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2 U.S.C. § 4521

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Title
2 — The Congress
Chapter
CH45
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

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The compensation of Members and Delegates shall be passed as public accounts, and paid out of the public Treasury. (R.S. § 46.) Editorial Notes Codification Section was formerly classified to section 47 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. R.S. § 46 derived from acts Jan. 22, 1818, ch. 5, § 3, 3 Stat. 404, and Feb. 10, 1854, ch. 11, § 1, 10 Stat. 267.

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