[United States Senate Manual, 117th Congress]
[S. Doc. 117-1]
[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)\78\ No Member may maintain or have maintained for 
            his use an unofficial office account. The term ``unofficial 
            office account'' means an account or repository into which 
            funds are received for the purpose, at least in part, of de

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            fraying 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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                \78\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 1, 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))\79\; and
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                \79\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).\80\
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                \80\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)\81\ 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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                \81\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))\82\ 
            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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                \82\2 U.S.C. 431 was recodified as 52 U.S.C. 30101.