2 USC § 5144 - Lump-sum allowances for House Minority Leader and Majority Whip

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title: "2 USC § 5144 - Lump-sum allowances for House Minority Leader and Majority Whip"
title_number: 2
title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
section_number: "5144"
section_name: "Lump-sum allowances for House Minority Leader and Majority Whip"
chapter_number: 51
chapter_name: "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES LEADERSHIP"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS AND WHIPS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 106–31, title III, § 3008, May 21, 1999, 113 Stat. 93.)"
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# § 5144. Lump-sum allowances for House Minority Leader and Majority Whip

**(a)** The aggregate amount otherwise authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year for the lump-sum allowance for the Office of the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and the aggregate amount otherwise authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year for the lump-sum allowance for the Office of the Majority Whip of the House of Representatives shall each be increased by $333,000.

**(b)** This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2000 and each succeeding fiscal year.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 106–31, title III, § 3008, May 21, 1999, 113 Stat. 93.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to  prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Section is from the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act.