Title 2 — The CongressRelease 119-73
§5102 Appointment of consultants by Speaker, Majority Leader, and Minority Leader of House; compensation
Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 51— - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES LEADERSHIP › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL › § 5102
Summary
Each of the Speaker, the Majority Leader, and the Minority Leader may hire one consultant for short-term or occasional work and set that consultant’s pay. The consultant’s daily pay cannot be more than the daily equivalent of the highest gross annual pay rate allowed for employees of a House standing committee. This rule starts in fiscal year 1999 and continues for every fiscal year after.
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Title 2, §5102
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(a)The Speaker, Majority Leader, and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives are each authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of one consultant, on a temporary or intermittent basis, at a daily rate of compensation not in excess of the per diem equivalent of the highest gross rate of annual compensation which may be paid to employees of a standing committee of the House.
(b)This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 1999 and each succeeding fiscal year.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 74a–9 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.
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2 U.S.C. § 5102
Title 2 — The Congress
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73