2 U.S.C. § 5343: Staff expenses for House…

Summary

Members-elect who go to a party caucus or conference may name one staff person to get paid for one round trip between the staff person’s home (if it is inside the member’s district) and Washington, District of Columbia, to travel with them. An incumbent who was re-elected may also do this if the caucus or conference meets after the final end of that Congress in that year. A Member-elect (not a re-elected incumbent) who goes to such a caucus or conference can also name one staff person to be reimbursed for daily expenses or other costs while accompanying the member. With the agreement of the majority leader (for majority-party members) or the minority leader (for minority-party members), the same travel and expense rules apply for attending the House Administration Committee’s new-member orientation.

Title 2, §5343

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(a)In general

Each Member-elect (other than an incumbent Member reelected to the ensuing Congress) who attends a caucus or conference called under section 29a(a) of this title, and each incumbent Member reelected to the ensuing Congress who attends any such caucus or conference convening after the adjournment sine die of the Congress in the year involved, shall be entitled to designate one staff person to be paid for one round trip between that person’s place of residence, provided such place of residence is in the district which the Member-elect or incumbent Member represents, and Washington, District of Columbia, for the purpose of accompanying that Member-elect or incumbent Member to such caucus or conference.

(b)Per diem expenses of staff person

Each Member-elect (other than an incumbent Member reelected to the ensuing Congress) who attends a caucus or conference called under such section 29a(a) of this title shall be entitled to designate one staff person who shall in addition be reimbursed on a per diem or other basis for expenses incurred in accompanying the Member-elect at the time of such caucus or conference.

(c)Orientation programs for new Members

With the approval of the majority leader (in the case of a Member or Member-elect of the majority party) or the minority leader (in the case of a Member or Member-elect of the minority party), subsections (a) and (b) shall apply with respect to the attendance of a Member or Member-elect at a program conducted by the Committee on House Administration for the orientation of new members in the same manner as such provisions apply to the attendance of the Member or Member-elect at the organizational caucus or conference.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 43b–2 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is based on section 1 of House Resolution No. 10, Ninety-fourth Congress, Jan. 14, 1975, which was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 94–59.

Amendments

2004—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–447, § 107(b)(2), substituted a period for “for a period not to exceed the shorter of the following— “(i) the period beginning with the day before the designated date upon which such caucus or conference is to convene and ending with the day after the date of the final adjournment of such caucus or conference; or “(ii) fourteen days.” Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 108–447, § 107(c)(2), added subsec. (c).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2004 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 108–447 applicable with respect to the One Hundred Tenth Congress and each succeeding Congress, see section 107(d) of Pub. L. 108–447, set out as a note under section 29a of this title.

§5343 Staff Expenses for House Members Attending Organizational Caucus or Conference