{"identifier":"/us/usc/t2/s5346","title":2,"num":"\u00a7\u202f5346.","heading":"Transportation of official records and papers to House Member\u2019s district","text":"\u00a7\u202f5346.\nTransportation of official records and papers to House Member\u2019s district\n(a)\nPayment of reasonable expenses from applicable accounts of House; rules and regulations\nEffective\nAugust 16, 1978\nThe Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to provide for the most economical means of sending or transporting such documents to insure the orderly and timely delivery to the specified location. The Committee on House Oversight shall have the authority to issue rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.\n(b)\n\u201cMember of the House of Representatives\u201d and \u201cofficial records and papers\u201d defined\nAs used in this section\u2014\n(1) the term \u201cMember of the House of Representatives\u201d means a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress; and\n(2) the term \u201cofficial records and papers\u201d means books, records, papers, and official files which could be sent as franked mail.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t2/s5346.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t2/s5346","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f5346."},{"t":"heading","text":"Transportation of official records and papers to House Member\u2019s district"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t2/s5346/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Payment of reasonable expenses from applicable accounts of House; rules and regulations"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Effective ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"August 16, 1978","tail":", notwithstanding any provision of law and until otherwise provided by law, the applicable accounts of the House shall be available to pay the reasonable expenses of sending or transporting the official records and papers of any Member of the House of Representatives from the District of Columbia to any location designated by such Member in the district represented by the Member."}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"The Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to provide for the most economical means of sending or transporting such documents to insure the orderly and timely delivery to the specified location. The Committee on House Oversight shall have the authority to issue rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t2/s5346/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"\u201cMember of the House of Representatives\u201d and \u201cofficial records and papers\u201d defined"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"As used in this section\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t2/s5346/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cMember of the House of Representatives\u201d means a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t2/s5346/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cofficial records and papers\u201d means books, records, papers, and official files which could be sent as franked mail.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}