§ 69a. — Orientation seminars, etc., for new Senators, Senate officials, or members of staffs of Senators or Senate officials; payment of expenses.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC69a]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 4--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Sec. 69a. Orientation seminars, etc., for new Senators, Senate
officials, or members of staffs of Senators or Senate officials;
payment of expenses
Effective July 1, 1979, there is authorized an expense allowance for
the Office of the Secretary of the Senate and the Office of Sergeant at
Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate which shall not exceed $10,000 each
fiscal year for each such office. Payments made under this section shall
be reimbursements only for actual expenses (including meals and food-
related expenses) incurred in the course of conducting orientation
seminars for Senators, Senate officials, or members of the staffs of
Senators or Senate officials and other similar meetings, in the Capitol
Building or the Senate Office Buildings. Such payments shall be made
upon certification and documentation of such expenses by the Secretary
and Sergeant at Arms, respectively, and shall be made out of the
contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers signed by the Secretary and
the Sergeant at Arms, respectively. Amounts received as reimbursement of
such expenses shall not be reported as income, and the expenses so
reimbursed shall not be allowed as a deduction, under title 26.
(Pub. L. 96-38, title I, Sec. 107(a), July 25, 1979, 93 Stat. 112; Pub.
L. 99-88, title I, Sec. 193, Aug. 15, 1985, 99 Stat. 349; Pub. L. 99-
514, Sec. 2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095; Pub. L. 100-202, Sec. 101(i)
[title I, Sec. 6], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329-290, 1329-294; Pub. L.
102-392, title I, Sec. 3, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1706.)
Codification
Section is from the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1979.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 69a, Pub. L. 95-94, title I, Sec. 105, Aug. 5, 1977,
91 Stat. 661, provided for expenditure of $1,000 during any fiscal year
to conduct orientation seminars for new Senators and their staffs, prior
to repeal effective July 1, 1979, by section 107(b) of Pub. L. 96-38.
Amendments
1992--Pub. L. 102-392 substituted ``$10,000'' for ``$4,000''.
1987--Pub. L. 100-202 substituted ``$4,000'' for ``$2,000''.
1986--Pub. L. 99-514 substituted ``Internal Revenue Code of 1986''
for ``Internal Revenue Code of 1954'', which for purposes of
codification was translated as ``title 26'' thus requiring no change in
text.
1985--Pub. L. 99-88 substituted ``Senators, Senate officials, or
members of the staffs of Senators or Senate officials'' for ``Senators
and members of their staffs,''.
Effective Date of 1987 Amendment
Section 101(i) [title I, Sec. 6] of Pub. L. 100-202 provided that
the amendment made by Pub. L. 100-202 is effective in the case of fiscal
years beginning after Sept. 30, 1986.
