3 U.S.C. § 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, 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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 21
cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1963–2025 · leading case: United States v. Hatter, 532 U.S. 557 (2001).
United States v. Hatter, 532 U.S. 557 (2001). “See note following 3 U. S. C. § 102 . And the President himself, like the judges, is protected against diminution in his "[c]ompensation.”
Behar v. Dep't of Homeland SEC., 39 F.4th 81 (2d Cir. 2022). “153 , 154-55 (1964), 3 U.S.C. § 102 note. 12 other non-agencies such as Congress or the Office of the President.”
Insider Inc. v. GSA, 92 F.4th 1131 (D.C. Cir. 2024). “See 3 U.S.C. § 102 note (Presidential Transition Act § 3(a)(2), (5)).”
Jones v. Hirschfeld, 219 F.R.D. 71 (S.D.N.Y. 2003). “838 , 838 (current version at 3 U.S.C. § 102 note) (entitlement to office staff and furnished office space); 16 U.”
Am. Oversight v. U.S. Gen. Servs. Admin., 311 F. Supp. 3d 327 (D.C. Cir. 2018). “88-277 (codified as amended at 3 U.S.C. § 102 Note (2018) ), and the operation of this statute is clearly an appropriate focus of public interest and scrutiny.”
Bryant Woods Inn, Inc. v. Howard Cnty., Md., 911 F. Supp. 918 (D. Maryland 1996). “, 3 U.S.C. § 102 (the President is permitted to use furniture and other state property “kept in the Executive Residence at the White House”); Md.”
United States v. Henry G. Cisneros, 169 F.3d 763 (D.C. Cir. 1999). “153 (1964) (codified at 3 U.S.C. § 102 (notes)). One of the immediate tasks facing any newly-elected President is to begin forming a Cabinet.”
Magnesystems, Inc. v. Nikken, Inc., 933 F. Supp. 944 (C.D. Cal. 1996). “Defendants move to add the following counterclaims: (1) first counterclaim for declaratory judgment of invalidity of the ’711 Patent on the ground of anticipation by prior art pursuant to 3 U.S.C. § 102 (b); (2) second counterclaim for declaratory judgment of invalidity of the…”
Illinois Inst. for Continuing Legal Educ. v. United States Dep't of Labor, 545 F. Supp. 1229 (N.D. Ill. 1982). “2380 (1976), codified at 3 U.S.C. § 102 note (1976). The Transition Act manifests a congressional concern with preserving the autonomy of the transition staff from the federal government.”
United States v. Williams, 7 F. Supp. 2d 40 (D.D.C. 1998). “That Act provides money and office space to the President-elect’s transition team, but does not — and cannot — deem any of the President-elect’s actions “official” before he or she complies with the Oath and Affirmation Clause.”
Simon Ateba v. Karoline Leavitt, 133 F.4th 114 (D.C. Cir. 2025). “See 3 U.S.C. § 102 ; The White House Building, https://perma.”
Am. Oversight v. U.S. Gen. Servs. Admin. (D.D.C. 2018). “88-277 (codified as amended at 3 U.S.C. § 102 Note (2018)), and the operation of this statute is clearly an appropriate focus of public interest and scrutiny.”
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