2 U.S.C. § 41, 42
Section 41, R.S. §43, provided that no Member or Delegate was entitled to any allowance for newspapers.
Section 42, based on H. Res. No. 420, Ninety-second Congress, May 18, 1971, enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 92-184 ch. IV, Dec. 15, 1971, 85 Stat. 636, related to furnishing of postage stamps to Members, committees, and officers of House of Representatives.
A prior section 42, R.S. §44, which proscribed compensation or allowance to Senators, Representatives, or Delegates for postage, was repealed by Pub. L. 104-186, title II, §203(11), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1726. See sections 6116 and 6117 of this title.
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
APPLICABILITY OF PROHIBITION DURING NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESSSection 302(c) of H. Res. No. 287, Ninety-fifth Congress, Mar. 2, 1977, enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 95-94, title I, §115, Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 668, which provided that former section 41 of this title was to have no effect during the Ninety-fifth Congress, was repealed by Pub. L. 104-186, title II, §203(9)(B), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1726.