2 U.S.C. § 5505 — Payments from applicable accounts of

Page 607 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 Rep- resentatives’’ means a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress. (Pub. L. 104–186, title I, § 105, Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1721.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 95–1 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is comprised of section 105 of Pub. L. 104–186. Subsec. (c) of section 105 of Pub. L. 104–186 amended former section 95 of this title. PRIOR PROVISIONS Provisions similar to those in this section were con- tained in former section 95 of this title prior to amend- ment of that section by Pub. L. 104–186, title I, § 105(c), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1722. 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. § 5506. Appropriations for expenses of House; re- strictions Appropriations made for expenses of the House of Representatives shall not be used for the pay- ment of personal services except upon the ex- press and specific authorization of the House in whose behalf such services are rendered. Nor shall such appropriations be used for any ex- penses not intimately and directly connected with the routine legislative business of the House of Representatives, and the Government Accountability Office shall apply the provisions of this section in the settlement of the accounts of expenditures from said appropriations in- curred for services or materials. (Feb. 14, 1902, ch. 17, § 1, 32 Stat. 26; June 10, 1921, ch. 18, title III, § 304, 42 Stat. 24; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(45), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1737; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 95a of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section was also formerly classified to section 671 of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97–258, § 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877. Section is based on provisions of proviso on 32 Stat. 26, act of Feb. 14, 1902, ch. 17, the Urgent Deficiency Ap- propriation Act for the fiscal year 1902, relating to ap- propriations for contingent expenses of House of Rep- resentatives. Provisions of proviso relating to appro- priations for expenses of Senate are classified to sec- tion 6505 of this title. AMENDMENTS 1996—Pub. L. 104–186 substituted ‘‘expenses of the House’’ for ‘‘contingent expenses of the House’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS ‘‘Government Accountability Office’’ substituted in text for ‘‘General Accounting Office’’ pursuant to sec- tion 8 of Pub. L. 108–271, set out as a note under section 702 of Title 31, Money and Finance, which redesignated the General Accounting Office and any references thereto as the Government Accountability Office. Pre- viously, ‘‘General Accounting Office’’ substituted in text for ‘‘accounting officers of the Treasury’’ pursuant to act June 10, 1921, which transferred powers and du- ties of Comptroller, six auditors, and certain other em- ployees of the Treasury to General Accounting Office. See section 701 et seq. of Title 31. § 5507. Transfers of amounts appropriated for House (a) Transfers among categories of allowances and expenses Amounts appropriated for any fiscal year for the House of Representatives under the heading