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Title 2 — The Congress

Chapter 51 — House of Representatives Leadership

§ 5142. Additional amounts for personnel and equipment for House Majority and Minority Leaders and Majority and Minority Whips

Statutory text

Effective , 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.

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.

  1. Pub. L. 95–94 title I § 115 · 91 Stat. 1254

    Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 5142

    Pub. L. 95–94, title I, § 115, Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 668

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 95–94, title I, § 115, Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 668

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 115. The provisions of House Resolution 1495, Ninety-fourth Congress, relating to the salaries of Official Reporters of Debates and 2 USC 316–5 and note. Official Reporters to Committees; House Resolution 1576, Ninety-fourth Congress, providing for an additional employee for former Speakers of the House of Representatives; paragraph 29 of House Resolution 5, Ninety-fifth Congress, amending Rule XI 6(c) of the 2 USC 75–1, 76–1, 77a, 282b. House relating to the pay of committee staffs; House Resolution 8, Ninety-fifth Congress, increasing the basic levels of pay for selected positions in the House of Representatives; House Resolution 119, Ninety-fifth Congress, increasing the basic levels of pay for six 2 USC 41 note, 56 note, 122a note. 2 USC 74a–3, 74a–4. minority positions; section 302 of House Resolution 287, Ninety-fifth Congress, relating to official expense allowances of Members; House Resolution 393, Ninety-fifth Congress, relating to additional employees in the Office of the Minority Leader and the Offices of the Majority Whip and the Chief Majority Whip, and additional allowances for the Majority Leader, the Minority Leader, the Majority Whip, and the 2 USC 130 and note. 2 USC 287–287d. Minority Whip; House Resolution 434, Ninety-fifth Congress, relating to expenses of interparliamentary meetings and the reception of heads of states and other foreign dignitaries; and House Resolution 502, Ninety-fifth Congress, relating to the establishment and administration of the Office of the Parliamentarian, shall be the permanent law with respect thereto.

  2. House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act

    Pub. L. 104–186 title II § 204(15)(B) · 110 Stat. 1718

    Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 5142

    Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “applicable accounts of the House of Representatives” for “contingent fund of the House”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “applicable accounts of the House of Representatives” for “contingent fund of the House”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (B) Section 2 of House Resolution 393, Ninety-fifth Congress, as enacted into permanent law by section 115 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C. 74a–4), is amended by striking out “contingent fund of the House” and inserting in lieu thereof “applicable accounts of the House of Representatives”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

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, , which was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 95–94.

Amendments

1996—Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “applicable accounts of the House of Representatives” for “contingent fund of the House”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Limits on Uses of Funds

Pub. L. 98–51, title I, § 112, , 97 Stat. 270, as amended by Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(16), , 110 Stat. 1732, provided that: “The funds provided under the provisions of section 2 of House Resolution 393, Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to , 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.”

Credits

1977–1996 · 2 acts
  1. 1977Pub. L. 95–94, title I, § 115, , 91 Stat. 668
  2. 1996Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(15)(B), , 110 Stat. 1732.
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(Pub. L. 95–94, title I, § 115, , 91 Stat. 668; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(15)(B), , 110 Stat. 1732.)

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