2 U.S.C. § 5301 — Representatives’ and Delegates’ salaries

Page 596 TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS § 5301 Sec. 5302. Salaries payable monthly after taking oath. 5303. End-of-the-month salary payment schedule inapplicable to Senators. 5304. Salaries of Representatives, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners elected for unex- pired terms. 5305. Disposition of unpaid salary and other sums on death of Representative or Resident Commissioner. 5306. Deductions for absence. 5307. Certification of salary and mileage accounts. 5308. Substitute to sign certificates for salary and accounts. 5309. Disbursement of compensation of House Members by Chief Administrative Officer. 5310. Certificate of salary during recess. SUBCHAPTER II—EMPLOYEES 5321. Employees of Members of House of Represent- atives. 5322. Lyndon Baines Johnson congressional in- terns. 5322a. Allowance for compensation of interns in member offices. 5323. Pay of clerical assistants as affected by death of Senator or Representative. 5324. Pay of clerical assistants as affected by death or resignation of Member of House. 5325. Performance of duties by clerical assistants of dead or resigned Member of House. 5326. ‘‘Member of the House’’ defined. 5327. Termination of service of Members of House. 5328. Authority to prescribe regulations. 5329. Vouchers. SUBCHAPTER III—EXPENSES AND ALLOWANCES 5341. Representational allowance for Members of House of Representatives. 5342. Reimbursement of transportation expenses for employees in office of House Member. 5343. Staff expenses for House Members attending organizational caucus or conference. 5344. Payments and reimbursements for certain House staff expenses. 5345. Annotated United States Code for Members of House of Representatives to be paid for from Members’ Representational Allow- ance. 5346. Transportation of official records and papers to House Member’s district. 5347. Delivery of bills and resolutions. 5348. Delivery of Congressional Record. 5349. Limitation on printed copies of U.S. Code to House. 5350. Delivery of reports of disbursements. 5351. Delivery of Daily Calendar. 5352. Delivery of Congressional Pictorial Direc- tory. SUBCHAPTER I—MEMBER PAY § 5301. Representatives’ and Delegates’ salaries payable monthly Representatives and Delegates-elect to Con- gress, whose credentials in due form of law have been duly filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives, in accordance with the provi- sions of section 26 of this title, may receive their compensation monthly, from the begin- ning 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.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION 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. § 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.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION 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. § 5303. End-of-the-month salary payment sched- ule 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.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION 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 effec- tive date of the amendments and repeals made by sec- tion 112 of Pub. L. 97–51 were omitted in the codifica- tion 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. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE 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. § 5304. Salaries of Representatives, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners elected for un- expired terms The salaries of Representatives in Congress, Delegates from Territories, and Resident Com- missioners, elected for unexpired terms, shall commence on the date of their election and not before. (July 16, 1914, ch. 141, § 1, 38 Stat. 458.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 37 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.