2 USC § 6618 - Data processing equipment, software, and services

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title: "2 USC § 6618 - Data processing equipment, software, and services"
title_number: 2
title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
section_number: "6618"
section_name: "Data processing equipment, software, and services"
chapter_number: 65
chapter_name: "SENATE OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF 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. 94–32, title I, June 12, 1975, 89 Stat. 182; Pub. L. 95–26, title I, § 103, May 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 82.)"
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# § 6618. Data processing equipment, software, and services

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sergeant at Arms, subject to the approval of the Committee on Rules and Administration, is hereafter authorized to enter into multi-year contracts for data processing equipment, software, and services.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 94–32, title I, June 12, 1975, 89 Stat. 182; Pub. L. 95–26, title I, § 103, May 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 82.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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

Section is from the Second Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1975.

### Amendments

1977— substituted “multi-year contracts for data processing equipment, software, and services” for “multi-year leases for automatic data processing equipment”.