Title 2, The CongressRelease 119-102
§5310 Certificate of Salary During Recess
Title 2 › CHAPTER 53 — HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MEMBERS › SUBCHAPTER I — MEMBER PAY › § 5310
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The Clerk must sign Members' and Delegates' monthly pay certificates during the recess between the first and second sessions, using the August 15, 1876 form, with the Speaker's authority.
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Title 2, §5310
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The Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to sign, during the recess of Congress after the first session and until the first day of the second session, the certificates for the monthly compensation of Members and Delegates in Congress, which certificate shall be in the form in use on August 15, 1876, and 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 49 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
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2 U.S.C. § 5310
Title 2, The Congress
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Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102