§ 61g-6a. — Salaries and expenses for Senate Majority and Minority Policy Committees and Senate Majority and Minority Conference Committees.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC61g-6a]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 4--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Sec. 61g-6a. Salaries and expenses for Senate Majority and
Minority Policy Committees and Senate Majority and Minority
Conference Committees
(a) Transfer of funds for Policy Committees
(1) The Chairman of the Majority or Minority Policy Committee of the
Senate may, during any fiscal year, at his or her election transfer
funds from the appropriation account for salaries for the Majority and
Minority Policy Committees of the Senate, to the account, within the
contingent fund of the Senate, from which expenses are payable for such
committees.
(2) The Chairman of the Majority or Minority Policy Committee of the
Senate may, during any fiscal year, at his or her election transfer
funds from the appropriation account for expenses, within the contingent
fund of the Senate, for the Majority and Minority Policy Committees of
the Senate, to the account from which salaries are payable for such
committees.
(b) Transfer of funds for Conference Committees
(1) The Chairman of the Majority or Minority Conference Committee of
the Senate may, during any fiscal year, at his or her election transfer
funds from the appropriation account for salaries for the Majority and
Minority Conference Committees of the Senate, to the account, within the
contingent fund of the Senate, from which expenses are payable for such
committees.
(2) The Chairman of the Majority or Minority Conference Committee of
the Senate may, during any fiscal year, at his or her election transfer
funds from the appropriation account for expenses, within the contingent
fund of the Senate, for the Majority and Minority Conference Committees
of the Senate, to the account from which salaries are payable for such
committees.
(c) Availability of transferred funds
Any funds transferred under this section shall be--
(1) available for expenditure by such committee in like manner
and for the same purposes as are other moneys which are available
for expenditure by such committee from the account to which the
funds were transferred; and
(2) made at such time or times as the Chairman shall specify in
writing to the Senate Disbursing Office.
(d) Notification to Committee on Appropriations
The Chairman of a committee transferring funds under this section
shall notify the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate of the
transfer.
(Pub. L. 101-520, title I, Sec. 1, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2257; Pub. L.
102-90, title I, Sec. 1(a), Aug. 14, 1991, 105 Stat. 450; Pub. L. 104-
53, title I, Sec. 7[(a)], Nov. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 518.)
Codification
Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act,
1991, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,
1991.
Amendments
1995--Pub. L. 104-53 amended section generally. Prior to amendment,
section read as follows: ``The Chairman of the Majority or Minority
Conference Committee of the Senate may, during any fiscal year
(commencing with the fiscal year ending September 30, 1991), at his
election transfer not more than $275,000 from the appropriation account
for salaries for the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of
the Minority of the Senate, to the account, within the contingent fund
of the Senate, from which expenses are payable under section 61g-6 of
this title. Any transfer of funds under authority of the preceding
sentence shall be made at such time or times as such chairman shall
specify in writing to the Senate Disbursing Office. Any funds so
transferred by the Chairman of the Majority or Minority Conference
Committee shall be available for expenditure by such committee in like
manner and for the same purposes as are other moneys which are available
for expenditure by such committee from the account, within the
contingent fund of the Senate, from which expenses are payable under
section 61g-6 of this title.''
1991--Pub. L. 102-90 substituted ``$275,000'' for ``$75,000''.
Effective Date of 1995 Amendment
Section 7(b) of Pub. L. 104-53 provided that: ``The amendment made
by this section [amending this section] shall take effect on October 1,
1995, and shall be effective with respect to fiscal years beginning on
or after that date.''
Effective Date of 1991 Amendment
Section 1(b) of Pub. L. 102-90 provided that: ``Subsection (a)
[amending this section] shall take effect on October 1, 1991.''
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the
following prior appropriation acts:
Pub. L. 101-163, title I, Sec. 1, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1044.
Pub. L. 100-458, title I, Sec. 1, Oct. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2161.
Pub. L. 100-202, Sec. 101(i) [title I, Sec. 7], Dec. 22, 1987, 101
Stat. 1329-290, 1329-294.
