Appropriations made for contingent expenses of the Senate shall not be used for the payment of personal services except upon the express and specific authorization of the Senate in whose behalf such services are rendered. Nor shall such appropriations be used for any expenses not intimately and directly connected with the routine legislative business of the Senate, and the Government Accountability Office shall apply the provisions of this section in the settlement of the accounts of expenditures from said appropriations incurred for services or materials.
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CHAPTER 65— SENATE OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION
§ 6502. Procurement of temporary help
§ 6503. Payments from Senate contingent fund
§ 6505. Appropriations for contingent expenses of Senate; restrictions
§ 6507. Insurance of office funds of Secretary of Senate and Sergeant at Arms; payment of premiums
§ 6509. Vouchering Senate office charges
§ 6510. Materials, supplies, and fuel payments from Senate contingent fund
§ 6513. Per diem and subsistence expenses from Senate contingent fund
§ 6516. Sale of waste paper and condemned furniture
§ 6517. Receipts from sale of used or surplus furniture and furnishings of Senate