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2 U.S.C. § 5126...5129 (THE CONGRESS)
§§ 5126 to 5129. Repealed. Pub. L. 115–244, div. B, title I, § 118(a), Sept. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 2930
text: Section 5126, Pub. L. 91–665, ch. VIII, Jan. 8, 1971, 84 Stat. 1989; Pub. L. 93–532, § 1(a), Dec. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 1723; Pub. L. 99–151, title I, § 102(b), Nov. 13, 1985, 99 Stat. 797; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 203(2), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1725, provided for an allowance for former Speaker for payment of office and other administrative expenses.
text: Section 5127, Pub. L. 91–665, ch. VIII, Jan. 8, 1971, 84 Stat. 1989; Pub. L. 93–532, § 1(a), Dec. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 1723, related to franked mail and printing privileges of former Speaker.
text: Section 5128, Pub. L. 91–665, ch. VIII, Jan. 8, 1971, 84 Stat. 1989; Pub. L. 93–532, § 1(a), Dec. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 1723; Pub. L. 95–94, title I, § 115, Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 668; Pub. L. 99–151, title I, § 102(a), Nov. 13, 1985, 99 Stat. 797; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 203(3), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1725; Pub. L. 108–447, div. G, title I, § 110, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3177; Pub. L. 110–161, div. H, title I, § 105, Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 2225, provided for Staff assistance to a former Speaker for administration and compensation and status of staff.
text: Section 5129, Pub. L. 103–69, title I, § 101A(a), Aug. 11, 1993, 107 Stat. 699, provided that the entitlements of a former Speaker of the House of Representatives under sections 5125 to 5129 of this title would be available for 5 years.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of Repeal
text: Repeal applicable with respect to any individual who serves as a Representative in Congress during the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress or any succeeding Congress, see section 118(c) of Pub. L. 115–244, set out as a note under section 5125 of this title.
2 U.S.C. § 5142 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 5142. Additional amounts for personnel and equipment for House Majority and Minority Leaders and Majority and Minority Whips
Effective March 1, 1977, and until otherwise provided by law, there shall be paid out of the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives such additional amounts as may be necessary for office personnel, and rental or lease of necessary equipment, of each of the following officials of the House the following per annum amounts:
(1) The majority leader, $30,000.
(2) The minority leader, $30,000.
(3) The majority whip, $15,000.
(4) The minority whip, $15,000.
(Pub. L. 95–94, title I, § 115, Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 668; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(15)(B), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1732.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 74a–4 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is based on section 2 of House Resolution No. 393, Ninety-fifth Congress, Mar. 31, 1977, which was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 95–94.
heading: Amendments
text: 1996—Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “applicable accounts of the House of Representatives” for “contingent fund of the House”.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Limits on Uses of Funds
text: Pub. L. 98–51, title I, § 112, July 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 270, as amended by Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(16), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1732, provided that: “The funds provided under the provisions of section 2 of House Resolution 393, Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to March 31, 1977, as enacted into permanent law by section 115 of the Congressional Operations Appropriation Act, 1978 [2 U.S.C. 5142], and section 473 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 [2 U.S.C. 5103], shall be limited to use for the compensation of additional personnel and other necessary official expenses.”
2 U.S.C. § 5144 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 5144. Lump-sum allowances for House Minority Leader and Majority Whip
(a) The aggregate amount otherwise authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year for the lump-sum allowance for the Office of the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and the aggregate amount otherwise authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year for the lump-sum allowance for the Office of the Majority Whip of the House of Representatives shall each be increased by $333,000.
(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2000 and each succeeding fiscal year.
(Pub. L. 106–31, title III, § 3008, May 21, 1999, 113 Stat. 93.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 74a–10 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is from the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act.
2 U.S.C. § 5145 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 5145. Lump-sum allowances for House Majority Floor Leader, Minority Floor Leader, Majority Whip, and Minority Whip
(a) Effective with respect to fiscal year 2008 and each succeeding fiscal year, the aggregate amount otherwise authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year for the lump-sum allowance for each of the following offices is increased as follows:
(1) The allowance for the office of the Majority Floor Leader is increased by $200,000.
(2) The allowance for the office of the Minority Floor Leader is increased by $200,000.
(b) Effective with respect to fiscal year 2009 and each succeeding fiscal year, the aggregate amount otherwise authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year for the lump-sum allowance for each of the following offices is increased as follows:
(1) The allowance for the office of the Majority Whip is increased by $72,000.
