Title 2 — The CongressRelease 119-73
§5323 Pay of clerical assistants as affected by death of Senator or Representative
Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 53— - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MEMBERS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - EMPLOYEES › § 5323
Summary
If a Senator, Representative, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner dies while in office, the clerical assistants they hired who are on the Senate or House payroll must be kept in their jobs and paid for up to one month. Clerical assistants serving standing committees are not covered if their work would otherwise continue past that month.
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Title 2, §5323
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When a Senator 11 See Inapplicability to Employees of Senate note below. or Member of the House of Representatives or Delegate or Resident Commissioner dies during his term of office the clerical assistants appointed by him, and then borne upon the pay rolls of the Senate or House of Representatives, shall be continued on such pay rolls in their respective positions and be paid for a period not longer than one month: Provided, That this shall not apply to clerical assistants of standing committees of the Senate or House of Representatives, when their service otherwise would continue beyond such period.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 92a of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Inapplicability to Employees of Senate Pub. L. 98–473, title I, § 123A(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1969, provided that this section shall not apply to any employee of the Senate.
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2 U.S.C. § 5323
Title 2 — The Congress
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73