Federal
Title 2 — The Congress
1,612 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.
- § 5122 — Personal services in office of Speaker; payments
- § 5123 — Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Activities
- § 5124 — Lump sum allowance for Speaker
- § 5125 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–244, div. B, title I, § 118(a) , (b), Sept. 21, 2018 , 132 Stat. 2930
- § 5126 to 5129 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–244, div. B, title I, § 118(a) , Sept. 21, 2018 , 132 Stat. 2930
- § 5141 — Additional employees in offices of House Minority Leader, Majority Whip, and Chief Deputy Majority Whip; authorization; compensation
- § 5142 — Additional amounts for personnel and equipment for House Majority and Minority Leaders and Majority and Minority Whips
- § 5143 — Compensation of certain House minority employees
- § 5144 — Lump-sum allowances for House Minority Leader and Majority Whip
- § 5145 — Lump-sum allowances for House Majority Floor Leader, Minority Floor Leader, Majority Whip, and Minority Whip
- § 5146 — Lump-sum allowances for House Majority Whip and Minority Whip
- § 5161 — Training and program development activities of Republican Conference and Democratic Steering and Policy Committee
- § 5162 — Republican Policy Committee
- § 52, 53 — Repealed. Pub. L. 92–607 , ch. V, § 506(k)(7), formerly § 506(h)(7), Oct. 31, 1972 , 86 Stat. 1508 , redesignated § 506(i)(7), Pub. L. 95–391, title I, § 108(a) , Sept. 30, 1978 , 92 Stat. 773 , redesignated § 506(j)(7), Pub. L. 96–304, title I, § 101 , July 8, 1980 , 94 Stat. 889 , redesignated § 506(k)(7), Pub. L. 97–276, § 101(e) , Oct. 2, 1982 , 96 Stat. 1189
- § 5301 — Representatives’ and Delegates’ salaries payable monthly
- § 5302 — Salaries payable monthly after taking oath
- § 5303 — End-of-the-month salary payment schedule inapplicable to Senators
- § 5304 — Salaries of Representatives, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners elected for unexpired terms
- § 5305 — Disposition of unpaid salary and other sums on death of Representative or Resident Commissioner
- § 5306 — Deductions for absence
- § 5307 — Certification of salary and mileage accounts
- § 5308 — Substitute to sign certificates for salary and accounts
- § 5309 — Disbursement of compensation of House Members by Chief Administrative Officer
- § 5310 — Certificate of salary during recess
- § 5321 — Employees of Members of House of Representatives
- § 5322 — Lyndon Baines Johnson congressional interns
- § 5322a — Allowance for compensation of interns in member offices
- § 5323 — Pay of clerical assistants as affected by death of Senator or Representative
- § 5324 — Pay of clerical assistants as affected by death or resignation of Member of House
- § 5325 — Performance of duties by clerical assistants of dead or resigned Member of House
- § 5326 — “Member of the House” defined
- § 5327 — Termination of service of Members of House
- § 5328 — Authority to prescribe regulations
- § 5329 — Vouchers
- § 5341 — Representational allowance for Members of House of Representatives
- § 5342 — Reimbursement of transportation expenses for employees in office of House Member
- § 5343 — Staff expenses for House Members attending organizational caucus or conference
- § 5344 — Payments and reimbursements for certain House staff expenses
- § 5345 — Annotated United States Code for Members of House of Representatives to be paid for from Members’ Representational Allowance
- § 5346 — Transportation of official records and papers to House Member’s district
- § 5347 — Delivery of bills and resolutions
- § 5348 — Delivery of Congressional Record
- § 5349 — Limitation on printed copies of U.S. Code to House
- § 5350 — Delivery of reports of disbursements
- § 5351 — Delivery of Daily Calendar
- § 5352 — Delivery of Congressional Pictorial Directory
- § 54 — Transferred
- § 55 — Transferred
- § 5501 — Temporary appointments in case of vacancies or incapacity of House officers; compensation
