Title 2, The CongressRelease 119-102
§5301 Representatives’ and Delegates’ Salaries Payable Monthly
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Summary
People elected to be Representatives or Delegates who have filed proper credentials with the House Clerk under section 26 may get paid each month from the start of their term until the first session of the new Congress. To be paid, they need a standard certificate signed by the Clerk, and that certificate has the same legal effect as a certificate signed by the Speaker.
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Title 2, §5301
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Representatives and Delegates-elect to Congress, whose credentials in due form of law have been duly filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives, in accordance with the provisions of section 26 of this title, may receive their compensation monthly, from the beginning of their term until the beginning of the first session of each Congress, upon a certificate in the form now in use to be signed by the Clerk of the House, which certificate shall have the like force and effect as is given to the certificate of the Speaker.
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Codification Section was formerly classified to section 34 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. R.S. § 38 derived from act Mar. 3, 1873, ch. 226, § 1, 17 Stat. 488.
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2 U.S.C. § 5301
Title 2, The Congress
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102