2 U.S.C. § 80
Section 80 · Disbursement of compensation of House Members by Chief Administrative Officer
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Powell v. McCormack (1969)
Most recently applied in 54 F. Supp. 2d 1014 - Shaffer v. Clinton (July 1999)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The moneys which have been, or may be, appropriated for the compensation and mileage of Members and Delegates shall be paid at the Treasury on requisitions drawn by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, and shall be kept, disbursed, and accounted for by him according to law, and he shall be a disbursing officer, but he shall not be entitled to any compensation additional to the salary fixed by law.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Amendments
1996—Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “Chief Administrative Officer” for “Sergeant-at-Arms”.