- § 5502 — House emergency operations positions
- § 5503 — Actions against officers for official acts
- § 5504 — Officers of Senate
- § 5505 — Payments from applicable accounts of House of Representatives
- § 5506 — Appropriations for expenses of House; restrictions
- § 5507 — Transfers of amounts appropriated for House
- § 5508 — Account in House of Representatives for Employees’ Compensation Fund
- § 5509 — Incidental use of equipment and supplies
- § 5510 — Providing assistance to House of Representatives in response to cybersecurity events
- § 5511 — Transfer of funds
- § 5512 — Use of available balances of expired appropriations
- § 5513 — House of Representatives Modernization Initiatives Account
- § 5514 — Green and Gold Congressional Aide Program
- § 5521 — Compensation of Chaplain of House
- § 5531 — Program to increase employment opportunities in House of Representatives for individuals with disabilities
- § 5532 — Advance payments
- § 5533 — House of Representatives Revolving Fund
- § 5534 — House revolving fund for stationery allowances; disposition of moneys from stationery sales; availability of unexpended balances
- § 5535 — Report of disbursements for House of Representatives
- § 5536 — Office equipment for House Members, officers, and committees
- § 5537 — Net Expenses of Equipment Revolving Fund
- § 5538 — Net Expenses of Telecommunications Revolving Fund
- § 5539 — Commissions and charges for public telephone or telecommunications services; deposit of receipts
- § 5540 — Disposal of used or surplus furniture and equipment by Chief Administrative Officer of House; procedure; deposit of receipts
- § 5541 — Fees for internal delivery in House of Representatives of nonpostage mail from outside sources
- § 5542 — Regulations for safe handling of mail matter
- § 5543 — Rebates under Government Travel Charge Card Program
- § 5544 — Deposit of House Information Resources reimbursements for services
- § 5545 — House Services Revolving Fund
- § 5546 — Support services for House during emergency; memorandum of understanding with an executive agency
- § 5547 — Emergency expenditures for meals, refreshments, and other support and maintenance
- § 5548 — Payments to ensure continuing availability of goods and services during the coronavirus emergency
- § 5549 — House Intern Resource Office
- § 5561 — Reporters for House of Representatives
- § 5562 — Preservation of reports, statements, or documents filed with Clerk of House
- § 5563 — Index to House daily calendar
- § 5571 — Office of General Counsel of House; administrative provisions
- § 5581 — Participation by House in interparliamentary institutions; reception of members of foreign legislative bodies and foreign officials; meetings with Government officials
- § 5582 — Office of Interparliamentary Affairs
- § 5591 — Media support services
- § 56 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 203(20)(A) , Aug. 20, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1728
- § 5601 — Sergeant at Arms of House; additional compensation
- § 5602 — Tenure of office of Sergeant at Arms
- § 5603 — Symbol of office of Sergeant at Arms
- § 5604 — Duties of Sergeant at Arms
- § 5605 — Law enforcement authority of Sergeant at Arms
- § 5606 — Arrangements for attendance at funeral of deceased House Members; payment of funeral expenses and expenses of attending funeral rites
- § 5607 — Member security: funding for improvements
- § 5621 — Corrections Calendar Office
- § 5622 — Lump sum allowance for Corrections Calendar Office
- § 5623 — Effective date
- § 5624 — Transfer of positions in Corrections Calendar Office
- § 57 — Transferred
- § 57a — Transferred
- § 57b — Transferred
- § 58 — Transferred
- § 58a — Transferred
- § 58a–1 — Transferred
- § 58a–2 — Transferred
- § 58a–3 — Transferred
- § 58a–4 — Transferred
- § 58b — Repealed. Pub. L. 100–137, § 2 , Oct. 21, 1987 , 101 Stat. 819
- § 58c — Transferred
- § 58c–1 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–55, title I, § 3(c)(1) , Oct. 7, 1997 , 111 Stat. 1180
