§ 117. — Sale of waste paper and condemned furniture.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC117]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 4--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Sec. 117. 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, Sec. 1, 22 Stat. 337; May 29, 1928, ch. 901,
Sec. 1(122), 45 Stat. 995; Pub. L. 104-186, title II, Sec. 204(62), Aug.
20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1739.)
Amendments
1996--Pub. L. 104-186 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''.
Report on Sales Discontinued
Par. 122 of act May 29, 1928, provided for the discontinuance of
reports on waste paper, etc., as follows: ``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.''
