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[CITE: 48USC1715]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
                    CHAPTER 16--DELEGATES TO CONGRESS
 
                  SUBCHAPTER I--GUAM AND VIRGIN ISLANDS
 
Sec. 1715. Operation of Office; House privileges; compensation, 
        allowances, and benefits; privileges and immunities; voting in 
        committee
        
    The Delegate from Guam and the Delegate from the Virgin Islands 
shall have such privileges in the House of Representatives as may be 
afforded him under the Rules of the House of Representatives. Until the 
Rules of the House of Representatives are amended to provide otherwise, 
the Delegate from each territory shall receive the same compensation, 
allowances, and benefits as a Member of the House of Representatives, 
and shall be entitled to whatever privileges and immunities are, or 
hereinafter may be, granted to the Resident Commissioner for Puerto 
Rico: Provided, That the right to vote in committee shall be as provided 
by the Rules of the House of Representatives.

(Pub. L. 92-271, Sec. 5, Apr. 10, 1972, 86 Stat. 119; Pub. L. 104-186, 
title II, Sec. 224(4), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1752.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-186 struck out last two provisos which read as 
follows: ``Provided further, That the clerk hire allowance of each 
Delegate shall be a single per annum gross rate that is 60 per centum of 
the clerk hire allowance of a Member: Provided further, That the 
transportation expenses of each Delegate that are subject to 
reimbursement under section 43b of title 2 shall not exceed the cost of 
four round trips each year.''
