{"data":{"id":"us/2-u.s.c.-4521","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"2 U.S.C. § 4521","heading":"Mode of payment","body":"The compensation of Members and Delegates shall be passed as public accounts, and paid out of the public Treasury.","path":["Title 2—THE CONGRESS","CHAPTER 45—CONGRESSIONAL PAY AND BENEFITS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc02@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:55:23Z","sha256":"52d92b8c72f2d7e4ece8d41d9f632b65040d430b2ac27d7988176fea40bc409a","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/2-u.s.c.-4509","next":"us/2-u.s.c.-4522"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}