from the fund to the
Capitol Preservation Fund the net profits (as determined by the
Secretary) from sales of items by the Senate Gift Shop which are
intended to benefit the Capitol Visitor Center.
(d) Exception to prohibition of sale or solicitation on Capitol Grounds
The provisions of section 5104(c) of title 40 shall not be
applicable to any activity carried out pursuant to this section.
(e) Transfer of moneys from Stationery Revolving Fund
To provide capital for the fund, the Secretary of the Senate is
authorized to transfer, from moneys in the Stationery Revolving Fund in
the contingent fund of the Senate, to the fund such sum as he may
determine necessary, not to exceed $300,000.
(f) Authorization to expend from appropriations account for initial
expenses
For the purpose of acquiring supplies, equipment, and meeting other
initial expenses in implementing subsection (a) of this section, the
Secretary of the Senate is authorized, upon October 6, 1992, to expend,
from moneys appropriated to the appropriations account, within the
contingent fund of the Senate, for expenses of the Secretary of the
Senate, by the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991, such amounts
as may be necessary to carry out this section.
(g) Disbursement on approved voucher
Disbursements from the fund shall be made upon vouchers approved by
the Secretary of the Senate, or his designee.
(h) Regulations
The Secretary of the Senate is authorized to prescribe such
regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this
section.
(Pub. L. 102-392, title I, Sec. 2, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1706; Pub. L.
107-68, title I, Sec. 107(a), Nov. 12, 2001, 115 Stat. 568.)
References in Text
The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991, referred to in
subsec. (f), is Pub. L. 101-520, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2254. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Codification
Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act,
1993, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,
1993.
In subsec. (d), ``section 5104(c) of title 40'' substituted for
``section 4 of the Act of July 31, 1946 (40 U.S.C. 193d)'' on authority
of Pub. L. 107-217, Sec. 5(c), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, the first
section of which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and
Works.
Amendments
2001--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107-68 designated existing provisions as
par. (1) and added par. (2).
Effective Date of 2001 Amendment
Pub. L. 107-68, title I, Sec. 107(b), Nov. 12, 2001, 115 Stat. 569,
provided that: ``The amendments made by this section [amending this
section] shall apply to fiscal years beginning before, on, or after the
date of enactment of this Act [Nov. 12, 2001].''
Additional Capitalization
Pub. L. 103-283, title I, Sec. 1, July 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 1426,
provided that: ``Effective on and after the date of enactment of this
Act [July 22, 1994], the Secretary of the Senate, subject to the
approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, is authorized
to transfer up to $300,000 from any Senate appropriations account with
respect to which the Secretary has disbursing authority to the revolving
fund established under section 2(c) under the subheading `ADMINISTRATIVE
PROVISIONS' under the heading `SENATE' in Public Law 102-392 (2 U.S.C.
121d(c)) to provide additional capitalization for such revolving fund.
Any moneys so transferred shall be available for use in the same manner
and to the same extent as the moneys otherwise in such revolving fund.''
