                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
CHAPTER 4--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 
Sec. 65f. Funds for Secretary of Senate to assist in proper 
        discharge within United States of responsibilities to foreign 
        parliamentary groups or other foreign officials
        

(a) In general

    On and after July 11, 1987, the Secretary of the Senate is 
authorized to use any available funds (but not in excess of $50,000 for 
any fiscal year), out of the appropriation account (within the 
Contingent Fund of the Senate) for the Secretary of the Senate, to 
assist him in the proper discharge, within the United States, of his 
appropriate responsibilities to members of foreign parliamentary groups 
or other foreign officials.

(b) Effective date

    The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be effective 
in the case of expenditures for fiscal years ending after September 30, 
1986.

(c) Transfer of funds

    Upon the written request of the Secretary of the Senate, with the 
approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, there shall 
be transferred any amount of funds available under subsection (a) of 
this section specified in the request, but not to exceed $10,000 in any 
fiscal year, from the appropriation account (within the contingent fund 
of the Senate) for expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate 
to the appropriation account for the expense allowance of the Secretary 
of the Senate. Any funds so transferred shall be available in like 
manner and for the same purposes as are other funds in the account to 
which the funds are transferred.

(Pub. L. 100-71, title I, Sec. 2, July 11, 1987, 101 Stat. 423; Pub. L. 
102-90, title I, Sec. 4, Aug. 14, 1991, 105 Stat. 450; Pub. L. 105-18, 
title II, Sec. 7003(a), June 12, 1997, 111 Stat. 192.)

                          Codification

    Section is from the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1987.


                               Amendments

    1997--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105-18 added subsec. (c).
    1991--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-90 substituted ``On and after July 
11, 1987, the Secretary of the Senate is authorized'' for ``The 
Secretary of the Senate is authorized'' and ``$50,000'' for ``$25,000''.


                    Effective Date of 1997 Amendment

    Section 7003(b) of Pub. L. 105-18 provided that: ``The amendment 
made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall be effective with 
respect to appropriations for fiscal years beginning on or after October 
1, 1996.''
