                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
CHAPTER 4--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 
Sec. 117b. Disposal of used or surplus furniture and equipment 
        by Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of Senate; procedure; deposit 
        of receipts
        
    Effective October 1, 1981, the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of 
the Senate is authorized to dispose of used or surplus furniture and 
equipment by trade-in or by sale directly or through the General 
Services Administration. Receipts from the sale of such furniture and 
equipment shall be deposited in the United States Treasury for credit to 
the appropriation for ``Miscellaneous Items'' under the heading 
``Contingent Expenses of the Senate''.

(Pub. L. 95-94, title I, Sec. 103, Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 660; Pub. L. 
97-51, Sec. 118, Oct. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 964.)

                          Codification

    Section was formerly classified to section 59c of this title.
    Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriation Act, 
1978, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 
1978.


                               Amendments

    1981--Pub. L. 97-51 substituted ``Effective October 1, 1981'' for 
``Effective October 1, 1977'' and struck out provisions requiring that 
all receipts from the sale of furniture and equipment, other than such 
furniture and equipment as was replaced in kind, be deposited in the 
United States Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
