2 USC § 5307 - Certification of salary and mileage accounts

---
identifier: "/us/usc/t2/s5307"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "2 USC § 5307 - Certification of salary and mileage accounts"
title_number: 2
title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
section_number: "5307"
section_name: "Certification of salary and mileage accounts"
chapter_number: 53
chapter_name: "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MEMBERS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "MEMBER PAY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(R.S. §§ 47, 48; Pub. L. 108–447, div. G, title I, § 11, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3171.)"
---


# § 5307. Certification of salary and mileage accounts

Salary and mileage accounts of Representatives and Delegates shall be certified by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and such certificates shall be conclusive upon all the departments and officers of the Government.

---

**Source Credit**: (R.S. §§ 47, 48; Pub. L. 108–447, div. G, title I, § 11, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3171.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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

R.S. § 47 derived from acts , , and , .

R.S. § 48 derived from , .

R.S. § 47 constitutes first clause and R.S. § 48 constitutes remainder.

Words “mileage accounts” substituted for words “accounts for traveling expenses in going to and returning from Congress” based on text of section 17 of , .

### Amendments

2004— substituted “of Representatives and Delegates shall be certified” for “of Senators shall be certified by the President of the Senate, and those of Representatives and Delegates”.