§ 59b. — Purchase of office equipment or furnishings by Senators.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC59b]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 3--COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS
Sec. 59b. Purchase of office equipment or furnishings by
Senators
(a) Authorization; conditions
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a United States Senator
may purchase, upon leaving office or otherwise ceasing to be a Senator
(except by expulsion), any item or items of office equipment or office
furnishings provided by the General Services Administration and then
currently located and in use in an office of such Senator in the State
then represented by such Senator.
(b) Request by Senator and arrangement for purchase by Sergeant at Arms
of Senate; regulations governing purchase; price
At the request of any United States Senator, the Sergeant at Arms of
the Senate shall arrange for and make the purchase of equipment and
furnishings under subsection (a) of this section on behalf of such
Senator. Each such purchase shall be--
(1) in accordance with regulations which shall be prescribed by
the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, after
consultation with the General Services Administration; and
(2) at a price equal to the acquisition cost to the Federal
Government of the equipment or furnishings so purchased, less
allowance for depreciation determined under such regulations, but in
no instance less than the fair market value of such items.
(c) Remittance of amounts received to General Services Administration;
disposition
Amounts received by the Federal Government from the sale of items of
office equipment or office furnishings under this section shall be
remitted to the General Services Administration and credited to the
appropriate account or accounts.
(Pub. L. 93-462, Sec. 2, Oct. 20, 1974, 88 Stat. 1388.)
