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2 USC § 6544 - Substitute reporters of debates and expert transcribers; temporary reporters of debates and expert transcribers; payments from Senate contingent fund 

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title: "2 USC § 6544 - Substitute reporters of debates and expert transcribers; temporary reporters of debates and expert transcribers; payments from Senate contingent fund"
title_number: 2
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section_name: "Substitute reporters of debates and expert transcribers; temporary reporters of debates and expert transcribers; payments from Senate contingent fund"
chapter_number: 65
chapter_name: "SENATE OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION"
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subchapter_name: "SECRETARY OF THE SENATE"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–90, July 27, 1965, 79 Stat. 266; Pub. L. 97–12, title I, § 105, June 5, 1981, 95 Stat. 61.)"
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# § 6544. Substitute reporters of debates and expert transcribers; temporary reporters of debates and expert transcribers; payments from Senate contingent fund

June 5, 1981

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.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–90, July 27, 1965, 79 Stat. 266; Pub. L. 97–12, title I, § 105, June 5, 1981, 95 Stat. 61.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to  prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

“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

1981— 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”.