---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 5538"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "5538"
heading: "Net Expenses of Telecommunications Revolving Fund"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/5538"
units:
  - "Chapter 55 — House of Representatives Officers and Administration"
  - "Subchapter III — Chief Administrative Officer"
---

# §5538. Net Expenses of Telecommunications 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 Telecommunications 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 legislative branch offices to purchase, lease, obtain, and maintain the data and voice telecommunications services and equipment located in such offices.
- (b) **Use of amounts in Fund—** 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 the data and voice telecommunications services and equipment of legislative branch offices.
- (c) **Transfer authority—** 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) **, (e) Omitted—**
- (f) **Applicability—** This section and the amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2005 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 legislative branch offices during fiscal year 2004 or any succeeding fiscal year.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 108–447, div. G, title I, § 102, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3174.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

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

Section is comprised of section 102 of div. G of Pub. L. 108–447. Subsecs. (d) and (e) of section 102 of div. G of Pub. L. 108–447 amended sections 5539 and 5537 of this title, respectively.

Section is from the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005, which is div. G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005.