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2 U.S.C. 5307: Certification of salary and mileage accountsText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 2-THE CONGRESSCHAPTER 53-HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MEMBERS
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§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.

(R.S. §§ 47, 48; Pub. L. 108–447, div. G, title I, § 11 , Dec. 8, 2004 , 118 Stat. 3171 .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

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

R.S. § 47 derived from acts July 28, 1866, ch. 296, § 17, 14 Stat. 323, and Jan. 22, 1818, ch. 5, § 3, 3 Stat. 404.

R.S. § 48 derived from act Sept. 30, 1850, ch. 90, § 1, 9 Stat. 523.

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

Words “mileage accounts” substituted for words “accounts for traveling expenses in going to and returning from Congress” based on text of section 17 of act July 28, 1866, ch. 296, 14 Stat. 323.

Amendments

2004⁠—Pub. L. 108–447 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”.