2 USC 6153 - Salaries and expenses for Senate Majority and Minority Policy Committees and Senate Majority and Minority Conference Committees

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 61g–6a of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Some section numbers of this title referenced in amendment notes below reflect the classification of such sections prior to their editorial reclassification.

Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1991, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991.

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:

Puspan. L. 101–163, title I, § 1, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1044.

Puspan. L. 100–458, title I, § 1, Oct. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2161.

Puspan. L. 100–202, § 101(i) [title I, § 7], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–290, 1329–294.

Amendments

2015—Subsec. (c). Puspan. L. 114–113, § 2(2), added subsec. (c). Former subsec. (c) redesignated (d).

Subsec. (d). Puspan. L. 114–113, § 2(1), redesignated subsec. (c) as (d). Former subsec. (d) redesignated (e).

Subsec. (d)(1). Puspan. L. 114–113, § 2(3)(A), inserted “or the Office of the Chaplain of the Senate, as the case may be,” after “such committee” in two places.

Subsec. (d)(2). Puspan. L. 114–113, § 2(3)(B), inserted “or the Chaplain of the Senate, as the case may be,” after “the Chairman”.

Subsec. (e). Puspan. L. 114–113, § 2(1), (4), redesignated subsec. (d) as (e) and inserted “or the Chaplain of the Senate, as the case may be,” after “The Chairman of a committee”.

1995—Puspan. L. 104–53 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “The Chairman of the Majority or Minority Conference Committee of the Senate may, during any fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year ending September 30, 1991), at his election transfer not more than $275,000 from the appropriation account for salaries for the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of the Minority of the Senate, to the account, within the contingent fund of the Senate, from which expenses are payable under section 61g–6 of this title. Any transfer of funds under authority of the preceding sentence shall be made at such time or times as such chairman shall specify in writing to the Senate Disbursing Office. Any funds so transferred by the Chairman of the Majority or Minority Conference Committee shall be available for expenditure by such committee in like manner and for the same purposes as are other moneys which are available for expenditure by such committee from the account, within the contingent fund of the Senate, from which expenses are payable under section 61g–6 of this title.”

1991—Puspan. L. 102–90 substituted “$275,000” for “$75,000”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1995 Amendment

Puspan. L. 104–53, title I, § 7(span), Nov. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 518, provided that:

“The amendment made by this section [amending this section] shall take effect on October 1, 1995, and shall be effective with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after that date.”

Effective Date of 1991 Amendment

Puspan. L. 102–90, title I, § 1(span), Aug. 14, 1991, 105 Stat. 450, provided that:

“Subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect on October 1, 1991.”