    [United States Senate Manual, 116th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 116-1]
    [Standing Rules of the Senate]
    [Pages 82-83]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                        RULE XXXVIII

                          PROHIBITION OF UNOFFICIAL OFFICE ACCOUNTS

         38.1a      1. (a) \79\ No Member may maintain or have maintained
                for his use an unofficial office account. The term
                ``unofficial

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                office account'' means an account or repository into which
                funds are received for the purpose, at least in part, of
                defraying otherwise unreimbursed expenses allowable in
                connection with the operation of a Member's office. An
                unofficial office account does not include, and expenses
                incurred by a Member in connection with his official duties
                shall be defrayed only from--
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                    \79\ Paragraph 1 was renumbered 1(a) and subparagraph
                (b) was added by S. Res. 192, 102-1, Oct. 31, 1991.
                Effective date revised to May 11, 1992, by Pub. L. 102-229,
                Dec. 12, 1991.
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                            (1) personal funds of the Member;
                            (2) official funds specifically appropriated for
                        that purpose;
                            (3) funds derived from a political committee (as
                        defined in section 301(d) of the Federal Election
                        Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431))\80\; and
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                    \80\ 2 U.S.C. 431 was recodified as 52 U.S.C. 30101.
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                            (4) funds received as reasonable reimbursements
                        for expenses incurred by a Member in connection with
                        personal services provided by the Member to the
                        organization making the reimbursement.
         38.1b      (b) Notwithstanding subparagraph (a), official expenses
                may be defrayed only as provided by subsections (d) and (i)
                of section 311 of the Legislative Appropriations Act, 1991
                (Public Law 101-520).\81\
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                    \81\ Section 311(d) of the Legislative Branch
                Appropriations Act, 1991 (Pub. L. 101-520) was amended by
                Pub. L. 107-68, Nov. 12, 2001.
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         38.1c      (c) \82\ For purposes of reimbursement under this rule,
                fair market value of a flight on an aircraft shall be
                determined as provided in paragraph 1(c)(1)(C) of rule XXXV.
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                    \82\ Subparagraph (c) added by Pub. L. 110-81, Sep. 14,
                2007.
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          38.2

                    2. No contribution (as defined in section 301(e) of the
                Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431))\83\
                shall be converted to the personal use of any Member or any
                former Member. For the purposes of this rule ``personal
                use'' does not include reimbursement of expenses incurred by
                a Member in connection with his official duties.
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                    \83\ 2 U.S.C. 431 was recodified as 52 U.S.C. 30101.