(2) The allowance for the office of the Minority Whip is increased by $72,000.
(Pub. L. 111–8, div. G, title I, § 104, Mar. 11, 2009, 123 Stat. 818.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 74a–10a of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is from the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2009, which is div. G of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009.
2 U.S.C. § 5146 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 5146. Lump-sum allowances for House Majority Whip and Minority Whip
Effective with respect to fiscal year 2010 and each succeeding fiscal year, the aggregate amount otherwise authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year for the lump-sum allowance for each of the following offices is increased as follows:
(1) The allowance for the office of the Majority Whip is increased by $96,000.
(2) The allowance for the office of the Minority Whip is increased by $96,000.
(Pub. L. 111–68, div. A, title I, § 102, Oct. 1, 2009, 123 Stat. 2029.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 74a–10b of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is from the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010, which is div. A of Pub. L. 111–68.
2 U.S.C. § 5162 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 5162. Republican Policy Committee
(a) In general
There is established in the House of Representatives an office to be known as the Republican Policy Committee, which shall have such responsibilities as may be assigned by the Speaker of the House of Representatives (or, if the Speaker is not a member of the Republican Party, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives).
(b) Salaries and expenses
There shall be a lump sum allowance for the salaries and expenses of the Republican Policy Committee, which shall be treated as a category of House leadership offices for purposes of section 5507(c) of this title, and which shall be obligated and expended as directed by the Speaker (or, if the Speaker is not a member of the Republican party, the Minority Leader).
(c) Applicability
This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2005 and each succeeding fiscal year.
(Pub. L. 108–447, div. G, title I, § 109, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3177; Pub. L. 112–74, div. G, title I, § 102(a), (b), Dec. 23, 2011, 125 Stat. 1121.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 74a–13 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is from the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005, which is div. G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005.
heading: Amendments
text: 2011—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 112–74, § 102(a), substituted “the Speaker of the House of Representatives (or, if the Speaker is not a member of the Republican Party, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives)” for “the chair of the Republican Conference”.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 112–74, § 102(b), inserted “, and which shall be obligated and expended as directed by the Speaker (or, if the Speaker is not a member of the Republican party, the Minority Leader)” before period at end.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of 2011 Amendment
text: Pub. L. 112–74, div. G, title I, § 102(c), Dec. 23, 2011, 125 Stat. 1121, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2012 and each succeeding fiscal year.”
2 U.S.C. § 5301 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 5301. Representatives’ and Delegates’ salaries payable monthly
Representatives and Delegates-elect to Congress, whose credentials in due form of law have been duly filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives, in accordance with the provisions of section 26 of this title, may receive their compensation monthly, from the beginning of their term until the beginning of the first session of each Congress, upon a certificate in the form now in use to be signed by the Clerk of the House, which certificate shall have the like force and effect as is given to the certificate of the Speaker.
(R.S. § 38; Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 130, § 1, 18 Stat. 389.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 34 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
R.S. § 38 derived from act Mar. 3, 1873, ch. 226, § 1, 17 Stat. 488.
2 U.S.C. § 5302 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 5302. Salaries payable monthly after taking oath
Each Member and Delegate, after he has taken and subscribed the required oath, is entitled to receive his salary at the end of each month.
(R.S. § 39.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 35 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
R.S. § 39 derived from Res. Mar. 29, 1867, No. 18, 15 Stat. 24.
2 U.S.C. § 5303 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 5303. End-of-the-month salary payment schedule inapplicable to Senators
Section 5302 of this title shall not be construed as being applicable to a Senator.
(Pub. L. 97–51, § 112(c), Oct. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 963.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 35a of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Provisions of subsec. (c) of section 112 of Pub. L. 97–51 that such subsec. (c) would apply on and after the effective date of the amendments and repeals made by section 112 of Pub. L. 97–51 were omitted in the codification of this section since their impact was identical to that of the effective date provisions of subsec. (e) of section 112 of Pub. L. 97–51, set out as an Effective Date of 1981 Amendment note under section 6301 of this title. See Effective Date note below.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date
text: Section effective in the case of compensation payable for months after December 1981, see section 112(e) of Pub. L. 97–51, set out as an Effective Date of 1981 Amendment note under section 6301 of this title.
