§ 36. — Salaries of Senators.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC36]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 3--COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS
Sec. 36. Salaries of Senators
Salaries of Senators appointed to fill vacancies in the Senate shall
commence on the day of their appointment and continue until their
successors are elected and qualified: Provided, That when Senators have
been elected during a sine die adjournment of the Senate to succeed
appointees, the salaries of Senators so elected shall commence on the
day following their election.
Salaries of Senators elected during a session to succeed appointees
shall commence on the day they qualify: Provided, That when Senators
have been elected during a session to succeed appointees, but have not
qualified, the salaries of Senators so elected shall commence on the day
following the sine die adjournment of the Senate.
When no appointments have been made the salaries of Senators elected
to fill such vacancies shall commence on the day following their
election.
(Feb. 10, 1923, ch. 68, 42 Stat. 1225; Feb. 6, 1931, ch. 111, 46 Stat.
1065; June 19, 1934, ch. 648, title I, Sec. 1, 48 Stat. 1022; Feb. 13,
1935, ch. 6, Sec. 1, 49 Stat. 22, 23.)
Prior Provisions
July 31, 1894, ch. 174, 28 Stat. 162.
R.S. Sec. 51.
Amendments
1935--Act Feb. 13, 1935, inserted proviso as to commencement of
salaries of Senators elected during a sine die adjournment on day
following their election and provision as to commencement of salaries of
Senators elected during a session to succeed appointees on day they
qualify but that upon failure to qualify their salaries are to commence
on day following sine die adjournment of Senate and struck out provision
that salaries of Senators elected to fill vacancies are to commence on
day they qualify.
1934--Act June 19, 1934, made nonsubstantive changes in grammar and
punctuation.
1931--Act Feb. 6, 1931, made nonsubstantive changes in grammar and
punctuation and struck out ``to fill such vacancies'' after ``When no
appointments have been made''.
Constitutional Provisions
The first section of amendment XX to the Constitution provides in
part: ``* * * the terms of Senators and Representatives [shall end] at
noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would
have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their
successors shall then begin.''