2011 US Code
Title 48 - Territories and Insular Possessions
Chapter 16 - DELEGATES TO CONGRESS (§§ 1711 - 1757)
Subchapter II - AMERICAN SAMOA (§§ 1731 - 1735)
Section 1735 - Operation of Office; compensation, allowances, and benefits; privileges and immunities
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, 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 | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| 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 Law References | 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 AmendmentSection 401 of Pub. L. 97–357 provided that amendment made by that section is effective Jan. 1, 1983.
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