{"identifier":"/us/usc/t2/s5322a","title":2,"num":"\u00a7\u202f5322a.","heading":"Allowance for compensation of interns in member offices","text":"\u00a7\u202f5322a.\nAllowance for compensation of interns in member offices\n(a)\nEstablishment of allowance\nThere is established for the House of Representatives an allowance which shall be available for the compensation of interns who serve in the offices of Members of the House of Representatives.\n(b)\nCap on amount available per office\nAn office of a Member of the House of Representatives may not use more than $20,000 of the allowance under this section during any calendar year.\n(c)\nBenefit exclusion\nSection 5321(b) of this title\n(d)\nNo effect on payment of interns under Members\u2019 Representational Allowance\nNothing in this section may be construed to affect the use of the Members\u2019 Representational Allowance for the compensation of interns, as provided under\nsection 5321 of this title\n(e)\nDefinitions\nIn this section\u2014\n(1) the term \u201cintern\u201d has the meaning given such term in\nsection 5321(c)(2) of this title\n(2) the term \u201cMember of the House of Representatives\u201d means a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.\n(f)\nAuthorization of appropriations\nThere are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $8,800,000 for fiscal year 2019, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020 and each succeeding fiscal year.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t2/s5322a.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t2/s5322a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f5322a."},{"t":"heading","text":"Allowance for compensation of interns in member offices"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t2/s5322a/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Establishment of allowance"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"There is established for the House of Representatives an allowance which shall be available for the compensation of interns who serve in the offices of Members of the House of Representatives.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t2/s5322a/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Cap on amount available per office"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"An office of a Member of the House of Representatives may not use more than $20,000 of the allowance under this section during any calendar year.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t2/s5322a/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Benefit exclusion"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"Section 5321(b) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t2/s5321/b","tail":" 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\u2019 Representational Allowance."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t2/s5322a/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"heading","text":"No effect on payment of interns under Members\u2019 Representational Allowance"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Nothing in this section may be construed to affect the use of the Members\u2019 Representational Allowance for the compensation of interns, as provided under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 5321 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t2/s5321","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t2/s5322a/e","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(e)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this section\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t2/s5322a/e/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cintern\u201d has the meaning given such term in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 5321(c)(2) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t2/s5321/c/2","tail":"; and"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t2/s5322a/e/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cMember of the House of Representatives\u201d means a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t2/s5322a/f","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(f)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Authorization of appropriations"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $8,800,000 for fiscal year 2019, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020 and each succeeding fiscal year.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}