2 U.S.C. § 5535 — Report of disbursements for House of

Page 613 TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS § 5535 1 See References in Text note below. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME Committee on House Oversight of House of Rep- resentatives changed to Committee on House Adminis- tration of House of Representatives by House Resolu- tion No. 5, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 6, 1999. § 5533. House of Representatives Revolving Fund (a) Establishment There is established in the House of Rep- resentatives a fund to be known as the ‘‘House of Representatives Revolving Fund’’, consisting of the following amounts: (1) Amounts appropriated to the Fund. (2) Amounts donated to the Fund. (3) Interest on the balance of the Fund. (b) Expenditures Amounts in the Fund shall be expended at the direction of the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, upon notification provided by the Chief Administrative Officer to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and shall remain available until expended. (c) Applicability This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2004 and each succeeding fiscal year. (Pub. L. 108–199, div. H, § 156, Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 450.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 95e of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is from the Miscellaneous Appropriations and Offsets Act, 2004, which is division H of the Consoli- dated Appropriations Act, 2004. § 5534. House revolving fund for stationery allow- ances; disposition of moneys from stationery sales; availability of unexpended balances There is established a revolving fund for the purpose of administering the funds appropriated for stationery allowances to each Representa- tive, Delegate, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico; and stationery for use of the com- mittees, departments, and officers of the House. All moneys hereafter received by the stationery room of the House of Representatives from the sale of stationery supplies and other equipment shall be deposited in the revolving fund and shall be available for disbursement from the fund in the same manner as other sums that may be appropriated by the Congress for this purpose. The unexpended balance of all moneys heretofore received by the stationery room of the House of Representatives from the sale of stationery supplies and equipment shall be de- posited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the fund: Provided, That the unex- pended balances in the appropriations ‘‘Contin- gent expenses, House of Representatives, sta- tionery, 1945–1946’’; ‘‘Contingent expenses, House of Representatives, stationery, 1946’’; ‘‘Contin- gent expenses, House of Representatives, sta- tionery, 1947–48’’, as of June 30, 1947, shall be transferred to and made available for expendi- ture out of the fund, together with appropria- tions herein or hereafter made therefor, to re- main available until expended. (July 17, 1947, ch. 262, 61 Stat. 366.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 46b–1 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renum- bering as this section. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME Stationery room of House of Representatives redesig- nated Office Supply Service. § 5535. Report of disbursements for House of Representatives (a) In general Not later than 60 days after the last day of each semiannual period, the Chief Administra- tive Officer of the House of Representatives shall submit to the House of Representatives, with respect to that period, a detailed, itemized report of the disbursements for the operations of the House of Representatives. (b) Contents The report required by subsection (a) shall in- clude— (1) the name of each person who receives a payment from the House of Representatives; (2) the quantity and price of any item fur- nished to the House of Representatives; (3) a description of any service rendered to the House of Representatives, together with a statement of the time required for the service, and the name, title, and amount paid to each person who renders the service; (4) a statement of all amounts appropriated to, or received, or expended by the House of Representatives, and any unexpended balances of such amounts; (5) the information submitted to the Comp- troller General under section 3523(a) of title 31; and (6) such additional information as may be re- quired by regulation of the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representa- tives. (c) Exclusion Notwithstanding subsection (b), if a voucher is for payment to an individual for attendance as a witness before a committee of the Congress in executive session, the report for the semiannual period in which the appearance occurs shall show only the date of payment, voucher number, and amount paid. Any information excluded from a report under the preceding sentence shall be included in the report for the next period. (d) House document Each report under this section shall be printed as a House document. (e) Conforming provision The provisions of— (1) sections 102, 103, and 104 1 of this title; and Page 614 TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS § 5536 (2) section 4108 of this title; that require submission and printing of state- ments and reports are not applicable to the House of Representatives. (f) Effective date This section shall apply to the semiannual pe- riods of January 1 through June 30 and July 1 through December 31 of each year, beginning with the semiannual period in which this sec- tion is enacted. (Pub. L. 104–186, title I, § 106, Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1722.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 102 of this title, referred to in subsec. (e)(1), was repealed by Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(52), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1737. Sections 103 and 104 of this title, referred to in sub- sec. (e)(1), were omitted from the Code. CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 104b of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME Committee on House Oversight of House of Rep- resentatives changed to Committee on House Adminis- tration of House of Representatives by House Resolu- tion No. 5, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 6, 1999. SIMILAR PROVISIONS Provisions similar to those in this section are con- tained in section 4108 of this title, but were made inap- plicable to the House of Representatives by subsec. (e) of this section. § 5536. Office equipment for House Members, offi- cers, and committees (a) Authority of Chief Administrative Officer At the request of any Member, officer, or com- mittee of the House of Representatives, or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, and with the approval of the Committee on House Oversight, but subject to the limitations pre- scribed by this Act, the Chief Administrative Of- ficer of the House of Representatives shall fur- nish office equipment for use in the office of that Member, Resident Commissioner, officer, or committee. Office equipment so furnished is limited to equipment of those types and cat- egories which the Committee on House Over- sight shall prescribe. (b) Registration and ownership Office equipment furnished under this section shall be registered in the office of the Chief Ad- ministrative Officer of the House of Representa- tives and shall remain the property of the House of Representatives. (c) Payment The cost of office equipment furnished under this section shall be paid from the applicable ac- counts of the House of Representatives. (d) Rules and regulations The Committee on House Oversight shall pre- scribe such regulations as it considers necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. (Pub. L. 91–139, § 1, Dec. 5, 1969, 83 Stat. 291; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(59), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1738.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 91–139, Dec. 5, 1969, 83 Stat. 291. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 112e of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. AMENDMENTS 1996—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(59)(A)(i), (B)(i), substituted ‘‘House Oversight’’ for ‘‘House Administra- tion’’ in two places and ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives shall furnish’’ for ‘‘Clerk of the House shall furnish electrical and me- chanical’’. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(59)(A)(ii), substituted ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’ for ‘‘Clerk’’. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(59)(B)(ii), substituted ‘‘applicable accounts’’ for ‘‘contingent fund’’. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(59)(B)(i), (iii), sub- stituted ‘‘House Oversight’’ for ‘‘House Administra- tion’’ and struck out at end ‘‘The regulations shall limit, on such basis as the committee considers appro- priate, the total value of office equipment, with allow- ance for equipment depreciation, which may be in use at any one time in the office of a Member or the Resi- dent Commissioner.’’ Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME Committee on House Oversight of House of Rep- resentatives changed to Committee on House Adminis- tration of House of Representatives by House Resolu- tion No. 5, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 6, 1999. EFFECTIVE DATE Pub. L. 91–139, § 3, Dec. 5, 1969, 83 Stat. 292, provided that: ‘‘This Act [enacting this section and provisions set out as a note under former sections 112a to 112d of this title, and repealing sections 112a to 112d of this title] shall become effective at the beginning of the first calendar month which commences on or after the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 5, 1969].’’ § 5537. Net Expenses of Equipment Revolving Fund (a) Establishment There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States a revolving fund for the House of Representatives to be known as the Net Ex- penses of Equipment Revolving Fund (hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Revolving Fund’’), consisting of funds deposited by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives from amounts provided by of- fices of the House of Representatives to pur- chase, lease, obtain, and maintain the equip- ment located in such offices, and amounts pro- vided by Members of the House of Representa- tives (including Delegates and Resident Com- missioners to the Congress) to purchase, lease, obtain, and maintain furniture for their district offices. (b) Use of funds Amounts in the Revolving Fund shall be used by the Chief Administrative Officer without fis-