---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 5601"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "5601"
heading: "Sergeant at Arms of House; additional compensation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/5601"
units:
  - "Chapter 55 — House of Representatives Officers and Administration"
  - "Subchapter VIII — Sergeant at Arms"
---

# §5601. Sergeant at Arms of House; additional compensation


The [Sergeant at Arms](/usc/2/6621.md?p=1) of the House of Representatives shall receive, directly or indirectly, no fees or other compensation or emolument whatever for performing the duties of the office, or in connection therewith, otherwise than the salary prescribed by law.


## Source credit

(June 20, 1874, ch. 328, 18 Stat. 87.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 77 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Similar Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were also contained in act Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 129, 18 Stat. 346.