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§5121 Expense allowance of Speaker of House of Representatives
Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 51— - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES LEADERSHIP › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - THE SPEAKER › § 5121
Summary
The Speaker gets $10,000 a year, paid monthly, to cover official expenses; only taxes must be reported.
Full Legal Text
Title 2, §5121
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There shall be paid to the Speaker of the House of Representatives in equal monthly installments an expense allowance of $10,000 per annum to assist in defraying expenses relating to or resulting from the discharge of his official duties, for which no accounting, other than for income tax purposes, shall be made by him.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 31b of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Amendments
1996—Pub. L. 104–186 struck out “(which shall be in lieu of the allowance provided by section 601(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended)” after “per annum”. 1951—Act Oct. 20, 1951, made Speaker’s expense allowance taxable.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1951 AmendmentAmendment by act Oct. 20, 1951, effective at noon, Jan. 3, 1953, see section 619(e) of act Oct. 20, 1951, set out as a note under section 102 of Title 3, The President.
Effective Date
Section effective at noon, Jan. 20, 1949, see section 3 of act Jan. 19, 1949.
Reference
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Citation
2 U.S.C. § 5121
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Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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