2 U.S.C. § 5304 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 5304. Salaries of Representatives, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners elected for unexpired terms
The salaries of Representatives in Congress, Delegates from Territories, and Resident Commissioners, elected for unexpired terms, shall commence on the date of their election and not before.
(July 16, 1914, ch. 141, § 1, 38 Stat. 458.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 37 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
2 U.S.C. § 5305 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 5305. Disposition of unpaid salary and other sums on death of Representative or Resident Commissioner
When any individual who has been elected a Member of, or Resident Commissioner to, the House of Representatives dies after the commencement of the Congress to which he has been elected, any unpaid balance of salary and other sums due such individual shall be paid to the person or persons surviving at the date of death, in the following order of precedence, and such payment shall be a bar to the recovery by any other person of amounts so paid:
First, to the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by such individual in writing to receive such unpaid balance and other sums due filed with the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives and received by the Chief Administrative Officer prior to such individual’s death;
Second, if there be no such beneficiary, to the widow or widower of such individual;
Third, if there be no beneficiary or surviving spouse, to the child or children of such individual, and descendants of deceased children, by representation;
Fourth, if none of the above, to the parents of such individual, or the survivor of them;
Fifth, if there be none of the above, to the duly appointed legal representative of the estate of the deceased individual, or if there be none, to the person or persons determined to be entitled thereto under the laws of the domicile of the deceased individual.
(July 2, 1954, ch. 455, title I, § 105, 68 Stat. 409; Pub. L. 86–102, July 23, 1959, 73 Stat. 224; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 203(5), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1725.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 38a of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
heading: Amendments
text: 1996—Pub. L. 104–186 struck out “(including amounts held in the trust fund account in the office of the Sergeant at Arms)” after “due such individual” in first undesignated par. and substituted “Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives and received by the Chief Administrative Officer” for “Sergeant at Arms, and received by the Sergeant at Arms” in second undesignated par.
1959—Pub. L. 86–102 inserted provisions including amounts held in trust fund account, authorizing an individual to designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries, and prescribing order of precedence in cases where no designation of beneficiary has been made.
2 U.S.C. § 5306 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 5306. Deductions for absence
The Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives (upon certification by the Clerk of the House of Representatives) shall deduct from the monthly payments (or other periodic payments authorized by law) of each Member or Delegate the amount of his salary for each day that he has been absent from the House, unless such Member or Delegate assigns as the reason for such absence the sickness of himself or of some member of his family.
(R.S. § 40; Pub. L. 97–51, § 112(d), Oct. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 963; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 203(7), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1726; Pub. L. 109–55, title I, § 5, Aug. 2, 2005, 119 Stat. 568.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 39 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
R.S. § 40 derived from act Aug. 16, 1856, ch. 123, § 6, 11 Stat. 49.
heading: Amendments
text: 2005—Pub. L. 109–55 struck out “Secretary of the Senate and the” before “Chief Administrative Officer”, “, respectively,” before “shall deduct from”, “, respectively” before “, unless such Member”, and “Senate or” after “absent from the”.
1996—Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives (upon certification by the Clerk of the House of Representatives)” for “Sergeant-at-Arms of the House”.
1981—Pub. L. 97–51 substituted “from the monthly payments (or other periodic payments authorized by law)” for “from the monthly payments”.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of 1981 Amendment
text: Amendment by Pub. L. 97–51 effective in the case of compensation payable for months after December 1981, see section 112(e) of Pub. L. 97–51, set out as a note under section 6301 of this title.
2 U.S.C. § 5307 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 5307. Certification of salary and mileage accounts
Salary and mileage accounts of Representatives and Delegates shall be certified by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and such certificates shall be conclusive upon all the departments and officers of the Government.
(R.S. §§ 47, 48; Pub. L. 108–447, div. G, title I, § 11, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3171.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 48 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
R.S. § 47 derived from acts July 28, 1866, ch. 296, § 17, 14 Stat. 323, and Jan. 22, 1818, ch. 5, § 3, 3 Stat. 404.
R.S. § 48 derived from act Sept. 30, 1850, ch. 90, § 1, 9 Stat. 523.
R.S. § 47 constitutes first clause and R.S. § 48 constitutes remainder.
