§ 31b-2. — Allowance available to former Speaker for payment of office and other expenses for administration, etc., of matters pertaining to incumbency in office as Representative and Speaker.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC31b-2]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 3--COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS
Sec. 31b-2. Allowance available to former Speaker for payment of
office and other expenses for administration, etc., of matters
pertaining to incumbency in office as Representative and Speaker
The Speaker is entitled to have the applicable accounts of the House
of Representatives be available for payment of, for as long as he
determines there is need therefor, commencing at the expiration of his
term of office as a Representative in Congress, an allowance equal to
the Members' Representational Allowance (to be paid in the same manner
as such Allowance) for office and other expenses incurred in connection
with the administration, settlement, and conclusion of matters
pertaining to or arising out of his incumbency in office as a
Representative in Congress and as Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
(Pub. L. 91-665, ch. VIII, Jan. 8, 1971, 84 Stat. 1989; Pub. L. 93-532,
Sec. 1(a), Dec. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 1723; Pub. L. 99-151, title I,
Sec. 102(b), Nov. 13, 1985, 99 Stat. 797; Pub. L. 104-186, title II,
Sec. 203(2), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1725.)
Codification
Section is based on section 2 of House Resolution No. 1238, Ninety-
first Congress, Dec. 23, 1970, which was enacted into permanent law by
Pub. L. 91-665.
As originally enacted into permanent law, section applied to Speaker
of House of Representatives in 91st Congress and has been extended to
apply to each former Speaker of House of Representatives. See section
1(a) of Pub. L. 93-532, set out as a note under section 31b-1 of this
title.
Amendments
1996--Pub. L. 104-186 substituted ``applicable accounts of the House
of Representatives'' for ``contingent fund of the House'' and ``Members'
Representational Allowance'' for ``base allowance component of the
Official Expenses Allowance then currently in effect for each Member of
the House''.
1985--Pub. L. 99-151 substituted ``have the contingent fund of the
House be available for payment of'' for ``reimbursement, from the
contingent fund of the House'' and ``an allowance equal to the base
allowance component of the Official Expenses Allowance then currently in
effect for each Member of the House (to be paid in the same manner as
such Allowance)'' for ``in the manner provided by applicable provisions
of the Legislative Appropriation Act, 1955, as amended by the Act of
June 13, 1957 (71 Stat. 82; Public Law 85-54), and by the provisions of
House Resolution 831, Eighty-eighth Congress, adopted August 14, 1964,
enacted as permanent law by section 103 of the Legislative Branch
Appropriation Act, 1966 (79 Stat. 281; Public Law 89-90; 2 U.S.C. 122a),
in an aggregate quarterly amount equal to the aggregate quarterly amount
to which a Member of the House of Representatives is entitled under such
provisions of law as in effect on January 8, 1971, or as amended or
supplemented after such date,''.
Effective Date
Section effective Jan. 8, 1971, see Effective Date note set out
under section 31b-1 of this title.
Cross References
For establishment of Members' Representational Allowance, see
section 57b of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 31b-1, 31b-7 of this title.
