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2 U.S.C. § 1848 — Compensation of certain positions in Office of Architect of the Capitol
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**(a) Amount of compensation to be that specified in appropriations Acts** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the pay for positions described in subsection (b) shall be the amounts specified for such positions in appropriations Acts.
**(b) Positions covered** The positions referred to in subsection (a) are—
(1) the position of assistant referred to in the proviso in the first undesignated paragraph under the center subheadings “Office of the Architect of the Capitol” and “salaries” in the first section of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1971 [[2 U.S.C. 1804](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section1804&num=0&edition=prelim)],11 See References in Text note below. and
(2) the eight positions provided for in the third and fourth undesignated paragraphs under the center subheadings “Office of the Architect of the Capitol” and “salaries” in the first section of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1960 [[2 U.S.C. 1847](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section1847&num=0&edition=prelim)].
**(c) Calculation of amounts** The pay for each position described in subsection (b) shall be the pay payable for such position with respect to the last pay period before this section takes effect, subject to any applicable adjustment during fiscal year 1988 under, or by reference to any applicable adjustment during fiscal year 1988 under, subchapter I of chapter 53 of title 5.
**(d) Effective date** This section shall apply in fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1987, with respect to pay periods beginning after December 22, 1987.
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**(a) Amount of compensation to be that specified in appropriations Acts** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the pay for positions described in subsection (b) shall be the amounts specified for such positions in appropriations Acts.
**(b) Positions covered** The positions referred to in subsection (a) are—
(1) the position of assistant referred to in the proviso in the first undesignated paragraph under the center subheadings “Office of the Architect of the Capitol” and “salaries” in the first section of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1971 [[2 U.S.C. 1804](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section1804&num=0&edition=prelim)],11 See References in Text note below. and
(2) the eight positions provided for in the third and fourth undesignated paragraphs under the center subheadings “Office of the Architect of the Capitol” and “salaries” in the first section of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1960 [[2 U.S.C. 1847](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section1847&num=0&edition=prelim)].
**(c) Calculation of amounts** The pay for each position described in subsection (b) shall be the pay payable for such position with respect to the last pay period before this section takes effect, subject to any applicable adjustment during fiscal year 1988 under, or by reference to any applicable adjustment during fiscal year 1988 under, subchapter I of chapter 53 of title 5.
**(d) Effective date** This section shall apply in fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1987, with respect to pay periods beginning after December 22, 1987.
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**(a) In general** The Deputy Architect of the Capitol (in this section referred to as the “Deputy Architect”) shall act as Architect of the Capitol (in this section referred to as the “Architect”) if the Architect is absent or disabled or there is no Architect.
**(b) Absence, disability, or vacancy in Office of Deputy Architect** For purposes of subsection (a), if the Deputy Architect is also absent or disabled or there is no Deputy Architect, the congressional commission described in [section 1801a(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section1801a/a&num=0&edition=prelim) shall designate, by a majority vote of the members of the commission, an individual to serve as acting Architect until—
(1) the end of the absence or disability of the Architect or the Deputy Architect; or
(2) in the case of vacancies in both positions, an Architect has been appointed under [section 1801a(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section1801a/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Authority** An officer serving as acting Architect under subsection (a) or (b) shall perform all the duties and exercise all the authorities of the Architect, including the authority to delegate the duties and authorities of the Architect in accordance with [section 1803 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section1803&num=0&edition=prelim).
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The Architect of the Capitol may fix the rate of basic pay for not more than 32 positions at a rate not to exceed the highest total rate of pay for the Senior Executive Service under subchapter VIII of chapter 53 of title 5 for the locality involved.
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On and after August 21, 1959, the Architect of the Capitol is authorized, without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, to fix the compensation of four positions under the appropriation “Salaries, Office of the Architect of the Capitol”, of two positions under the appropriation “Capitol Buildings”, and of one position under the appropriation “House Office Buildings” at a basic rate of $8,200 per annum each: Provided, That this provision shall not be applicable to the positions of Architect or Assistant Architect.
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### Statutory Notes
Section, Pub. L. 91–382, Aug. 18, 1970, 84 Stat. 817; Pub. L. 101–163, title I, § 106(d), Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1057; Pub. L. 108–7, div. H, title I, § 1204, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 374, provided that the Deputy Architect of the Capitol would act as Architect of the Capitol during the absence or disability of that official or whenever there was no Architect. See [section 1805a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section1805a&num=0&edition=prelim).
#### Codification
Section was classified to section 164a of former Title 40, prior to the enactment of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, by Pub. L. 107–217, § 1, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062.
#### Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:
Pub. L. 87–730, Oct. 2, 1962, 76 Stat. 688.
