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2 U.S.C. § 4313 — Adjustment of House of Representatives allowances by Committee on House Oversight
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**(a) In general** Subject to the provision of law specified in subsection (b), the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives may, by order of the Committee, fix and adjust the amounts, terms, and conditions of, and other matters relating to, allowances of the House of Representatives within the following categories:
(1) For Members of the House of Representatives, the Members’ Representational Allowance, including all aspects of official mail within the jurisdiction of the Committee under [section 503 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section503&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) For committees, the Speaker, the Majority and Minority Leaders, the Clerk, the Sergeant at Arms, and the Chief Administrative Officer, allowances for official mail (including all aspects of official mail within the jurisdiction of the Committee under [section 503 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section503&num=0&edition=prelim)), stationery, and telephone and telegraph and other communications.
**(b) Provision specified** The provision of law referred to in subsection (a) is [section 4314 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section4314&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) “Member of the House of Representatives” defined** As used in this section, the term “Member of the House of Representatives” means a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.
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**(a) In general** Subject to the provision of law specified in subsection (b), the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives may, by order of the Committee, fix and adjust the amounts, terms, and conditions of, and other matters relating to, allowances of the House of Representatives within the following categories:
(1) For Members of the House of Representatives, the Members’ Representational Allowance, including all aspects of official mail within the jurisdiction of the Committee under [section 503 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section503&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) For committees, the Speaker, the Majority and Minority Leaders, the Clerk, the Sergeant at Arms, and the Chief Administrative Officer, allowances for official mail (including all aspects of official mail within the jurisdiction of the Committee under [section 503 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section503&num=0&edition=prelim)), stationery, and telephone and telegraph and other communications.
**(b) Provision specified** The provision of law referred to in subsection (a) is [section 4314 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section4314&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) “Member of the House of Representatives” defined** As used in this section, the term “Member of the House of Representatives” means a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.
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**(a) In general** An order under the provision of law specified in subsection (c) may fix or adjust the allowances of the House of Representatives only by reason of—
(1) a change in the price of materials, services, or office space;
(2) a technological change or other improvement in office equipment; or
(3) an increase under [section 5303 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5303&num=0&edition=prelim) in rates of pay under the General Schedule.
**(b) Resolution requirement** In the case of reasons other than the reasons specified in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (a), the fixing and adjustment of the allowances of the House of Representatives in the categories described in the provision of law specified in subsection (c) may be carried out only by resolution of the House of Representatives.
**(c) Provision specified** The provision of law referred to in subsections (a) and (b) is [section 4313 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section4313&num=0&edition=prelim).
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 57 was editorially reclassified as [section 4313 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section4313&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Congressional committee regulations for expenditure of appropriations for official mail** Except as otherwise provided in this section, funds appropriated by this Act or any other Act for expenses of official mail of any person entitled to use the congressional frank may be expended only in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate or the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives, as applicable. Such regulations shall require—
(1) individual accountability for use of official mail by each person entitled to use the congressional frank;
(2)
(A) with respect to the House of Representatives, allocation of funds for official mail to be made to each such person with respect to each session of Congress (with no transfer to any other session or to any other such person); and
(B) with respect to the Senate, allocation of funds for official mail to be made to each such person with respect to each session of Congress (with no transfer to any other session, other than transfers from the first session of a Congress to the second session of that Congress, or to any other such person); and
(3) with respect to the House of Representatives, that in addition to any other report or information made available to the public (through the House Communications Standards Commission or otherwise) regarding the use of the frank, the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives shall include in the quarterly report of receipts and expenditures submitted to the House of Representatives a statement (based solely on data provided for that purpose by the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives and the House Communications Standards Commission) of costs incurred for official m
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**(a) In general** Under the Members’ Representational Allowance, each Member of the House of Representatives may employ not more than 18 permanent employees and a total of not more than 4 additional employees in the following categories:
(1) Interns.
(2) Part-time employees.
(3) Shared employees.
(4) Temporary employees.
(5) Employees on leave without pay.
**(b) Benefit exclusion** For purposes of this section, interns and temporary employees shall be excluded from the operation of the following provisions of title 5:
(1) Chapter 84 (relating to the Federal Employees’ Retirement System).
(2) Chapter 87 (relating to life insurance).
(3) Chapter 89 (relating to health insurance).
**(c) Definitions** As used in this section—
(1) the term “Member of the House of Representatives” means a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress;
(2) the term “intern” means, with respect to a Member of the House of Representatives, an individual who serves in the office of the Member for not more than 120 days in a 12-month period and whose service is primarily for the educational experience of the individual;
(3) the term “part-time employee” means, with respect to a Member of the House of Representatives, an individual who is employed by the Member and whose normally assigned work schedule is not more than the equivalent of 15 full working days per month;
(4) the term “temporary employee” means, with respect to a Member of the House of Representatives, an individual who is employed for a specific purpose or task and who is employed for not more than 90 days in a 12-month period, except that the term of such employment may be extended with the written approval of the Committee on House Oversight; and
(5) the term “shared employee” means an em
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TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS
§ 4311
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 105 of this
title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering
as this section.
SUBCHAPTER II—HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
§ 4311. Approval of employment and compensa-
tion of committee employees by House stand-
ing committees
Standing committees of the House shall have
authority to approve the employment and com-
pensation of committee employees (other than
special and select committee employees) from
the effective date of the beginning of each Con-
gress, or such subsequent date as their service
commenced.
(Pub. L. 87–130, § 103, Aug. 10, 1961, 75 Stat. 334.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 72a–1b of
this title prior to editorial reclassification and renum-
bering as this section.
Section is based on House Resolution No. 16, Eighty-
seventh Congress, Jan. 3, 1961, which was enacted into
permanent law by Pub. L. 87–130.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
INCREASES IN COMPENSATION
Increases in compensation for House officers and em-
ployees under authority of Federal Salary Act of 1967
(Pub. L. 90–206), Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970
(Pub. L. 91–656), and Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 1988 (Pub. L. 100–202), see sections 4531 and 4532 of
this title, and Salary Directives of Speaker of the
House, set out as notes under those sections.
§ 4312. Regulations governing availability of ap-
propriations for House committee employees
Appropriations for committee employees shall
be available in such amounts and under such
regulations as may be approved by the Com-
mittee on House Oversight for compensation of
employees of the standing committees of the
House of Representatives, e
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