---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 6111"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "6111"
heading: "Compensation of President pro tempore of Senate"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/6111"
units:
  - "Chapter 61 — Senate Leadership"
  - "Subchapter II — Vice President and President Pro Tempore"
---

# §6111. Compensation of President pro tempore of Senate


Whenever there is no Vice President, the President of the Senate for the time being is entitled to the compensation provided by law for the Vice President.


## Source credit

(R.S. § 36.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 32 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

R.S. § 36 derived from act Aug. 16, 1856, ch. 123, § 2, 11 Stat. 48.

### Cross References

Compensation of Vice President, see section 104 of Title 3, The President.