Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

2 U.S.C. § 6516

Sale of waste paper and condemned furniture

It shall be the duty of the Secretary and Sergeant at Arms of the Senate to cause to be sold all waste paper and useless documents and condemned furniture that may accumulate, in their respective departments or offices, under the direction of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and cover the proceeds thereof into the Treasury.

Aug. 7, 1882, ch. 433, § 122 Stat. 337May 29, 1928, ch. 901, § 1(122)45 Stat. 995Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(62)110 Stat. 1739(, ; , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

section 117 of this titleSection was formerly classified to prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Amendments

Pub. L. 104–1861996— struck out “Clerk and Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives and the” before “Secretary and” and substituted “direction of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and cover” for “direction of the Committee on Accounts of their respective houses and cover”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Report on Sales Discontinued

Act May 29, 1928, ch. 901, § 1(122)45 Stat. 995

“122. Reports by the Clerk and Doorkeeper of the House and the Secretary and Sergeant at Arms of the Senate of the sales of waste paper and useless documents and condemned furniture, and so forth.”
, , provided for the discontinuance of reports on waste paper, etc., as follows: