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# §102. Compensation of the President


The President shall receive in full for his services during the term for which he shall have been elected compensation in the aggregate amount of $400,000 a year, to be paid monthly, and in addition an expense allowance of $50,000 to assist in defraying expenses relating to or resulting from the discharge of his official duties. Any unused amount of such expense allowance shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to [section 1552 of title 31](/usc/31/1552.md), United States Code. No amount of such expense allowance shall be included in the gross income of the President. He shall be entitled also to the use of the furniture and other effects belonging to the United States and kept in the Executive Residence at the White House.


# §103. Traveling expenses


There may be expended for or on account of the traveling expenses of the President of the United States such sum as Congress may from time to time appropriate, not exceeding $100,000 per annum, such sum when appropriated to be expended in the discretion of the President and accounted for on his certificate solely.


# §104. Salary of the Vice President

- (a) The per annum rate of salary of the Vice President of the United States shall be the rate determined for such position under [chapter 11](/usc/2/ch11.md) of title 2, as adjusted under this section. Subject to [subsection (b)](#b), effective at the beginning of the first month in which an adjustment takes effect under [section 5303 of title 5](/usc/5/5303.md) in the rates of pay under the General Schedule, the salary of the Vice President shall be adjusted by an amount, rounded to the nearest multiple of $100 (or if midway between multiples of $100, to the nearest higher multiple of $100), equal to the percentage of such per annum rate which corresponds to the most recent percentage change in the ECI (relative to the date described in the next sentence), as determined under section 704(a)(1) of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989. The appropriate date under this sentence is the first day of the fiscal year in which such adjustment in the rates of pay under the General Schedule takes effect.
- (b) In no event shall the percentage adjustment taking effect under the second and third sentences of [subsection (a)](#a) in any calendar year (before rounding) exceed the percentage adjustment taking effect in such calendar year under [section 5303 of title 5](/usc/5/5303.md) in the rates of pay under the General Schedule.