Title 2 — The Congress
Chapter 51 — House of Representatives Leadership
§ 5121. Expense allowance of Speaker of House of Representatives
Statutory text
There shall be paid to the Speaker of the House of Representatives in equal monthly installments an expense allowance of $10,000 per annum to assist in defraying expenses relating to or resulting from the discharge of his official duties, for which no accounting, other than for income tax purposes, shall be made by him.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 81–2 § 1(e) · 63 Stat. 4
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 5121
Jan. 19, 1949, ch. 2, § 1(e), 63 Stat. 4
Source evidence
Code source credit
Jan. 19, 1949, ch. 2, § 1(e), 63 Stat. 4House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act
Pub. L. 104–186 title II § 203(1) · 110 Stat. 1718
Struck · 2 U.S.C. § 5121
Pub. L. 104–186 struck out “(which shall be in lieu of the allowance provided by section 601(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended)” after “per annum”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 104–186 struck out “(which shall be in lieu of the allowance provided by section 601(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended)” after “per annum”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) Subsection (e) of the first section of the Act entitled “An Act to increase rates of compensation of the President, Vice President, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives”, approved January 19, 1949 (2 U.S.C. 31b), is amended by striking out “(which shall be in lieu of the allowance provided by section 601(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended)”.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 31b of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Amendments1951–1996 · 2 rounds
1996
Pub. L. 104–186 struck out “(which shall be in lieu of the allowance provided by section 601(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended)” after “per annum”.
1951
Act , made Speaker’s expense allowance taxable.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1951 Amendment
Amendment by act , effective at noon, , see section 619(e) of act , set out as a note under section 102 of Title 3, The President.
Effective Date
Section effective at noon, , see section 3 of act .
Credits
1949–1996 · 3 acts
- 1949Jan. 19, 1949, ch. 2, § 1(e), 63 Stat. 4
- 1951Oct. 20, 1951, ch. 521, title VI, § 619(c), 65 Stat. 570
- 1996Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 203(1), , 110 Stat. 1725.
Show as published
(Jan. 19, 1949, ch. 2, § 1(e), 63 Stat. 4; Oct. 20, 1951, ch. 521, title VI, § 619(c), 65 Stat. 570; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 203(1), , 110 Stat. 1725.)