Title 2 — The CongressRelease 119-73
§5308 Substitute to sign certificates for salary and accounts
Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 53— - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MEMBERS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - MEMBER PAY › § 5308
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The Speaker may pick a paid staff member in his office to sign, under his direction, the certificates required by law for Representatives' and Delegates' pay and travel.
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Title 2, §5308
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The Speaker is authorized to designate from time to time some one from among those appointed by him and appropriated for and employed in his office, whose duty it shall be under the direction of the Speaker to sign in his name and for him all certificates required by section 5307 of this title for salary and accounts for traveling expenses in going to and returning from Congress of Representatives and Delegates.
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section 5307 of this title, referred to in text, was in the original “section forty-seven of the Revised Statutes”, which initially enacted part of section 48 of this title and was subsequently reclassified as section 5307 of this title. See Codification notes under section 48 and 5307 of this title. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 50 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
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2 U.S.C. § 5308
Title 2 — The Congress
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73