§ 1735. Operation of Office; compensation, allowances, and benefits; privileges and immunities

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. 1978

   Pub. L. 95–556 § 5 · 92 Stat. 2078

   Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 1735

   Pub. L. 95–556, § 5, Oct. 31, 1978, 92 Stat. 2078

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 95–556, § 5, Oct. 31, 1978, 92 Stat. 2078

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 5. Compensation. 48 USC 1735. Until the Rules of the House of Representatives are amended to provide otherwise, the Delegate from American Samoa shall receive the same compensation, allowances, and benefits as a Member of the House of Representatives, and shall be entitled to whatever privileges and immunities that are, or hereinafter may be, granted to the non-voting Delegate from the Territory of Guam: Provided, That the clerk hire allowance for the Delegate from American Samoa shall be a single per annum gross rate that is 50 per centum of the clerk hire allowance of a Member of the House of Representatives.

2. 1982

   Pub. L. 97–357 title IV § 401 · 96 Stat. 1705

   Struck · 48 U.S.C. § 1735

   Pub. L. 97–357 struck out proviso limiting clerk hire allowance for Delegate from American Samoa to 50 per centum of clerk hire allowance of a Member of House of Representatives

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 97–357 struck out proviso limiting clerk hire allowance for Delegate from American Samoa to 50 per centum of clerk hire allowance of a Member of House of Representatives.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 401. Effective January 1, 1983, section 5 of Public Law 95–556 Effective date. 48 USC 1735. (92 Stat. 2078) is amended by striking out the colon and all that follows and inserting a period in lieu thereof.

   Effective date note
   Pub. L. 97–357, title IV, § 401, Oct. 19, 1982, 96 Stat. 1711, provided that the amendment made by section 401 is effective Jan. 1, 1983.

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