2 U.S.C. § 6624 — Metered charges on copiers; ‘‘Sergeant at

Page 676 TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS § 6622 § 6622. Certification of telecommunications equipment and services as official (a) Regulations issued by Committee on Rules and Administration Subject to such regulations as may hereafter be issued by the Committee on Rules and Ad- ministration of the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms shall have the authority, with respect to telephone equipment and services provided to any user on a reimbursable basis (including re- pair or replacement), solely for the purposes of this section, to make such certification as may be necessary to establish such services and equipment as official, issue invoices in conjunc- tion therewith, and receive payment for such services and equipment by certification, vouch- er, or otherwise. (b) Equipment and services provided on reim- bursable basis For purposes of sections 6621 to 6623 of this title, telephone equipment and services provided to any user for which payment, prior to October 1, 1987, was not authorized from the contingent fund of the Senate shall, on and after October 1, 1987, be considered telephone equipment and services provided on a reimbursable basis for which payment may be obtained from such fund in accordance with subsection (a) of this section. (c) Establishment of reasonable charges Subject to the approval of the Committee on Rules and Administration, the Sergeant at Arms may establish reasonable charges for telephone equipment and services provided to any user which may be in addition to that regularly au- thorized by the Committee. (d) Disposition of moneys received All moneys, derived from payments for tele- phone equipment and services provided from funds from the Appropriation Account within the contingent fund of the Senate for ‘‘Contin- gent Expenses, Sergeant at Arms and Door- keeper of the Senate’’ under the line item for Telecommunications (including receipts from carriers and others for loss or damage to such services or equipment for which repair or re- placement has been provided by the Sergeant at Arms), and all other moneys received by the Sergeant at Arms as charges or commissions for telephone services, shall be deposited in and made a part of such Appropriation Account and under such line item, and shall be available for expenditure or obligation, or both, in like man- ner and subject to the same limitations as any other moneys in such account and under such line item. (e) Committee authority to classify or reclassify equipment and services Nothing in sections 6621 to 6623 of this title shall be construed as limiting or otherwise af- fecting the authority of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate to classify or reclassify telephone equipment and services pro- vided to any user as equipment or services for which reimbursement may or may not be re- quired. (Pub. L. 100–123, § 2, Oct. 5, 1987, 101 Stat. 794; Pub. L. 101–163, title I, § 3, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1044.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 58a–2 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renum- bering as this section. AMENDMENTS 1989—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101–163 inserted ‘‘and all other moneys received by the Sergeant at Arms as charges or commissions for telephone services,’’ after ‘‘by the Sergeant at Arms),’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Oct. 1, 1987, see section 4 of Pub. L. 100–123, set out as a note under section 6621 of this title. § 6623. Report on telecommunications to Com- mittee on Rules and Administration The Sergeant at Arms shall report to the Com- mittee on Rules and Administration of the Sen- ate, at such time or times, and in such form and manner, as the Committee may direct, on ex- penditures made, and revenues received, pursu- ant to sections 6621 to 6623 of this title. It shall be the function of the Sergeant at Arms to ad- vise the Committee, as soon as possible, of any dispute regarding payments to and from such Appropriation Account as related to the line item for Telecommunications, including any amounts due and unpaid by any user, if any such dispute has remained unresolved for a period of at least 60 days. (Pub. L. 100–123, § 3, Oct. 5, 1987, 101 Stat. 795.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 58a–3 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renum- bering as this section. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Oct. 1, 1987, see section 4 of Pub. L. 100–123, set out as a note under section 6621 of this title. § 6624. Metered charges on copiers; ‘‘Sergeant at Arms’’ and ‘‘user’’ defined; certification of services and equipment as official; deposit of payments; availability for expenditure (a) As used in this section, the term— (1) ‘‘Sergeant at Arms’’ means the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the United States Senate; and (2) ‘‘user’’ means any Senator, Officer of the Senate, Committee, office, or entity provided copiers by the Sergeant at Arms. (b)(1) Subject to such regulations as may on and after November 5, 1990, be issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms shall have the au- thority, with respect to metered charges on copying equipment provided by the Sergeant at Arms, solely for the purposes