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§4581 Aggregate gross compensation of employee of Senator of State with population under 5,000,000
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Summary
A Senator's office in a State with under 5,000,000 people cannot pay its employees more than $1,012,083 total in any fiscal year; this limit took effect October 1, 1991.
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Title 2, §4581
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(a)Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4575(d)(1) of this title, and except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (C) of such subsection (d)(1), the aggregate of gross compensation paid employees in the office of a Senator shall not exceed during each fiscal year $1,012,083 if the population of his State is less than 5,000,000.
(b)Subsection (a) shall take effect October 1, 1991.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 61–1c of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1992, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992.
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2 U.S.C. § 4581
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Apr 6, 2026
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