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[CITE: 2USC41]

 
                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
            CHAPTER 3--COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS
 
Secs. 41, 42. Repealed. Pub. L. 104-186, title II, 
        Sec. 203(9)(A), (10), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1726
        
    Section 41, R.S. Sec. 43, provided that no Member or Delegate was 
entitled to any allowance for newspapers.
    Section 42, based on H. Res. No. 420, Ninety-second Congress, May 
18, 1971, enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 92-184, ch. IV, Dec. 15, 
1971, 85 Stat. 636, related to furnishing of postage stamps to Members, 
committees, and officers of House of Representatives.
    A prior section 42, R.S. Sec. 44, which proscribed compensation or 
allowance to Senators, Representatives, or Delegates for postage, was 
repealed by Pub. L. 104-186, title II, Sec. 203(11), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 
Stat. 1726. See sections 42a and 46a of this title.


        Applicability of Prohibition During Ninety-fifth Congress

    Section 302(c) of H. Res. No. 287, Ninety-fifth Congress, Mar. 2, 
1977, enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 95-94, title I, Sec. 115, 
Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 668, which provided that former section 41 of 
this title was to have no effect during the Ninety-fifth Congress, was 
repealed by Pub. L. 104-186, title II, Sec. 203(9)(B), Aug. 20, 1996, 
110 Stat. 1726.