of this section, to make such certification as may be necessary to establish such services and equipment as offi- cial, issue invoices in conjunction therewith, Page 677 TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS § 6628 and receive payment for such services and equip- ment by certification, voucher, or otherwise. (2) All moneys, derived from the payment of metered charges on copying equipment provided from funds from the Appropriation Account within the contingent fund of the Senate for ‘‘Contingent Expenses, Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate’’ under the line item for the Service Department, shall be deposited in and made a part of such Appropriation Ac- count and under such line item, and shall be available for expenditure or obligation, or both, in like manner and subject to the same limita- tions as any other moneys in such account and under such line item. (Pub. L. 101–520, title I, § 4(a), (b), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2257.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This section, referred to in text, means section 4 of Pub. L. 101–520, which enacted this section, amended section 6314 of this title, and enacted provisions set out as a note under section 6314 of this title. CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 58a–4 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renum- bering as this section. Section is from the Congressional Operations Appro- priations Act, 1991, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Oct. 1, 1990, see section 4(d) of Pub. L. 101–520, set out as an Effective Date of 1990 Amend- ment note under section 6314 of this title. § 6625. Receipts from sales of items by Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of Senate, to Sen- ators, etc., to be credited to appropriation from which purchased In any case in which appropriated funds are used by a Senator or a committee or office of the Senate to purchase from the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate items which were purchased by him from the appropriation for ‘‘miscellaneous items’’ under ‘‘Contingent Expenses of the Senate’’ in any appropriation Act, the amounts received by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States for credit to such appropriation. This section does not apply to amounts received from the sale of used or sur- plus furniture and equipment. (Pub. L. 96–214, Mar. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 122.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 111a of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. § 6626. Reimbursements to Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of Senate for equipment pro- vided to Senators, etc., which has been lost, stolen, damaged, or otherwise unaccounted for; deposit of receipts The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate shall deposit in the United States Treas- ury for credit to the appropriation account, within the contingent fund of the Senate, for the ‘‘Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Sen- ate’’, all moneys received by him as reimburse- ment for equipment provided to Senators, com- mittee chairmen, and other officers and employ- ees of the Senate, which has been lost, stolen, damaged, or otherwise unaccounted for. (Pub. L. 98–367, title I, § 5, July 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 475.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 117d of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is from the Congressional Operations Appro- priation Act, 1985, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1985. § 6627. Compensation for lost or damaged prop- erty (a) In general Any amounts received by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate (in this sec- tion referred to as the ‘‘Sergeant at Arms’’) for compensation for damage to, loss of, or loss of use of property of the Sergeant at Arms that was procured using amounts available to the Sergeant at Arms in the account for Contingent Expenses, Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, shall be credited to that account or, if applicable, to any subaccount of that account. (b) Availability Amounts credited to any account or sub- account under subsection (a) shall be merged with amounts in that account or subaccount and shall be available to the same extent, and sub- ject to the same terms and conditions, as amounts in that account or subaccount. (c) Effective date This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter. (Pub. L. 108–447, div. G, title I, § 8, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3170.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 117d–1 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renum- bering as this section. Section is from the Legislative Branch Appropria- tions Act, 2005, which is div. G of the Consolidated Ap- propriations Act, 2005. § 6628. Treatment of electronic services provided by Sergeant at Arms (a) In general In this section— (1) the term ‘‘agent of the Office of the SAA’’ includes a provider of electronic communica- tion service or remote computing service com- missioned or used through the Office of the SAA by a Senate office to provide such serv- ices to the Senate office; (2) the term ‘‘electronic communication service’’ has the meaning given that term in section 2510 of title 18;