- § 59 — Transferred
- § 59–1 — Transferred
- § 59a — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–163, title I, § 103(b) , Nov. 21, 1989 , 103 Stat. 1050
- § 59b — Transferred
- § 59c — Transferred
- § 59d — Transferred
- § 59d–1 — Transferred
- § 59e — Transferred
- § 59f — Transferred
- § 59g — Transferred
- § 59h — Transferred
- § 6 — Reduction of representation
- § 60 — Repealed. June 20, 1929, ch. 33, § 6 , 46 Stat. 39
- § 60–1 — Transferred
- § 60–2 — Transferred
- § 601 — Establishment
- § 602 — Duties and functions
- § 603 — Public access to budget data
- § 604 — Omitted
- § 605 — Sale or lease of property, supplies, or services
- § 605a — Contracting parity
- § 606 — Disposition of surplus or obsolete property
- § 607 — Lump-sum payments for annual leave to separated employees
- § 608 — Lump-sum payments to enhance staff recruitment and to reward exceptional performance
- § 609 — Employee training
- § 60a — Omitted
- § 60a–1 — Transferred
- § 60a–1a — Transferred
- § 60a–1b — Transferred
- § 60a–2 — Transferred
- § 60a–2a — Transferred
- § 60b, 60c — Omitted
- § 60c–1 — Transferred
- § 60c–2 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–258, § 5(b) , Sept. 13, 1982 , 96 Stat. 1068
- § 60c–2a — Transferred
- § 60c–3 — Transferred
- § 60c–4 — Transferred
- § 60c–5 — Transferred
- § 60c–6 — Transferred
- § 60d — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–68, title I, § 116(b)(1) , Nov. 12, 2001 , 115 Stat. 573
- § 60d–1 — Transferred
- § 60e–1a — Transferred
- § 60e–1b — Transferred
- § 60e–1c — Transferred
- § 60e–1d — Transferred
- § 60e–2 — Omitted
- § 60e–2a — Transferred
- § 60e–2b — Transferred
- § 60e–3 to 60e–14 — Omitted
- § 60e, 60e–1 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–68, title I, § 116(b)(1) , (2), Nov. 12, 2001 , 115 Stat. 573
- § 60f — Repealed. Pub. L. 90–57, § 105(i)(2) , July 28, 1967 , 81 Stat. 144
- § 60f–1 — Repealed. Pub. L. 86–213, § 1(c) , Sept. 1, 1959 , 73 Stat. 444
- § 60g–2 — Transferred
- § 60g, 60g–1 — Repealed. Pub. L. 91–510, title IV, § 477(a)(1) , (2), Oct. 26, 1970 , 84 Stat. 1195
- § 60h — Omitted
- § 60i — Repealed. Pub. L. 87–730, § 106(c) , Oct. 2, 1962 , 76 Stat. 695
- § 60j — Transferred
- § 60j–1 — Transferred
- § 60j–2 — Transferred
- § 60j–3 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–276, § 101(e) , Oct. 2, 1982 , 96 Stat. 1189
- § 60j–4 — Transferred
- § 60k — Transferred
- § 60l — Transferred
- § 60m, 60n — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–1, title V, § 504(b) , Jan. 23, 1995 , 109 Stat. 41
- § 60o — Transferred
- § 60p — Transferred
- § 60q — Transferred
- § 61 — Transferred
- § 61–1 — Transferred
- § 61–1a — Transferred
- § 61–1b — Transferred
- § 61–1c — Transferred
- § 61–2 — Omitted
- § 610 — Repayment of student loan on behalf of employee
- § 6101 — Transfer of funds from appropriations account of the Office of the Vice President and the Offices of the Secretaries for the Majority and Minority to the Senate contingent fund
- § 6102 — Expense allowance of Majority and Minority Leaders of Senate; expense allowance of Majority and Minority Whips; methods of payment; taxability
- § 611 — Employee development program
- § 6111 — Compensation of President pro tempore of Senate
- § 6112 — Compensation of Deputy President pro tempore of Senate
- § 6113 — Appointment and compensation of employees by President pro tempore of Senate
- § 6114 — Appointment and compensation of Administrative Assistant, Legislative Assistant, and Executive Secretary for Deputy President pro tempore of Senate
- § 6115 — Expense allowance of President pro tempore of Senate; methods of payment; taxability
- § 6116 — Special delivery postage allowance for President of Senate
- § 6117 — Stationery allowance for President of Senate
- § 6118 — Long-distance telephone calls for Vice President
- § 612 — Executive exchange program
- § 613 — Establishment of senior level positions