2 U.S.C. § 4332 — Assistance to Senators with committee

Page 518 TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS § 4332 1 See References in Text note below. (June 27, 1956, ch. 453, 70 Stat. 360.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 68c of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. § 4332. Assistance to Senators with committee memberships by employees in office of Sen- ator (1) Designation A Senator may designate employees in his of- fice to assist him in connection with his mem- bership on committees of the Senate. An em- ployee may be designated with respect to only one committee. (2) Certification; professional staff privileges An employee designated by a Senator under this section shall be certified by him to the chairman and ranking minority member of the committee with respect to which such designa- tion is made. Such employee shall be accorded all privileges of a professional staff member (whether permanent or investigatory) of such committee including access to all committee sessions and files, except that any such com- mittee may restrict access to its sessions to one staff member per Senator at a time and require, if classified material is being handled or dis- cussed, that any staff member possess the appro- priate security clearance before being allowed access to such material or to discussion of it. Nothing contained in this paragraph shall be construed to prohibit a committee from adopt- ing policies and practices with respect to the ap- plication of this section which are similar to the policies and practices adopted with respect to the application of section 705(c)(1) 1 of Senate Resolution 4, 95th Congress, and section 72a–1d(c)(1) 1 of this title. (3) Termination A Senator shall notify the chairman and rank- ing minority member of a committee whenever a designation of an employee under this section with respect to such committee is terminated. (Pub. L. 95–94, title I, § 111(c), Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 662.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 705(c)(1) of Senate Resolution 4, 95th Con- gress, referred to in par. (2), which was not classified to the Code, was repealed by Pub. L. 95–94, title I, § 111(e)(2), Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 663. Section 72a–1d(c)(1) of this title, referred to in par. (2), was repealed by Pub. L. 95–94, title I, § 111(e)(1), Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 663. CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 72a–1e of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renum- bering as this section. Section is from the Congressional Operations Appro- priation Act, 1978, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Pub. L. 95–94, title I, § 111(f), Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 663, provided that: ‘‘This section, and the amendments made by subsection (d) and the repeals made by sub- section (e) [enacting this section, amending section 4575 of this title, enacting notes set out under section 4575 of this title, and repealing section 72a–1d and notes set out under former section 72a–1d of this title], shall take effect on October 1, 1977.’’ § 4333. Expenses of committees payable from Sen- ate contingent fund When any duty is imposed upon a committee involving expenses that are ordered to be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate, upon vouchers to be approved by the chairman of the committee charged with such duty, the receipt of such chairman for any sum advanced to him or his order out of said contingent fund by the Secretary of the Senate for committee expenses not involving personal services shall be taken and passed by the accounting officers of the Government as a full and sufficient voucher; but it shall be the duty of such chairman, as soon as practicable, to furnish to the Secretary of the Senate vouchers in detail for the expenses so in- curred. (Mar. 3, 1879, ch. 183, 20 Stat. 419; June 10, 1921, ch. 18, title III, § 304, 42 Stat. 24; June 22, 1949, ch. 235, § 101, 63 Stat. 218.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 69 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. AMENDMENTS 1949—Act June 22, 1949, inserted ‘‘for committee ex- penses not involving personal services’’ after ‘‘Sec- retary of the Senate’’, and omitted the requirement that the Secretary of the Senate file the vouchers with the General Accounting Office. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Act June 10, 1921, transferred powers and duties of Comptroller, six auditors, and certain other officers of the Treasury to General Accounting Office. § 4334. Availability of funds for franked mail ex- penses Funds in the account, within the contingent fund of the Senate, available for the expenses of inquiries and investigations shall be available for franked mail expenses incurred by commit- tees of the Senate the other expenses of which are paid from that account. (Pub. L. 105–55, title I, § 6(b), Oct. 7, 1997, 111 Stat. 1181.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 69–1 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is from the Congressional Operations Appro- priations Act, 1998, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1998.