HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Salaries, Mileage, and Expenses of Members For compensation of Members of the House of Representatives, Delegates from Territories, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, $5,492,500. For mileage and expense allowance of Members of the House of Representatives, Delegates from Territories, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, as authorized by law, $1,273,500. The proviso under this head in Public Law 471, Eighty-second Congress, is amended to read as follows: Provided, That in the case of taxable years beginning after December 31, 1953, the place of residence of a Member of Congress (including any Delegate and Resident Commissioner) within the State, congressional district, Territory, or possession which he represents in Congress shall be considered his home for the purposes of section 23 (a) (1) (A) of the Internal Revenue Code, but amounts expended by such Member within each taxable year for living expenses shall not be deductible for income tax purposes in excess of $3,000.”