2 U.S.C. § 6312

Clerks to Senators-elect

A Senator entitled to receive his own salary may appoint the usual clerical assistants allowed Senators.

( Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 177, § 1 , 28 Stat. 766 ; Feb. 20, 1923, ch. 98 , 42 Stat. 1266 ; June 19, 1934, ch. 648 , title I, § 1, 48 Stat. 1022 .)