                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
            CHAPTER 3--COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS
 
Sec. 59-1. Additional home State office space for Senators; 
        declaration of disaster or emergency
        
    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, with 
the approval of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, 
the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is authorized to 
provide additional facilities, services, equipment, and office space for 
use by a Senator in that Senator's State in connection with a disaster 
or emergency declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act [42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.]. 
Expenses incurred by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate 
under this section shall be paid from the appropriation account, within 
the contingent fund of the Senate, for expenses of the Office of the 
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, upon vouchers signed by 
the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate with the approval of 
the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.
    (b) This section is effective on and after June 12, 1997.

(Pub. L. 105-18, title II, Sec. 7002, June 12, 1997, 111 Stat. 192.)

                       References in Text

    The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 
referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 93-288, May 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 
143, as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 68 
(Sec. 5121 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note 
set out under section 5121 of Title 42 and Tables.
