Title 2, The CongressRelease 119-102
§5307 Certification of Salary and Mileage Accounts
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Summary
Speaker must certify Reps' and Delegates' pay and mileage; all government offices must accept.
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Title 2, §5307
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Salary and mileage accounts of Representatives and Delegates shall be certified by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and such certificates shall be conclusive upon all the departments and officers of the Government.
Legislative History
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 48 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. R.S. § 47 derived from acts
July 28, 1866, ch. 296, § 17, 14 Stat. 323, and Jan. 22, 1818, ch. 5, § 3, 3 Stat. 404. R.S. § 48 derived from act Sept. 30, 1850, ch. 90, § 1, 9 Stat. 523. R.S. § 47 constitutes first clause and R.S. § 48 constitutes remainder. Words “mileage accounts” substituted for words “accounts for traveling expenses in going to and returning from Congress” based on text of section 17 of act
July 28, 1866, ch. 296, 14 Stat. 323.
Amendments
2004—Pub. L. 108–447 substituted “of Representatives and Delegates shall be certified” for “of Senators shall be certified by the President of the Senate, and those of Representatives and Delegates”.
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2 U.S.C. § 5307
Title 2, The Congress
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102