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[CITE: 48USC1735]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
                    CHAPTER 16--DELEGATES TO CONGRESS
 
                      SUBCHAPTER II--AMERICAN SAMOA
 
Sec. 1735. Operation of Office; compensation, allowances, and 
        benefits; privileges and immunities
        
    Until the Rules of the House of Representatives are amended to 
provide otherwise, the Delegate from American Samoa 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 that are, or hereinafter may be, granted to the nonvoting 
Delegate from the Territory of Guam.

(Pub. L. 95-556, Sec. 5, Oct. 31, 1978, 92 Stat. 2078; Pub. L. 97-357, 
title IV, Sec. 401, Oct. 19, 1982, 96 Stat. 1711.)


                               Amendments

    1982--Pub. L. 97-357 struck out proviso limiting clerk hire 
allowance for Delegate from American Samoa to 50 per centum of clerk 
hire allowance of a Member of House of Representatives.


                    Effective Date of 1982 Amendment

    Section 401 of Pub. L. 97-357 provided that amendment made by that 
section is effective Jan. 1, 1983.
