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Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions

Chapter 4 — Puerto Rico

§ 894. Salary and traveling expenses; payment

Statutory text

The salary and traveling expenses of the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico to the United States shall be paid by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives in the same manner as the salaries of the members of the House of Representatives are paid.

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. 59–3514 § 1 · 34 Stat. 389

    Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 894

    June 22, 1906, ch. 3514, § 1, 34 Stat. 417

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    June 22, 1906, ch. 3514, § 1, 34 Stat. 417

  2. House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act

    Pub. L. 104–186 title II § 224(1) · 110 Stat. 1718

    Substituted · 48 U.S.C. § 894

    Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “Chief Administrative Officer” for “Sergeant-at-Arms”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “Chief Administrative Officer” for “Sergeant-at-Arms”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) The last undesignated paragraph after the center heading “MINTS AND ASSAY OFFICES.” and the center subheading “GOVERNMENT IN THE TERRITORIES” in the first section of the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, and for other purposes”, approved June 22, 1906 (48 U.S.C. 894), is amended by striking out “Sergeant-at-Arms” and inserting in lieu thereof “Chief Administrative Officer”.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was not enacted as part of the Puerto Rican Federal Relations Act which comprises this chapter.

Amendments

1996—Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “Chief Administrative Officer” for “Sergeant-at-Arms”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“Puerto Rico” substituted in text for “Porto Rico” pursuant to act , which is classified to section 731a of this title.

Credits

1906–1996 · 3 acts
  1. 1906June 22, 1906, ch. 3514, § 1, 34 Stat. 417
  2. 1932May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158
  3. 1996Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 224(1), , 110 Stat. 1752.
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(June 22, 1906, ch. 3514, § 1, 34 Stat. 417; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 224(1), , 110 Stat. 1752.)

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