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Title 2 — The Congress

Chapter 53 — House of Representatives Members

§ 5304. Salaries of Representatives, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners elected for unexpired terms

Statutory text

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.

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. 63–141 § 1 · 38 Stat. 454

    Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 5304

    (July 16, 1914, ch. 141, § 1, 38 Stat. 458.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (July 16, 1914, ch. 141, § 1, 38 Stat. 458.)

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Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 37 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Credits

(July 16, 1914, ch. 141, § 1, 38 Stat. 458.)

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