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2 U.S.C. § 5507 — Transfers of amounts appropriated for House
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**(a) Transfers among categories of allowances and expenses** Amounts appropriated for any fiscal year for the House of Representatives under the heading “allowances and expenses” may be transferred among and merged with the various categories of allowances and expenses under such heading, effective upon the expiration of the 21-day period (or such alternative period that may be imposed by the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives) which begins on the date such Committee has been notified of the transfer.
**(b) Transfers among offices and activities** Amounts appropriated for any fiscal year for the House of Representatives under the heading “salaries, officers and employees” may be transferred among and merged with the various offices and activities under such heading, effective upon the expiration of the 21-day period (or such alternative period that may be imposed by the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives) which begins on the date such Committee has been notified of the transfer.
**(c) Transfers among various appropriations headings**
(1) Amounts appropriated for any fiscal year for the House of Representatives under the headings specified in paragraph (2) may be transferred among and merged with such headings, effective upon the expiration of the 21-day period (or such alternative period that may be imposed by the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives) which begins on the date such Committee has been notified of the transfer.
(2) The headings referred to in paragraph (1) are “House Leadership Offices”, “Members’ Representational Allowances”, “Committee Employees”, “Salaries, Officers and Employees”, “Allowances and Expenses”, the heading for any joint committee under the heading “Joint Items” (
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**(a) Transfers among categories of allowances and expenses** Amounts appropriated for any fiscal year for the House of Representatives under the heading “allowances and expenses” may be transferred among and merged with the various categories of allowances and expenses under such heading, effective upon the expiration of the 21-day period (or such alternative period that may be imposed by the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives) which begins on the date such Committee has been notified of the transfer.
**(b) Transfers among offices and activities** Amounts appropriated for any fiscal year for the House of Representatives under the heading “salaries, officers and employees” may be transferred among and merged with the various offices and activities under such heading, effective upon the expiration of the 21-day period (or such alternative period that may be imposed by the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives) which begins on the date such Committee has been notified of the transfer.
**(c) Transfers among various appropriations headings**
(1) Amounts appropriated for any fiscal year for the House of Representatives under the headings specified in paragraph (2) may be transferred among and merged with such headings, effective upon the expiration of the 21-day period (or such alternative period that may be imposed by the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives) which begins on the date such Committee has been notified of the transfer.
(2) The headings referred to in paragraph (1) are “House Leadership Offices”, “Members’ Representational Allowances”, “Committee Employees”, “Salaries, Officers and Employees”, “Allowances and Expenses”, the heading for any joint committee under the heading “Joint Items” (to the extent that amounts appropriated for the joint committee are disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives), “Office of the Attending Physician”, “Allowance for Compensation of Interns in Member Offices” 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma. “Allowance for Compensation of Interns in House Appropriations Committee Offices”, “Allowance for Compensation of Interns in House Standing, Special and Select Committee Offices”, “Allowance for Compensation of Interns in House Leadership Offices”, and “House of Representatives Modernization Initiatives Account”.
**(d) Transfers to Architect of the Capitol** Amounts appropriated for any fiscal year for the House of Representatives under the heading “Allowances and Expenses” may be transferred to the Architect of the Capitol and merged with and made available under the heading “House Office Buildings”, subject to the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
**(e) Transfers to House Historic Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund** Amounts appropriated for any fiscal year for the House of Representatives under any heading other than the heading “Members’ Representational Allowances” may be transferred to the Architect of the Capitol and merged with and made available under the heading “House Historic Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund”, subject to the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
**(f) Transfers among House Leadership Offices** Amounts appropriated for any fiscal year for the House of Representatives under the heading “House Leadership Offices” may be transferred among and merged with the various offices and activities under such heading, effective upon the expiration of the 21-day period (or such alternative period that may be imposed by the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives) which begins on the date such Committee has been notified of the transfer.
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**(a) Establishment of allowance** There is established for the House of Representatives an allowance which shall be available for the compensation of interns who serve in the offices of Members of the House of Representatives.
**(b) Cap on amount available per office** An office of a Member of the House of Representatives may not use more than $20,000 of the allowance under this section during any calendar year.
**(c) Benefit exclusion** [Section 5321(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section5321/b&num=0&edition=prelim) shall apply with respect to an intern who is compensated under the allowance under this section in the same manner as such section applies with respect to an intern who is compensated under the Members’ Representational Allowance.
**(d) No effect on payment of interns under Members’ Representational Allowance** Nothing in this section may be construed to affect the use of the Members’ Representational Allowance for the compensation of interns, as provided under [section 5321 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section5321&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(e) Definitions** In this section—
(1) the term “intern” has the meaning given such term in [section 5321(c)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section5321/c/2&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(2) the term “Member of the House of Representatives” means a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.
**(f) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $8,800,000 for fiscal year 2019, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020 and each succeeding fiscal year.
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**(a) Establishment** There is established the House Recording Studio, the Senate Recording Studio, and the Senate Photographic Studio.
