Title 2 — The Congress
Chapter 53 — House of Representatives Members
§ 5343. Staff expenses for House Members attending organizational caucus or conference
Statutory text
In general
Each Member-elect (other than an incumbent Member reelected to the ensuing Congress) who attends a caucus or conference called under section 29a(a) of this title, and each incumbent Member reelected to the ensuing Congress who attends any such caucus or conference convening after the adjournment sine die of the Congress in the year involved, shall be entitled to designate one staff person to be paid for one round trip between that person’s place of residence, provided such place of residence is in the district which the Member-elect or incumbent Member represents, and Washington, District of Columbia, for the purpose of accompanying that Member-elect or incumbent Member to such caucus or conference.
Per diem expenses of staff person
Each Member-elect (other than an incumbent Member reelected to the ensuing Congress) who attends a caucus or conference called under such section 29a(a) of this title shall be entitled to designate one staff person who shall in addition be reimbursed on a per diem or other basis for expenses incurred in accompanying the Member-elect at the time of such caucus or conference.
Orientation programs for new Members
With the approval of the majority leader (in the case of a Member or Member-elect of the majority party) or the minority leader (in the case of a Member or Member-elect of the minority party), subsections (a) and (b) shall apply with respect to the attendance of a Member or Member-elect at a program conducted by the Committee on House Administration for the orientation of new members 1 in the same manner as such provisions apply to the attendance of the Member or Member-elect at the organizational caucus or conference.
Footnotes
- 1 So in original. Probably should be capitalized.
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. 94–59 title II § 201 · 89 Stat. 269
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 5343
Pub. L. 94–59, title II, § 201, July 25, 1975, 89 Stat. 282
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 94–59, title II, § 201, July 25, 1975, 89 Stat. 282Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2005
Pub. L. 108–447 § 107(b)(2) · 118 Stat. 2809
Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 5343(b)
Pub. L. 108–447, § 107(b)(2), substituted a period for “for a period not to exceed the shorter of the following—
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–447, § 107(b)(2), substituted a period for “for a period not to exceed the shorter of the following—“(i) the period beginning with the day before the designated date upon which such caucus or conference is to convene and ending with the day after the date of the final adjournment of such caucus or conference; or “(ii) fourteen days.”
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 107. Section 114 of Public Law 107–77 shall remain in effect during fiscal year 2005.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 108–447 applicable with respect to the One Hundred Tenth Congress and each succeeding Congress, see section 107(d) of Pub. L. 108–447, set out as a note under section 29a of this title.Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2005
Pub. L. 108–447 § 107(c)(2) · 118 Stat. 2809
Added · 2 U.S.C. § 5343(c)
Pub. L. 108–447, § 107(c)(2), added subsec. (c)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 108–447, § 107(c)(2), added subsec. (c).Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 107. Section 114 of Public Law 107–77 shall remain in effect during fiscal year 2005.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 108–447 applicable with respect to the One Hundred Tenth Congress and each succeeding Congress, see section 107(d) of Pub. L. 108–447, set out as a note under section 29a of this title.
2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 43b–2 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is based on section 1 of House Resolution No. 10, Ninety-fourth Congress, , which was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 94–59.
Amendments
2004—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–447, § 107(b)(2), substituted a period for “for a period not to exceed the shorter of the following—
“(i) the period beginning with the day before the designated date upon which such caucus or conference is to convene and ending with the day after the date of the final adjournment of such caucus or conference; or
“(ii) fourteen days.”
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 108–447, § 107(c)(2), added subsec. (c).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2004 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 108–447 applicable with respect to the One Hundred Tenth Congress and each succeeding Congress, see section 107(d) of Pub. L. 108–447, set out as a note under section 29a of this title.
Credits
1975–2004 · 2 acts
- 1975Pub. L. 94–59, title II, § 201, , 89 Stat. 282
- 2004Pub. L. 108–447, div. G, title I, § 107(b)(2), (c)(2), , 118 Stat. 3176.
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(Pub. L. 94–59, title II, § 201, , 89 Stat. 282; Pub. L. 108–447, div. G, title I, § 107(b)(2), (c)(2), , 118 Stat. 3176.)