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2 U.S.C. § 6538 — Employment of additional administrative assistants
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The Secretary of the Senate is authorized to employ such administrative assistants as may be necessary in order to carry out the provisions of this Act under the jurisdiction of the Secretary.
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The Secretary of the Senate is authorized to employ such administrative assistants as may be necessary in order to carry out the provisions of this Act under the jurisdiction of the Secretary.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 74b was editorially reclassified as [section 6538 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section6538&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Appointment of professional members; number; qualifications; termination of employment** Each standing committee of the Senate (other than the Committee on Appropriations) is authorized to appoint, by majority vote of the committee, not more than six professional staff members in addition to the clerical staffs. Such professional staff members shall be assigned to the chairman and the ranking minority member of such committee as the committee may deem advisable, except that whenever a majority of the minority members of such committee so request, two of such professional staff members may be selected for appointment by majority vote of the minority members and the committee shall appoint any staff members so selected. A staff member or members appointed pursuant to a request by the minority members of the committee shall be assigned to such committee business as such minority members deem advisable. Services of professional staff members appointed by majority vote of the committee may be terminated by a majority vote of the committee and services of professional staff members appointed pursuant to a request by the minority members of the committee shall be terminated by the committee when a majority of such minority members so request. Professional staff members authorized by this subsection shall be appointed on a permanent basis, without regard to political affiliation, and solely on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of their respective positions. Such professional staff members shall not engage in any work other than committee business and no other duties may be assigned to them.
**(b) Professional members for Committee on Appropriations; examinations of executive agencies’ operation** Subject to appropriations which it shall be in order to include in
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**(a) Eligible employees** This section shall apply 11 See Inapplicability of Section to Certain Employees note below. to—
(1) each employee of the Senate whose compensation is paid from the appropriation for Salaries, Officers and Employees under the following headings:
(A) Office of the Secretary, including individuals employed under authority of [section 6538 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section6538&num=0&edition=prelim);
(B) Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, except employees designated as “special employees”; and
(C) Offices of the Secretaries for the Majority and the Minority;
(2) each employee of the Senate authorized by Senate resolution to be appointed by the Secretary of the Senate or the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, except employees designated as “special employees”; and
(3) each employee of the Capitol Guide Service established under section 2166 22 See References in Text note below. of this title.
**(b) Rate of compensation; limitation on increases; computation of service; effective date of payment**
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), an employee to whom this section applies shall be paid, during any period of continuous creditable service, additional annual compensation (hereinafter referred to as “longevity compensation”) at the rate of $482 for (A) each year of creditable service performed for the first five years and (B) each two years of creditable service performed during the twenty-year period following the first five years.
(2) The amount of longevity compensation which may be paid to an employee, when added to his regular annual compensation, shall not exceed the maximum annual compensation which may be paid to Senate employees generally as prescribed by law
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TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS
§ 6538
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL
Repeal effective on the later of the first day of the
first applicable pay period beginning on or after Jan. 1,
2020, or the first day of the first applicable pay period
beginning on or after Dec. 20, 2019, see section 212(c) of
Pub. L. 116–94, set out as a note under section 282b of
this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Pub. L. 94–59, title I, § 105, July 25, 1975, 89 Stat. 275,
which provided that this section was effective July 1,
1975, was repealed by Pub. L. 116–94, div. E, title II,
§ 212(a)(3)(A), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2775.
§ 6538. Employment of additional administrative
assistants
The Secretary of the Senate is authorized to
employ such administrative assistants as may
be necessary in order to carry out the provisions
of this Act under the jurisdiction of the Sec-
retary.
(Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title II, § 244, 60 Stat. 839;
Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(18), Aug. 20, 1996, 110
Stat. 1732.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This Act, referred to in text, means act Aug. 2, 1946,
ch. 753, 60 Stat. 812, known as the Legislative Reorga-
nization Act of 1946. For complete classification of this
Act to the Code, see Tables.
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 74b of this
title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering
as this section.
AMENDMENTS
1996—Pub. L. 104–186 substituted ‘‘is’’ for ‘‘and the
Clerk of the House are’’ and ‘‘the jurisdiction of the
Secretary’’ for ‘‘their respective jurisdictions’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Aug. 2, 1946, see section 245 of act
Aug. 2, 1946, set out as a note under section 4301 of this
title.
§ 6539. Abolition of stat
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