Title 48 — Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-73not60
§893 Salary of Commissioner; Allowances; Franking Privilege
Title 48 › Chapter 4— PUERTO RICO › Subchapter V— RESIDENT COMMISSIONER › § 893
Summary
The Resident Commissioner is paid monthly and gets the same office supplies money, clerk pay, and free official mail as House members.
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Title 48, §893
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The Resident Commissioner shall receive a salary payable monthly by the United States. He shall be allowed the same sum for stationery and for the pay of necessary clerk hire as is allowed Members of the House of Representatives of the United States. He shall be allowed the franking privilege granted Members of Congress.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section is comprised of parts of third and fourth sentences of section 36 of act Mar. 2, 1917. For classification of the remainder of section 36, see Codification note set out under section 891 of this title.
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48 U.S.C. § 893
Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60