Pub. L. 87–130, Aug. 10, 1961, 75 Stat. 329.
Pub. L. 86–628, July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 455.
Pub. L. 86–176, Aug. 21, 1959, 73 Stat. 407.
Pub. L. 85–570, July 31, 1958, 72 Stat. 448.
Pub. L. 85–75, July 1, 1957, 71 Stat. 251.
June 27, 1956, ch. 453, 70 Stat. 365.
Aug. 5, 1955, ch. 568, 69 Stat. 515.
July 2, 1954, ch. 455, title I, 68 Stat. 405.
Aug. 1, 1953, ch. 304, title I, 67 Stat. 327.
July 9, 1952, ch. 598, 66 Stat. 472.
Oct. 11, 1951, ch. 485, 65 Stat. 396.
Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, Ch. II, 64 Stat. 602.
June 22, 1949, ch. 235, 63 Stat. 224.
June 14, 1948, ch. 467, 62 Stat. 430.
July 17, 1947, ch. 262, 61 Stat. 369.
July 1, 1946, ch. 530, 60 Stat. 400.
May 18, 1946, ch. 263, title I, 60 Stat. 185.
June 13, 1945, ch. 189, 59 Stat. 251.
June 26, 1944, ch. 277, title I, 58 Stat. 346.
June 28, 1943, ch. 173, title I, 57 Stat. 232.
June 8, 1942, ch. 396, 56 Stat. 341.
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The Commission shall conduct, in each of the respective fiscal years referred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of [section 352(8) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section352/8&num=0&edition=prelim), a review of the rates of pay of—
(A) the Vice President of the United States, Senators, Members of the House of Representatives, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives;
(B) offices and positions in the legislative branch referred to in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of section 203 of the Federal Legislative Salary Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 415; Public Law 88–426);
(C) justices, judges, and other personnel in the judicial branch referred to in section 403 of the Federal Judicial Salary Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 434; Public Law 88–426) except bankruptcy judges, but including the judges of the United States Court of Federal Claims;
(D) offices and positions under the Executive Schedule in subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 5; and
(E) the Governors of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service appointed under [section 202 of title 39](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title39-section202&num=0&edition=prelim).
Such review by the Commission shall be made for the purpose of determining and providing—
(i) the appropriate pay levels and relationships between and among the respective offices and positions covered by such review, and
(ii) the appropriate pay relationships between such offices and positions and the offices and positions subject to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5
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**(a)** Notwithstanding sections 1341, 1342, and 1349–1351 and subchapter II of chapter 15 of title 31—
(1) the rates of pay of—
(A) employees in the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the Government of the United States (except employees whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate or the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives) and of the government of the District of Columbia, whose rates of pay are fixed by administrative action under law and are not otherwise adjusted under this subchapter;
(B) employees under the Architect of the Capitol, whose rates of pay are fixed under section 166b–3a 11 See References in Text note below. of title 40, and the Superintendent of Garages, House office buildings; and
(C) persons employed by the county committees established under [section 590h(b) of title 16](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section590h/b&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(2) and minimum or maximum rate of pay (other than a maximum rate equal to or greater than the maximum rate then currently being paid under the General Schedule as a result of a pay adjustment under section 5303 (or prior corresponding provision of law)), and any monetary limitation on or monetary allowance for pay, applicable to employees described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (1);
may be adjusted, by the appropriate authority concerned, effective at the beginning of the first applicable pay period commencing on or after the day on which a pay adjustment becomes effective under section 5303 (or prior provision of law), by whichever of the following methods the appropriate authority concerned considers appropriate—
(i) by an amount or amounts not in excess of the pay adjustment provided under s
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Page 381
TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS
§ 1805
priations Act, 2003’’ for ‘‘Architect of the Capitol is au-
thorized on and after August 5, 1955, to delegate to the
Assistant Architect and other assistants such author-
ity of the Architect as he may deem proper’’.
§ 1804. Repealed. Pub. L. 118–31, div. E, title LVII,
§ 5704(d), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 962
Section, Pub. L. 91–382, Aug. 18, 1970, 84 Stat. 817; Pub.
L. 101–163, title I, § 106(d), Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1057;
Pub. L. 108–7, div. H, title I, § 1204, Feb. 20, 2003, 117
Stat. 374, provided that the Deputy Architect of the
Capitol would act as Architect of the Capitol during
the absence or disability of that official or whenever
there was no Architect. See section 1805a of this title.
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was classified to section 164a of former Title
40, prior to the enactment of Title 40, Public Buildings,
Property, and Works, by Pub. L. 107–217, § 1, Aug. 21,
2002, 116 Stat. 1062.
PRIOR PROVISIONS
Provisions similar to those in this section were con-
tained in the following prior appropriation acts:
Pub. L. 87–730, Oct. 2, 1962, 76 Stat. 688.
