Us Code § 288n - Travel and related expenses

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§ 288n. Travel and related expenses

Funds expended by the Senate Legal Counsel for travel and related expenses shall be subject to the same regulations and limitations (insofar as they are applicable) as those which the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration prescribes for application to travel and related expenses for which payment is authorized to be made from the contingent fund of the Senate.

(Pub. L. 98–51, title I, §106, July 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 267.)


Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Congressional Operations Appropriation Act, 1984, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1984, and not as part of title VII of Pub. L. 95–521 which in part comprises this chapter.

Section, as it relates to funds expended by the Legislative Counsel of the Senate, is classified to section 276b of this title.

CHAPTER 10—CLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Sec.
291.
Congressional declaration of purpose.
292.
Positions affected.
293.
Compensation schedules.
293a to 293c. Omitted.
294.
Position standards and descriptions.
295.
Placement of positions in compensation schedules.
296.
Step increases; waiting periods; service in Armed Forces; automatic advancement.
297.
Appointments and reclassifications to higher compensation levels.
298.
Reductions in compensation level.
299.
Repealed.
300.
Establishment of positions; payment from applicable accounts.
301.
Preservation of existing appointing authorities.
302.
Regulations.
303.
Dual compensation.

        

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