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§5104 Authority of Speaker and Minority Leader to Allocate Funds Among Certain House Leadership Offices

Title 2 › CHAPTER 51 — HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES LEADERSHIP › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL › § 5104

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Speaker must decide how to split the total money that Congress provides for certain House leadership offices during a Congress. Even if other laws say something different, the Speaker’s choices set the amounts for those offices, which include the Speaker’s office and floor office; the party steering or steering-and-policy committee for the Speaker’s party; the Republican Policy Committee if the Speaker is a Republican; and majority training/program and majority cloakroom staff as described in the most recent legislative branch appropriations bill enacted before December 23, 2011. The Minority Leader must do the same for certain minority leadership offices from the total money for those offices. Those offices include the Minority Leader’s office; the party steering or steering-and-policy committee for the Minority Leader’s party; the Republican Policy Committee if the Minority Leader is a Republican; minority training/program and minority cloakroom staff; and nine minority employees. These rules apply to months in the One Hundred Twelfth Congress that begin after December 23, 2011, and to any Congress after that.

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Title 2, §5104

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(a)Authority of Speaker
(1)Authority described
Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including any provision of law that sets forth an allowance for official expenses), the amount appropriated or otherwise made available during a Congress for the salaries and expenses of any office or authority described in paragraph (2) shall be the amount allocated for such office or authority by the Speaker of the House of Representatives from the aggregate amount appropriated or otherwise made available for all such offices and authorities.
(2)Offices and authorities described
The offices and authorities described in this paragraph are as follows:
(A)The Office of the Speaker.
(B)The Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Activities.
(C)The Republican Steering Committee (if the Speaker is a member of the Republican party) or the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee (if the Speaker is a member of the Democratic party).
(D)The Republican Policy Committee (if the Speaker is a member of the Republican party).
(E)Training and program development—majority (as described under the heading “House leadership offices” in the most recent bill making appropriations for the legislative branch that was enacted prior to December 23, 2011).
(F)Cloakroom personnel—majority (as so described).
(b)Authority of Minority Leader
(1)Authority described
Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including any provision of law that sets forth an allowance for official expenses), the amount appropriated or otherwise made available during a Congress for the salaries and expenses of any office or authority described in paragraph (2) shall be the amount allocated for such office or authority by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives from the aggregate amount appropriated or otherwise made available for all such offices and authorities.
(2)Offices and authorities described
The offices and authorities described in this paragraph are as follows:
(A)The Office of the Minority Leader.
(B)The Democratic Steering and Policy Committee (if the Minority Leader is a member of the Democratic party) or the Republican Steering Committee (if the Minority Leader is a member of the Republican party).
(C)The Republican Policy Committee (if the Minority Leader is a member of the Republican party).
(D)Training and program development—minority (as described under the heading “House leadership offices” in the most recent bill making appropriations for the legislative branch that was enacted prior to December 23, 2011).
(E)Cloakroom personnel—minority (as so described).
(F)Nine minority employees (as so described).
(c)Effective date
This section shall apply with respect to any months occurring during the One Hundred Twelfth Congress that begin after December 23, 2011, and to any succeeding Congress.

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The most recent bill making appropriations for the legislative branch that was enacted prior to December 23, 2011, containing the heading “House leadership offices”, referred to in subsecs. (a)(2)(E) and (b)(2)(D), is Pub. L. 111–68, div. A, Oct. 1, 2009, 123 Stat. 2023. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 74a–11a of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is from the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2012, which is div. G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012.

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2 U.S.C. § 5104

Title 2, The Congress

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110