Title 2 — The CongressRelease 119-73
§4538 Reimbursement of residential telecommunications expenses for House Members, officers, and employees
Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 45— - CONGRESSIONAL PAY AND BENEFITS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES › Part Part A— - Amount and Type › § 4538
Summary
Government resources can be used each fiscal year, starting in fiscal year 1999, to pay a House Member, officer, or employee back for ordinary and necessary costs of having telecommunications lines at their home when those lines are used for official work. The House Committee on Oversight must create the rules needed to carry this out.
Full Legal Text
Title 2, §4538
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(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, official resources may be used during a fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 1999), in accordance with regulations of the Committee on House Oversight, to reimburse a Member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives for the ordinary and necessary expenses related to the official use of telecommunications lines in the residence of the Member, officer, or employee.
(b)The Committee on House Oversight shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to implement this section.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 127b of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1999, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Committee on House Oversight of House of Representatives changed to Committee on House Administration of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 6, 1999.
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Citation
2 U.S.C. § 4538
Title 2 — The Congress
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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