Words “mileage accounts” substituted for words “accounts for traveling expenses in going to and returning from Congress” based on text of section 17 of act July 28, 1866, ch. 296, 14 Stat. 323.
heading: Amendments
text: 2004—Pub. L. 108–447 substituted “of Representatives and Delegates shall be certified” for “of Senators shall be certified by the President of the Senate, and those of Representatives and Delegates”.
2 U.S.C. § 5308 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 5308. Substitute to sign certificates for salary and accounts
The Speaker is authorized to designate from time to time some one from among those appointed by him and appropriated for and employed in his office, whose duty it shall be under the direction of the Speaker to sign in his name and for him all certificates required by section 5307 of this title for salary and accounts for traveling expenses in going to and returning from Congress of Representatives and Delegates.
(Nov. 12, 1903, P. Res. No. 1, 33 Stat. 1.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: Section 5307 of this title, referred to in text, was in the original “section forty-seven of the Revised Statutes”, which initially enacted part of section 48 of this title and was subsequently reclassified as section 5307 of this title. See Codification notes under sections 48 and 5307 of this title.
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 50 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
2 U.S.C. § 5309 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 5309. Disbursement of compensation of House Members by Chief Administrative Officer
The moneys which have been, or may be, appropriated for the compensation and mileage of Members and Delegates shall be paid at the Treasury on requisitions drawn by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, and shall be kept, disbursed, and accounted for by him according to law, and he shall be a disbursing officer, but he shall not be entitled to any compensation additional to the salary fixed by law.
(Oct. 1, 1890, ch. 1256, § 3, 26 Stat. 645; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(25)(B), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1734.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 80 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
heading: Amendments
text: 1996—Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “Chief Administrative Officer” for “Sergeant-at-Arms”.
2 U.S.C. § 5310 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 5310. Certificate of salary during recess
The Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to sign, during the recess of Congress after the first session and until the first day of the second session, the certificates for the monthly compensation of Members and Delegates in Congress, which certificate shall be in the form in use on August 15, 1876, and shall have the like force and effect as is given to the certificate of the Speaker.
(Aug. 15, 1876, ch. 287, § 1, 19 Stat. 145.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 49 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
2 U.S.C. § 5322a (THE CONGRESS)
§ 5322a. Allowance for compensation of interns in member offices
(a) Establishment of allowance
There is established for the House of Representatives an allowance which shall be available for the compensation of interns who serve in the offices of Members of the House of Representatives.
(b) Cap on amount available per office
An office of a Member of the House of Representatives may not use more than $20,000 of the allowance under this section during any calendar year.
(c) Benefit exclusion
Section 5321(b) of this title shall apply with respect to an intern who is compensated under the allowance under this section in the same manner as such section applies with respect to an intern who is compensated under the Members’ Representational Allowance.
(d) No effect on payment of interns under Members’ Representational Allowance
Nothing in this section may be construed to affect the use of the Members’ Representational Allowance for the compensation of interns, as provided under section 5321 of this title.
(e) Definitions
In this section—
(1) the term “intern” has the meaning given such term in section 5321(c)(2) of this title; and
(2) the term “Member of the House of Representatives” means a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.
(f) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $8,800,000 for fiscal year 2019, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020 and each succeeding fiscal year.
(Pub. L. 115–244, div. B, title I, § 120, Sept. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 2931; Pub. L. 116–94, div. E, title I, § 112(a), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2759.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 2019—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 116–94 substituted “, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020 and each succeeding fiscal year.” for period at end.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of 2019 Amendment
text: Pub. L. 116–94, div. E, title I, § 112(c), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2759, provided that: “The amendments made by this section [amending this section and section 5507 of this title] shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 120 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019 (2 U.S.C. 5322a).”
2 U.S.C. § 5323 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 5323. Pay of clerical assistants as affected by death of Senator or Representative
When a Senator 1 or Member of the House of Representatives or Delegate or Resident Commissioner dies during his term of office the clerical assistants appointed by him, and then borne upon the pay rolls of the Senate or House of Representatives, shall be continued on such pay rolls in their respective positions and be paid for a period not longer than one month: Provided, That this shall not apply to clerical assistants of standing committees of the Senate or House of Representatives, when their service otherwise would continue beyond such period.
(Feb. 23, 1927, ch. 168, § 1, 44 Stat. 1148.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 92a of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Inapplicability to Employees of Senate
text: Pub. L. 98–473, title I, § 123A(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1969, provided that this section shall not apply to any employee of the Senate.