The Secretary of the Senate is on and after , authorized to employ, by contract or otherwise, substitute reporters of debates and expert transcribers at daily rates of compensation, or temporary reporters of debates and expert transcribers at annual rates of compensation; no temporary reporters of debates or expert transcribers may be employed under authority of this provision for more than ninety days in any fiscal year; and payments made under authority of this section shall be made from the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the Secretary of the Senate.
Pub. L. 89–9079 Stat. 266Pub. L. 97–12, title I, § 10595 Stat. 61(, , ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
section 126b of this titleSection was formerly classified to prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Pub. L. 97–12Pub. L. 89–90“On and after ” substituted in text for “hereafter”, which probably meant after the date of enactment of rather than the date of enactment of .
Amendments
Pub. L. 97–121981— amended section generally, substituting “authorized to employ, by contract or otherwise, substitute reporters of debates and expert transcribers at daily rates of compensation, or temporary reporters of debates and expert transcribers at annual rates of compensation; no temporary reporters of debates or expert transcribers may be employed under authority of this provision for more than ninety days in any fiscal year; and payments made under authority of this section shall be made from the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the Secretary of the Senate” for “authorized to obtain by contract or otherwise, emergency reporters and transcribers as may be necessary, payments therefor to be made form the contingent fund of the Senate”.