---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 5537"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "5537"
heading: "Net Expenses of Equipment Revolving Fund"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/5537"
units:
  - "Chapter 55 — House of Representatives Officers and Administration"
  - "Subchapter III — Chief Administrative Officer"
---

# §5537. Net Expenses of Equipment Revolving Fund

- (a) **Establishment—** There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States a revolving [fund](/usc/2/1102.md?p=3) for the House of Representatives to be known as the Net Expenses of Equipment Revolving [Fund](/usc/2/1102.md?p=3) (hereafter in this section referred to as the “Revolving [Fund](/usc/2/1102.md?p=3)”), consisting of [funds](/usc/2/1102.md?p=3) deposited by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives from amounts provided by offices of the House of Representatives to purchase, lease, obtain, and maintain the equipment located in such offices, and amounts provided by Members of the House of Representatives (including Delegates and Resident Commissioners to the Congress) to purchase, lease, obtain, and maintain furniture for their district offices.
- (b) **Use of funds—** Amounts in the Revolving [Fund](/usc/2/1102.md?p=3) shall be used by the Chief Administrative Officer without fiscal year limitation to purchase, lease, obtain, and maintain equipment for offices of the House of Representatives and furniture for the district offices of Members of the House of Representatives (including Delegates and Resident Commissioners to the Congress).
- (c) **Treatment—** The Revolving [Fund](/usc/2/1102.md?p=3) shall be treated as a [category](/usc/2/900.md?p=c-4-F) of allowances and expenses for purposes of [section 5507(a) of this title](/usc/2/5507.md?p=a).
- (d) **Applicability to fiscal years—** This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2003 and each succeeding fiscal year, except that for purposes of making deposits into the Revolving [Fund](/usc/2/1102.md?p=3) under [subsection (a)](#a), the Chief Administrative Officer may deposit amounts provided by offices of the House of Representatives during fiscal year 2002 or any succeeding fiscal year.
- (e) **Applicability to telecommunications equipment—** This section shall not apply with respect to any telecommunications equipment which is subject to coverage under [section 5538](/usc/2/5538.md)[^1] of this title (relating to the Net Expenses of Telecommunications Revolving [Fund](/usc/2/1102.md?p=3)).

## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 108–7, div. H, title I, § 102, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 353; Pub. L. 108–447, div. G, title I, § 102(e), Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3174.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 5538 of this title, referred to in subsec. (e), was in the original “section 103 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005” and was translated as reading “section 102” of that Act, meaning section 102 of div. G of Pub. L. 108–447, to reflect the probable intent of Congress, because section 103 of div. G of Pub. L. 108–447 does not relate to the Net Expenses of Telecommunications Revolving Fund.

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 112g of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Section is from the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003, which is div. H of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003.

### Amendments

2004—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 108–447 added subsec. (e).

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2004 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 108–447 applicable with respect to fiscal year 2005 and each succeeding fiscal year, see section 5538(f) of this title.