Pub. L. 87–130, Aug. 10, 1961, 75 Stat. 329.
Pub. L. 86–628, July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 455.
Pub. L. 86–176, Aug. 21, 1959, 73 Stat. 407.
Pub. L. 85–570, July 31, 1958, 72 Stat. 448.
Pub. L. 85–75, July 1, 1957, 71 Stat. 251.
June 27, 1956, ch. 453, 70 Stat. 365.
Aug. 5, 1955, ch. 568, 69 Stat. 515.
July 2, 1954, ch. 455, title I, 68 Stat. 405.
Aug. 1, 1953, ch. 304, title I, 67 Stat. 327.
July 9, 1952, ch. 598, 66 Stat. 472.
Oct. 11, 1951, ch. 485, 65 Stat. 396.
Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, Ch. II, 64 Stat. 602.
June 22, 1949, ch. 235, 63 Stat. 224.
June 14, 1948, ch. 467, 62 Stat. 430.
July 17, 1947, ch. 262, 61 Stat. 369.
July 1, 1946
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TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS
§ 1847
any employee described in subparagraph (1) or
subparagraph (2) of section 1841 of this title;
(2) affect the continuity of employment of,
or reduce the pay of, any employee holding
any position referred to in subparagraph (1) of
this section; or
(3) modify, change, supersede, or otherwise
affect the provisions of sections 5504 and
6101(a)(5) of title 5, insofar as such sections re-
late to the Office of the Architect of the Cap-
itol.
(Pub. L. 91–510, title IV, § 484, Oct. 26, 1970, 84
Stat. 1197.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was classified to section 166b–1d of former
Title 40, prior to the enactment of Title 40, Public
Buildings, Property, and Works, by Pub. L. 107–217, § 1,
Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective immediately prior to noon on Jan.
3, 1971, see section 601(1) of Pub. L. 91–510, set out as an
Effective Date of 1970 Amendment note under section
4301 of this title.
§ 1845. Effect on existing law
(a) All provisions of law inconsistent with sec-
tions 1841 to 1846 of this title are hereby super-
seded to the extent of the inconsistency.
(b) Sections 5504 and 6101(a)(5) of title 5 shall
apply to employees of the House and Senate
Restaurants who are paid at per annum rates of
pay as long as such employees are under the su-
pervision of the Architect of the Capitol as an
agent of the House or Senate, respectively, as
the case may be.
(Pub. L. 91–510, title IV, § 485, Oct. 26, 1970, 84
Stat. 1197.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was classified to section 166b–1e of former
Title 40, prior to the enactment of Title 40, Public
Buildings, Property, and Works, by Pub. L. 107–217, § 1,
Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062.
S
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Page 398
TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS
§ 1848
1 See References in Text note below.
chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of
title 5, to fix the compensation of one position
under the appropriation ‘‘Senate Office Build-
ings’’, at a basic rate of $8,200 per annum.
(Pub. L. 86–176, Aug. 21, 1959, 73 Stat. 407; Pub. L.
89–309, ch. VII, Oct. 31, 1965, 79 Stat. 1147; Pub. L.
90–206, title II, § 214(p), Dec. 16, 1967, 81 Stat. 638;
Pub. L. 90–239, ch. IV, Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 775;
Pub. L. 94–157, title I, ch. IV, Dec. 18, 1975, 89
Stat. 835; Pub. L. 101–163, title I, § 106(c), Nov. 21,
1989, 103 Stat. 1056.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was classified to section 166b–3 of former
Title 40, prior to the enactment of Title 40, Public
Buildings, Property, and Works, by Pub. L. 107–217, § 1,
Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062.
‘‘Chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title
5’’ substituted for ‘‘the Classification Act of 1949, as
amended’’ in text on authority of Pub. L. 89–554, § 7(b),
Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which en-
acted Title 5, Government Organization and Employ-
ees.
AMENDMENTS
1989—Pub. L. 101–163 substituted ‘‘four positions’’ for
‘‘three positions’’ and ‘‘Architect or Assistant Archi-
tect’’ for ‘‘Architect, Assistant Architect, or Second
Assistant Architect of the Capitol’’.
1975—Pub. L. 94–157 increased to two positions from
one position the number of positions under the appro-
priation ‘‘Capitol Buildings’’.
1968—Pub. L. 90–239 increased the compensation of
one position under appropriation ‘‘Senate Office Build-
ings’’ from ‘‘$7,700’’ to ‘‘$8,200’’.
1967—Pub. L. 90–206 increased the compensation from
$7,700 to $8,200 per annum each of the three positions
under the appropriation ‘‘Salaries, Office of th
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