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2 USC § 6631 - Transfer of excess or surplus educationally useful equipment to public schools 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t2/s6631"
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title: "2 USC § 6631 - Transfer of excess or surplus educationally useful equipment to public schools"
title_number: 2
title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
section_number: "6631"
section_name: "Transfer of excess or surplus educationally useful equipment to public schools"
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. 104–197, title I, § 5, Sept. 16, 1996, 110 Stat. 2397; Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1076(a), Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 2091; Pub. L. 114–95, title IX, § 9215(yy), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2184.)"
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# § 6631. Transfer of excess or surplus educationally useful equipment to public schools

**(a)** **Authorization** The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate may directly, or through the General Services Administration, transfer title to excess or surplus educationally useful equipment to a public school. Any such transfer shall be completed at the lowest possible cost to the public school and the Senate.

**(b)** **Regulations** The Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate shall prescribe regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.

**1** **Deposit of receipts** [^1]

Receipts from reimbursements for the costs of transfer of excess or surplus educationally useful equipment under this section, shall be deposited in the United States Treasury for credit to the account for the “Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate” within the contingent fund of the Senate.

So in original. Comma probably should not appear.

**(d)** **Definitions** For the purposes of this section:

**2** The term “public school” means a [^2] elementary school or secondary school, as such terms are defined in section 7801 of title 20.

So in original. Probably should be “an”.

**(2)** The term “educationally useful equipment” means computers and related peripheral tools, including printers, modems, routers, servers, computer keyboards, scanners, and other telecommunications and research equipment, that are appropriate for use in public school education.

**(e)** **Effective date** This section shall take effect beginning with fiscal year 1997 and shall be effective each fiscal year thereafter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 104–197, title I, § 5, Sept. 16, 1996, 110 Stat. 2397; Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1076(a), Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 2091; Pub. L. 114–95, title IX, § 9215(yy), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2184.)

## 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, 1997, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997.

### Amendments

2015—Subsec. (d)(1).  substituted “elementary school or secondary school, as such terms are defined in section 7801” for “public elementary or secondary school as such terms are defined in section 7801”.

2002—Subsec. (d)(1).  substituted “7801” for “8801”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2015 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see , set out as a note under , Education.

### Effective Date of 2002 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see , set out as an Effective Date note under , Education.