Editing Vice President of the United States (section)

==Office and status==
===Salary===

The vice president's salary in 2019 was $235,100.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Groppe |first1=Maureen |date=February 14, 2019 |title=Vice President Pence's pay bump is not as big as Republicans wanted |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/02/14/vice-president-pences-salary-rising-but-not-much-gop-wanted/2872326002/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415044023/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/02/14/vice-president-pences-salary-rising-but-not-much-gop-wanted/2872326002/ |archive-date=April 15, 2019 |access-date=2019-04-15 |website=[[USA Today]] |language=en}}</ref> For 2024, the vice president's salary is $284,600,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/pay-executive-order-2024-adjustments-of-certain-rates-of-pay.pdf |title=Executive Order - Adjustment of Certain Rates of Pay |at=Schedule 6 |date=December 21, 2023 |website=OPM |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240115043850/https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/pay-executive-order-2024-adjustments-of-certain-rates-of-pay.pdf |archive-date= Jan 15, 2024 }}</ref> however, due to a pay freeze in effect since 2019, the actual portion of that salary that is payable remains $235,100.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ahuja |first=Kiran A. |date=December 21, 2023 |title=Continued Pay Freeze for Certain Senior Political Officials |url=https://chcoc.gov/sites/default/files/Continued%20Pay%20Freeze%20for%20Certain%20Senior%20Political%20Officials%20CPM%202023-23.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115075222/https://chcoc.gov/sites/default/files/Continued%20Pay%20Freeze%20for%20Certain%20Senior%20Political%20Officials%20CPM%202023-23.pdf |archive-date=Jan 15, 2024 |website=OPM}}</ref> The salary was set by the [[Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990|1989 Government Salary Reform Act]], which also provides an automatic [[cost of living adjustment]] for federal employees. The vice president does not automatically receive a pension based on that office, but instead receives the same pension as other members of Congress based on their position as president of the Senate.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Retirement Benefits for Members of Congress|last=Purcell|first=Patrick J.|date=January 21, 2005|url=https://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/RL30631.pdf|publisher=Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress|location=Washington, D.C.|access-date=February 16, 2018|archive-date=January 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103064138/https://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/RL30631.pdf|url-status=dead }}</ref> The vice president must serve a minimum of two years to qualify for a pension.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Emily|last1=Yoffe|url=http://www.slate.com/id/1006798|title=A Presidential Salary FAQ |website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|date=January 3, 2001|access-date=August 9, 2009|archive-date=September 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914105912/http://www.slate.com/id/1006798/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Residence===
[[File:Number One Observatory Circle; December 2017.jpg|thumb|[[Number One Observatory Circle]], [[Washington, D.C.|Washington D.C.]], the official residence of the vice president]]
The home of the vice president was designated in 1974, when Congress established [[Number One Observatory Circle]] as the official temporary residence of the vice president of the United States. In 1966 Congress, concerned about safety and security and mindful of the increasing responsibilities of the office, allotted money ($75,000) to fund construction of a residence for the vice president, but implementation stalled and after eight years the decision was revised, and One Observatory Circle was then designated for the vice president.<ref name="Groppe 2017 Where does ...">{{cite news |last1=Groppe |first1=Maureen |title=Where does the vice president live? Few people know, but new book will show you |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/11/24/where-does-vice-president-live-few-people-know-but-new-book-show-you/892243001/ |access-date=21 November 2018 |work=USA TODAY |date=24 November 2017 |language=en |archive-date=November 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121120242/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/11/24/where-does-vice-president-live-few-people-know-but-new-book-show-you/892243001/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Up until the change, vice presidents lived in homes, apartments, or hotels, and were compensated more like cabinet members and members of Congress, receiving only a housing allowance.

The three-story [[Queen Anne style architecture in the United States|Queen Anne style]] mansion was built in 1893 on the grounds of the [[U.S. Naval Observatory]] in Washington, D.C., to serve as residence for the superintendent of the Observatory. In 1923, the residence was reassigned to be the home of the [[Chief of Naval Operations]] (CNO), which it was until it was turned over to the office of the vice president fifty years later.

=== Travel and transportation ===
[[File:USAF C-32A.jpg|thumb|[[Air Force Two]], the official vice presidential aircraft, carrying the vice president]]
The primary means of long-distance air travel for the vice president is one of two identical Boeing airplanes, which are extensively modified [[Boeing 757]] airliners and are referred to as ''[[Air Force Two]],'' while the vice president is on board. Any [[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]] aircraft the vice president is aboard is referred to as "Air Force Two" for the duration of the flight. In-country trips are typically handled with just one of the two planes, while overseas trips are handled with both, one primary and one backup.

For short-distance air travel, the vice president has access to a fleet of [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps]] helicopters of varying models including ''[[Marine One|Marine Two]]'' when the vice president is aboard any particular one in the fleet. Flights are typically handled with as many as five helicopters all flying together and frequently swapping positions as to disguise which helicopter the vice president is actually aboard to any would-be threats.

===Staff===

The vice president is supported by personnel in the [[Office of the Vice President of the United States]]. The office was created in the [[Reorganization Act of 1939]], which included an "office of the Vice President" under the [[Executive Office of the President]]. Salary for the staff is provided by both legislative and executive branch appropriations, in light of the vice president's roles in each branch.

=== Protection ===
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[[File:Kamala Harris and her family walk to the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue on January 20, 2021.jpg|thumb|Vice President [[Kamala Harris]], surrounded by members of her family and [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]]]]
The [[United States Secret Service|U.S. Secret Service]] is in charge with protecting the vice president and the second family. As part of their protection, vice presidents, second spouses, their children and other immediate family members, and other prominent persons and locations are assigned [[Secret Service codename]]s. The use of such names was originally due to security purposes and safety reasons.

=== Office spaces ===
In the modern era, the vice president makes use of at least four different office spaces. These include an office in the [[West Wing]], a ceremonial office in the [[Eisenhower Executive Office Building]] near where most of the vice president's staff works, the [[Vice President's Room]] on the Senate side of the [[United States Capitol]] for meetings with members of Congress, and an office at the vice president's residence.