2 USC § 6561 - Advance payments by Secretary of Senate

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title: "2 USC § 6561 - Advance payments by Secretary of Senate"
title_number: 2
title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
section_number: "6561"
section_name: "Advance payments by Secretary of Senate"
chapter_number: 65
chapter_name: "SENATE OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "SECRETARY OF THE SENATE"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "General Powers and Duties"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–55, title I, § 1, Oct. 7, 1997, 111 Stat. 1179.)"
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# § 6561. Advance payments by Secretary of Senate

**(a)** **Authorization** section 3324 of title 31

For fiscal year 1998, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of the Senate is authorized to make advance payments under a contract or other agreement to provide a service or deliver an article for the United States Government without regard to the provisions of .

**(b)** **Regulations** An advance payment authorized by subsection (a) shall be made in accordance with regulations issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.

**(c)** **Effective date** The authority granted by subsection (a) shall not take effect until regulations are issued pursuant to subsection (b).

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–55, title I, § 1, Oct. 7, 1997, 111 Stat. 1179.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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

Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1998, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1998.