**(b) Assistance in making disk, film, and tape recordings; exclusiveness of use** The House Recording Studio shall assist Members of the House of Representatives in making disk, film, and tape recordings, and in performing such other functions and duties in connection with the making of such recordings as may be necessary. The Senate Recording Studio and the Senate Photographic Studio shall assist Members of the Senate and committees of the Senate in making disk, film, and tape recordings, and in performing such other functions and duties in connection with the making of such recordings as may be necessary. The House Recording Studio shall be for the exclusive use of Members of the House of Representatives (including the Delegates and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico); the Senate Recording Studio and the Senate Photographic Studio shall be for the exclusive use of Members of the Senate, the Vice President, committees of the Senate, the Secretary of the Senate, and the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate.
**(c) Operation of studios** The House Recording Studio shall be operated by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives under the direction and control of a committee which is created (hereinafter referred to as the committee) composed of three Members of the House. Two members of the committee shall be from the majority party and one member shall be from the minority party, to be appointed by the Speaker. The committee is authorized to issue such rules and regulations relating to operation of the House Recording Studio as it may deem necessary. The Senate Recording Studio and the Senate Photographic Studio
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 95b was editorially reclassified as [section 5507 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section5507&num=0&edition=prelim).
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 123b was editorially reclassified as [section 4131 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section4131&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Establishment** There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States, as an account for the Architect of the Capitol, the House Historic Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund (hereafter in this section referred to as the “Fund”).
**(b) Use of amounts** Amounts in the Fund shall be used by the Architect of the Capitol for the revitalization of the major historical buildings and assets of the House of Representatives which the Architect is responsible for maintaining and preserving, except that the Architect may not obligate any amounts in the Fund without the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
**(c) Continuing availability of funds** Any amounts transferred to and merged with, or otherwise deposited into, the Fund shall remain available until expended.
**(d) Omitted**
**(e) Effective date** This section and the amendment made by this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2010 and each succeeding fiscal year.
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**(a) Establishment of allowances** There are established for the House of Representatives the following allowances:
(1) An allowance which shall be available for the compensation of interns who serve in offices of a standing, special, or select committee of the House (other than the Committee on Appropriations).
(2) An allowance which shall be available for the compensation of interns who serve in offices of the Committee on Appropriations.
**(b) Benefit exclusion** [Section 5321(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section5321/b&num=0&edition=prelim) shall apply with respect to an intern who is compensated under an allowance under this section in the same manner as such section applies with respect to an intern who is compensated under the Members’ Representational Allowance.
**(c) Definitions** In this section, the term “intern”, with respect to a committee of the House, has the meaning given such term with respect to a Member of the House of Representatives in [section 5321(c)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section5321/c/2&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(d) Omitted**
**(e) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2022 and each succeeding fiscal year.
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**(a) Establishment** There is established for the House of Representatives an allowance which shall be available for the compensation of interns who serve in House leadership offices.
**(b) Benefit exclusion** [Section 5321(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section5321/b&num=0&edition=prelim) shall apply with respect to an intern who is compensated under the allowance under this section in the same manner as such section applies with respect to an intern who is compensated under the Members’ Representational Allowance.
**(c) Definitions** In this section—
(1) the term “House leadership office” means, with respect to a fiscal year, any office for which the appropriation for salaries and expenses of the office for the fiscal year is provided under the heading “House Leadership Offices” in the Act making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year; and
(2) term “intern”, with respect to a House leadership office, has the meaning given such term with respect to a Member of the House of Representatives in [section 5321(c)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section5321/c/2&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(d) Appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020 and each succeeding fiscal year.
**(e) Omitted**
**(f) Effective date** This section and the amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2020 and each succeeding fiscal year.
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**(a) Establishment** There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States an account for the House of Representatives to be known as the “House of Representatives Modernization Initiatives Account” (hereafter in this section referred to as the “Account”).
**(b) Use of funds** Funds in the Account shall be used by the House of Representatives to carry out initiatives to modernize the operations of the House, including initiatives to promote administrative efficiencies and expand the use of innovative technologies in offices of the House.
**(c) Continuing availability of funds** Funds in the Account are available without fiscal year limitation.
**(d) Omitted**
**(e) Effective date** This section and the amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2021 and each succeeding fiscal year.
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TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS
§ 5507
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
CHANGE OF NAME
Act June 25, 1948, eff. Sept. 1, 1948, substituted
‘‘United States attorney’’ for ‘‘district attorney’’. See
section 541 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Proce-
dure.
§ 5504. Officers of Senate
Section 5503 of this title shall not apply to of-
ficers of the Senate.
(Pub. L. 95–521, title VII, § 714(d), Oct. 26, 1978, 92
Stat. 1884.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 118a of this
title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering
as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Jan. 3, 1979, see section 717 of Pub.
L. 95–521, set out as a note under section 288 of this
title.
§ 5505. Payments from applicable accounts of
House of Representatives
(a) In general
No payment may be made from the applicable
accounts of the House of Representatives (as de-
termined by the Committee on House Oversight
of the House of Representatives), unless sanc-
tioned by that Committee. Payments on vouch-
ers approved in the manner directed by that
Committee shall be deemed, held, and taken,
and are declared to be conclusive upon all the
departments and officers of the Government.
(b) Definitions
As used in this section—
(1) the term ‘‘applicable accounts of the
House of Representatives’’ means accounts for
salaries and expenses of committees (other
than the Committee on Appropriations), the
computer support organization of the House of
Representatives, and allowances and expenses
of Members of the House of Representatives,
officers of the House of Representatives, and
administrative and support offices of the
House of Representatives; and
(2) the term ‘‘Member of the House of
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