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§5142 Additional amounts for personnel and equipment for House Majority and Minority Leaders and Majority and Minority Whips

Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 51— - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES LEADERSHIP › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS AND WHIPS › § 5142

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The House pays, starting March 1, 1977 and until changed by law, from its accounts yearly amounts for office staff and equipment: Majority Leader $30,000; Minority Leader $30,000; Majority Whip $15,000; Minority Whip $15,000.

Full Legal Text

Title 2, §5142

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Effective March 1, 1977, and until otherwise provided by law, there shall be paid out of the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives such additional amounts as may be necessary for office personnel, and rental or lease of necessary equipment, of each of the following officials of the House the following per annum amounts:
(1)The majority leader, $30,000.
(2)The minority leader, $30,000.
(3)The majority whip, $15,000.
(4)The minority whip, $15,000.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 74a–4 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is based on section 2 of House Resolution No. 393, Ninety-fifth Congress, Mar. 31, 1977, which was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 95–94.

Amendments

1996—Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “applicable accounts of the House of Representatives” for “contingent fund of the House”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Limits on Uses of Funds Pub. L. 98–51, title I, § 112,
July 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 270, as amended by Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(16), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1732, provided that: “The funds provided under the provisions of section 2 of House Resolution 393, Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to
March 31, 1977, as enacted into permanent law by section 115 of the Congressional Operations Appropriation Act, 1978 [2 U.S.C. 5142], and section 473 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 [2 U.S.C. 5103], shall be limited to use for the compensation of additional personnel and other necessary official expenses.”

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Citation

2 U.S.C. § 5142

Title 2The Congress

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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