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title: "26 U.S.C. § 8005"
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# 26 U.S.C. § 8005 - Payment of expenses

## Text

The expenses of the Joint Committee shall be paid one-half from the contingent fund of the Senate and one-half from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives, upon vouchers signed by the chairman or the vice chairman.

(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 926.)