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2 U.S.C. § 274 — Staff; office equipment and supplies
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The Legislative Counsel shall, subject to the approval of the President pro tempore of the Senate, employ and fix the compensation of such Assistant Counsel, clerks, and other employees, and purchase such furniture, office equipment, books, stationery, and other supplies, as may be necessary for the proper performance of the duties of the Office and as may be appropriated for by Congress.
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The Legislative Counsel shall, subject to the approval of the President pro tempore of the Senate, employ and fix the compensation of such Assistant Counsel, clerks, and other employees, and purchase such furniture, office equipment, books, stationery, and other supplies, as may be necessary for the proper performance of the duties of the Office and as may be appropriated for by Congress.
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**(a)** Each time the President adjusts the rates of pay of employees under [section 5303 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5303&num=0&edition=prelim) (or section 5304 or 5304a of such title, as applied to employees employed in the pay locality of the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore, Maryland consolidated metropolitan statistical area) the President pro tempore of the Senate shall, as he considers appropriate—
(1)
(A) adjust the rates of pay of personnel whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, and any minimum or maximum rate applicable to any such personnel;
(B) in the case of such personnel appointed to positions for which the rates of pay for the particular positions were fixed by or pursuant to law at specific rates on the day before the effective date of the amendments made by section 212 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2020, adjust such rates; and
(C) in the case of such personnel appointed to positions for which the maximum rates of pay for the particular positions were fixed by or pursuant to law on the day before such effective date, adjust such maximum rates; and
(2) adjust any limitation or allowance applicable to such personnel;
by percentages which are equal or equivalent, insofar as practicable, to the percentages of the adjustments made by the President under such section 5303 (and, as the case may be, section 5304 or 5304a of such title, as applied to employees employed in the pay locality of the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore, Maryland consolidated metropolitan statistical area) for corresponding rates of pay for employees subject to the General Schedule contained in section 5332 of such title, subject to [section 4575(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml
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The Legislative Counsel of the Senate shall be paid at an annual rate of compensation of $40,000.
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There is established in the House of Representatives an office to be known as the Office of the Legislative Counsel, referred to hereinafter in this subchapter as the “Office”.
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TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS
§ 274
view of nonapplicability of section to Speaker, em-
ployee, etc., of the House of Representatives pursuant
to section 531 of Pub. L. 91–510, set out as a note under
section 281 of this title. See section 282b of this title for
provisions setting forth compensation of Legislative
Counsel of House of Representatives.
AMENDMENTS
2019—Pub. L. 116–94, § 212(a)(3)(H), repealed Pub. L.
88–426, § 203(g). See 1964 Amendment note below.
Pub. L. 116–94, § 212(a)(3)(A), repealed Pub. L. 94–59,
§ 105. See 1975 Amendment note below.
1975—Pub. L. 94–59, which substituted ‘‘an annual rate
of compensation of $40,000’’ for ‘‘a gross annual com-
pensation of $38,760 per annum’’ as the rate of com-
pensation of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate, ef-
fective July 1, 1975, was repealed by Pub. L. 116–94,
§ 212(a)(3)(A). See above.
1974—Pub. L. 93–371 substituted provisions author-
izing the Legislative Counsel of the Senate to be paid
at an annual rate of compensation of $38,760, for provi-
sions setting forth the gross annual compensation of
the Legislative Counsel as $27,500 per annum, effective
July 1, 1974.
1964—Pub. L. 88–426, which provided that the com-
pensation of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate shall
be at the rate of $27,500 per annum, was repealed by
Pub. L. 116–94, § 212(a)(3)(H). See above.
1957—Pub. L. 85–75 increased the gross compensation
of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate from $15,500 to
$17,500 per annum, effective July 1, 1957.
1955—Act Aug. 5, 1955, increased the compensation of
the Legislative Counsel of the Senate from a basic com-
pensation of $12,000, to a gross annual compensation of
$15,500, and the compensation of the Legislative Coun-
sel of the House was increased from a basic compensa-
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