2 USC § 6312 - Clerks to Senators-elect

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identifier: "/us/usc/t2/s6312"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "2 USC § 6312 - Clerks to Senators-elect"
title_number: 2
title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
section_number: "6312"
section_name: "Clerks to Senators-elect"
chapter_number: 63
chapter_name: "SENATE MEMBERS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "EMPLOYEES, EXPENSES, AND ALLOWANCES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 177, § 1, 28 Stat. 766; Feb. 20, 1923, ch. 98, 42 Stat. 1266; June 19, 1934, ch. 648, title I, § 1, 48 Stat. 1022.)"
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# § 6312. Clerks to Senators-elect

A Senator entitled to receive his own salary may appoint the usual clerical assistants allowed Senators.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 177, § 1, 28 Stat. 766; Feb. 20, 1923, ch. 98, 42 Stat. 1266; June 19, 1934, ch. 648, title I, § 1, 48 Stat. 1022.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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

### Amendments

1934—Act , struck out provisions as to maximum of four clerical assistants and as to their compensation.