2 USC § 6159 - Expense allowance for Chairmen of Majority and Minority Conference Committees of Senate; method of payment; taxability

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title: "2 USC § 6159 - Expense allowance for Chairmen of Majority and Minority Conference Committees of Senate; method of payment; taxability"
title_number: 2
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section_name: "Expense allowance for Chairmen of Majority and Minority Conference Committees of Senate; method of payment; taxability"
chapter_number: 61
chapter_name: "SENATE LEADERSHIP"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "MAJORITY AND MINORITY SECRETARIES, CONFERENCES, AND POLICY COMMITTEES"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 99–88, title I, Aug. 15, 1985, 99 Stat. 348; Pub. L. 108–7, div. H, title I, § 1(d), Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 349.)"
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# § 6159. Expense allowance for Chairmen of Majority and Minority Conference Committees of Senate; method of payment; taxability

September 30, 1985

For each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year ending ), there is hereby authorized an expense allowance for the Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference Committees which shall not exceed $5,000 each fiscal year for each such Chairman; and amounts from such allowance shall be paid to either of such Chairmen only as reimbursement for actual expenses incurred by him and upon certification and documentation of such expenses, and amounts so paid shall not be reported as income and shall not be allowed as a deduction under title 26.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 99–88, title I, Aug. 15, 1985, 99 Stat. 348; Pub. L. 108–7, div. H, title I, § 1(d), Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 349.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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

Section is from the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1985.

### Amendments

2003— substituted “not exceed $5,000” for “not exceed $3,000”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2003 Amendment

Amendment by  applicable to fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter, see , set out as a note under .