2014 US Code
Title 48 - Territories and Insular Possessions (Sections 1 - 2004)
Chapter 16 - Delegates to Congress (Sections 1711 - 1757)
Subchapter II - American Samoa (Sections 1731 - 1735)
Sec. 1735 - Operation of Office; compensation, allowances, and benefits; privileges and immunities
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS CHAPTER 16 - DELEGATES TO CONGRESS SUBCHAPTER II - AMERICAN SAMOA Sec. 1735 - Operation of Office; compensation, allowances, and benefits; privileges and immunities |
| Contains | section 1735 |
| Date | 2014 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 95-556, §5, Oct. 31, 1978, 92 Stat. 2078; Pub. L. 97-357, title IV, §401, Oct. 19, 1982, 96 Stat. 1711. |
| Statutes at Large References | 92 Stat. 2078 96 Stat. 1711 |
| Public and Private Laws | Public Law 95-556, Public Law 97-357 |
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Until the Rules of the House of Representatives are amended to provide otherwise, the Delegate from American Samoa shall receive the same compensation, allowances, and benefits as a Member of the House of Representatives, and shall be entitled to whatever privileges and immunities that are, or hereinafter may be, granted to the nonvoting Delegate from the Territory of Guam.
(Pub. L. 95–556, §5, Oct. 31, 1978, 92 Stat. 2078; Pub. L. 97–357, title IV, §401, Oct. 19, 1982, 96 Stat. 1711.)
AMENDMENTS1982—Pub. L. 97–357 struck out proviso limiting clerk hire allowance for Delegate from American Samoa to 50 per centum of clerk hire allowance of a Member of House of Representatives.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1982 AMENDMENTPub. L. 97–357, title IV, §401, Oct. 19, 1982, 96 Stat. 1711, provided that the amendment made by section 401 is effective Jan. 1, 1983.
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