2 U.S.C. § 5506
Appropriations for expenses of House; restrictions
United States · Title 2 — THE CONGRESS · Status: effective
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- 2 U.S.C. § 5506, Appropriations for expenses of House; restrictions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/423732
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Appropriations made for expenses of the House of Representatives shall not be used for the payment of personal services except upon the express and specific authorization of the House in whose behalf such services are rendered. Nor shall such appropriations be used for any expenses not intimately and directly connected with the routine legislative business of the House of Representatives, and the Government Accountability Office shall apply the provisions of this section in the settlement of the accounts of expenditures from said appropriations incurred for services or materials.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004House: 382–43Senate: no recorded tally