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Summary

This report provides basic information on congressional salaries and allowances. First, the report briefly summarizes the current salary of Members of Congress, limits on their outside earned income and honoraria, and applicable health insurance and retirement benefits. Second, the report provides information on allowances available to Representatives and Senators to support them in their official and representational duties as Members. Their allowances include those for official office expenses, staff, mail, and other allowances and services. Third, the report lists the salaries of congressional officers and officials and committee staff. Sources are hearings, reports, debates, and language of regular annual and supplemental legislative branch appropriations acts; the U.S. Code and U.S. Code Annotated Supplements to Title 2; latest available Order of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, implementing a pay increase for House employees, effective January 1, 2006, issued December 18, 2005 (to be contained in 2 U.S.C. 60a-2a, and currently available at [http://uscode.house.gov]); latest publicly available Order of the President pro tempore, implementing a pay increase for Senate employees, issued January 4, 2006 (to be contained in 2 U.S.C. 60a-1,and currently available at [http://uscode.house.gov]); the Members' Congressional Handbook (web edition), prepared by the Committee on House Administration, for Members and staff of the U.S. House of Representatives, available at [http://cha.house.gov/index.php?option =com_content&task=view&id=49&Itemid=37]; the quarterly Statement of Disbursements of the House, compiled by the House Chief Administrative Officer, April 1, 2007, to June 30, 2007 (110th Congress, 1st session, H.Doc. 110-52, part 3 of 3, pp. 3421-3435); and the Office of Personnel Management for executive level pay rates to which some legislative employees are statutorily linked. This report will be updated as information is made available.

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