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2 U.S.C. § 359 — Effective date of recommendations of President
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(1) None of the President’s recommendations under [section 358 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section358&num=0&edition=prelim) shall take effect unless approved under paragraph (2).
(2)
(A) The recommendations of the President under [section 358 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section358&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be considered approved under this paragraph if there is enacted into law a bill or joint resolution approving such recommendations in their entirety. This bill or joint resolution shall be passed by recorded vote to reflect the vote of each Member of Congress thereon.
(B)
(i) The provisions of this subparagraph are enacted by the Congress—
(I) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and the House of Representatives and as such shall be considered as part of the rules of each House, and shall supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and
(II) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change the rules (so far as they relate to the procedures of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that House.
(ii) During the 60-calendar-day period beginning on the date that the President transmits his recommendations to the Congress under [section 358 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section358&num=0&edition=prelim), it shall be in order as a matter of highest privilege in each House of Congress to consider a bill or joint resolution, if offered by the majority leader of such House (or a designee), approving such recommendations in their entirety.
(3) Exc
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(1) None of the President’s recommendations under [section 358 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section358&num=0&edition=prelim) shall take effect unless approved under paragraph (2).
(2)
(A) The recommendations of the President under [section 358 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section358&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be considered approved under this paragraph if there is enacted into law a bill or joint resolution approving such recommendations in their entirety. This bill or joint resolution shall be passed by recorded vote to reflect the vote of each Member of Congress thereon.
(B)
(i) The provisions of this subparagraph are enacted by the Congress—
(I) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and the House of Representatives and as such shall be considered as part of the rules of each House, and shall supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and
(II) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change the rules (so far as they relate to the procedures of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that House.
(ii) During the 60-calendar-day period beginning on the date that the President transmits his recommendations to the Congress under [section 358 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section358&num=0&edition=prelim), it shall be in order as a matter of highest privilege in each House of Congress to consider a bill or joint resolution, if offered by the majority leader of such House (or a designee), approving such recommendations in their entirety.
(3) Except as provided in paragraph (4), any recommended pay adjustment approved under paragraph (2) shall take effect as of the date proposed by the President under [section 358 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section358&num=0&edition=prelim) with respect to such adjustment.
(4)
(A) Notwithstanding the approval of the President’s pay recommendations in accordance with paragraph (2), none of those recommendations shall take effect unless, between the date on which the bill or resolution approving those recommendations is signed by the President (or otherwise becomes law) and the earliest date as of which the President proposes (under [section 358 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section358&num=0&edition=prelim)) that any of those recommendations take effect, an election of Representatives shall have intervened.
(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the term “election of Representatives” means an election held on the Tuesday following the first Monday of November in any even-numbered calendar year.
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(1) After considering the report and recommendations of the Commission submitted under [section 357 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section357&num=0&edition=prelim), the President shall transmit to Congress his recommendations with respect to the exact rates of pay, for offices and positions within the purview of subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of [section 356 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section356&num=0&edition=prelim), which the President considers to be fair and reasonable in light of the Commission’s report and recommendations, the prevailing market value of the services rendered in the offices and positions involved, the overall economic condition of the country, and the fiscal condition of the Federal Government.
(2) The President shall transmit his recommendations under this section to Congress on the first Monday after January 3 of the first calendar year beginning after the date on which the Commission submits its report and recommendations to the President under [section 357 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section357&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a)** For the purpose of this section—
(1) “agency” means—
(A) an Executive agency;
(B) an office, agency, or other establishment in the legislative branch;
(C) an office, agency, or other establishment in the judicial branch; and
(D) the government of the District of Columbia;
(2) “public official” means an officer (including the President and a Member of Congress), a member of the uniformed service, an employee and any other individual, in whom is vested the authority by law, rule, or regulation, or to whom the authority has been delegated, to appoint, employ, promote, or advance individuals, or to recommend individuals for appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement in connection with employment in an agency; and
(3) “relative” means, with respect to a public official, an individual who is related to the public official as father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, or half sister.
**(b)** A public official may not appoint, employ, promote, advance, or advocate for appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement, in or to a civilian position in the agency in which he is serving or over which he exercises jurisdiction or control any individual who is a relative of the public official. An individual may not be appointed, employed, promoted, or advanced in or to a civilian position in an agency if such appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement has been advocated by a public official, serving in or exercising jurisdiction or control over the agency, who is a relative of the individual.
**(c)** An indi
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The recommendations of the President taking effect as provided in [section 359 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section359&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be held and considered to modify, supersede, or render inapplicable, as the case may be, to the extent inconsistent therewith—
(A) all provisions of law enacted prior to the effective date or dates of all or part (as the case may be) of such recommendations (other than any provision of law enacted with respect to such recommendations in the period beginning on the date the President transmits his recommendations to the Congress under [section 358 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section358&num=0&edition=prelim) and ending on the date of their approval under [section 359(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section359/2&num=0&edition=prelim)), and
(B) any prior recommendations of the President which take effect under this chapter.
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TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS
§ 359
For offices and positions under the Execu-
tive Schedule in subchapter II of chapter
53 of title 5, United States Code, as fol-
lows:
Positions at level I ...............................
155,000
Positions at level II ..............................
135,000
Positions at level III ............................
125,000
Positions at level IV .............................
120,000
Positions at level V ..............................
115,000
For the Speaker of the House of Represent-
atives .......................................................
175,000
For the President Pro Tempore of the Sen-
ate, majority leader and minority leader
of the Senate, and majority leader and
minority leader of the House of Rep-
resentatives .............................................
155,000
For Senators, Members of the House of
Representatives, Delegates to the House
of Representatives, and the Resident
Commissioner from Puerto Rico .............
135,000
For other officers and positions in the leg-
islative branch as follows:
Comptroller General of the United
States ................................................
135,000
Deputy Comptroller General of the
United States, Librarian of Congress,
and Architect of the Capitol ..............
125,000
General Counsel of the General Ac-
counting Office, Deputy Librarian of
Congress, and Assistant Architect of
the Capitol .........................................
120,000
For Justices, judges, and other personnel
in the judicial branch as follows:
Chief Justice of the United States .......
175,000
Associate Justices of the Supreme
Court .................................................
165,000
Judges:
U.S. Courts of Appeals ....................
140,000
Court of Military Appeals ..............
140,000
U.S
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