(a) Establishment

There is established for the House of Representatives an allowance which shall be available for the compensation of interns who serve in House leadership offices.

(b) Benefit exclusion

Terms Used In 2 USC 5106

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.

Section 5321(b) of this title shall apply with respect to an intern who is compensated under the allowance under this section in the same manner as such section applies with respect to an intern who is compensated under the Members’ Representational Allowance.

(c) Definitions

In this section—

(1) the term “House leadership office” means, with respect to a fiscal year, any office for which the appropriation for salaries and expenses of the office for the fiscal year is provided under the heading “House Leadership Offices” in the Act making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year; and

(2) term “intern”, with respect to a House leadership office, has the meaning given such term with respect to a Member of the House of Representatives in section 5321(c)(2) of this title.

(d) Appropriations

There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020 and each succeeding fiscal year.

(e) Omitted

(f) Effective date

This section and the amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2020 and each succeeding fiscal year.