Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

2 U.S.C. § 5307

Certification of salary and mileage accounts

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.

Pub. L. 108–447, div. G, title I, § 11118 Stat. 3171(R.S. §§ 47, 48; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

section 48 of this titleSection was formerly classified to prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

July 28, 1866, ch. 296, § 1714 Stat. 323Jan. 22, 1818, ch. 5, § 33 Stat. 404R.S. § 47 derived from acts , , and , .

act Sept. 30, 1850, ch. 90, § 19 Stat. 523R.S. § 48 derived from , .

R.S. § 47 constitutes first clause and R.S. § 48 constitutes remainder.

act July 28, 1866, ch. 29614 Stat. 323Words “mileage accounts” substituted for words “accounts for traveling expenses in going to and returning from Congress” based on text of section 17 of , .

Amendments

Pub. L. 108–4472004— 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”.