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

2 U.S.C. § 6611

Transfer authority and Sergeant at Arms Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Fund

(a)

In general

The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is authorized, with the approval of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, to transfer, during any fiscal year, from the appropriations account, appropriated under the headings “Salaries, Officers and Employees” and “Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper”, such sums as he shall specify to the appropriations account, within the contingent fund of the Senate, for expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate; and 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.

(b)

Sergeant at Arms Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Fund

(1)

Definitions

In this subsection—
(A)
the term “Fund” means the Sergeant at Arms Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Fund established under paragraph (2); and
(B)
the term “Sergeant at Arms” means the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.
(2)

Establishment

Contingent Expenses of the SenateThere is established under the heading “” an account to be known as the “Sergeant at Arms Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Fund”.

(3)

Use of amounts

Amounts in the Fund shall be available to the Sergeant at Arms for purposes of the business continuity and disaster recovery needs of the Senate.

(4)

Authority to transfer

(A)

In general

Contingent Expenses of the Senate—sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the senatesection 4107 of this titleSubject to subparagraph (C), prior to the date of the withdrawal of amounts appropriated under the heading “” in accordance with , any unobligated balances of expired discretionary appropriations of such amounts may be transferred by the Sergeant at Arms to the Fund.

(B)

Period of availability

Amounts transferred under subparagraph (A) shall remain available until expended.

(C)

Notice

section 4107 of this titleIf the Sergeant at Arms intends to transfer amounts under subparagraph (A), the Sergeant at Arms shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate written notice not later than 15 days before the date of the withdrawal of such amounts in accordance with .

(D)

Applicability

The authority to transfer amounts under this paragraph shall apply with respect to amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2022, or any fiscal year thereafter.

(5)

Authorization of appropriations

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Fund such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter.

Pub. L. 101–520, title I, § 5104 Stat. 2258Pub. L. 117–103, div. I, title I, § 103136 Stat. 505(, , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

section 68–6a of this titleSection was formerly classified to prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1991, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991.

Amendments

Pub. L. 117–1032022— substituted “Transfer authority and Sergeant at Arms Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Fund” for “Transfers from appropriations account for expenses of Office of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of Senate” in section catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).