Title 2, The CongressRelease 119-102
§4521 Mode of Payment
Title 2 › CHAPTER 45 — CONGRESSIONAL PAY AND BENEFITS › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL › Part B — Administration › § 4521
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Pay for members of Congress and delegates must be recorded in the government's financial records and paid from the government's treasury.
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Title 2, §4521
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The compensation of Members and Delegates shall be passed as public accounts, and paid out of the public Treasury.
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Codification Section was formerly classified to section 47 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. R.S. § 46 derived from acts Jan. 22, 1818, ch. 5, § 3, 3 Stat. 404, and Feb. 10, 1854, ch. 11, § 1, 10 Stat. 267.
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2 U.S.C. § 4521
Title 2, The Congress
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Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102