2 U.S.C. § 354 — Use of United States mails

Page 138 TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS § 354 § 354. Use of United States mails The Commission may use the United States mails in the same manner and upon the same conditions as other departments and agencies of the United States. (Pub. L. 90–206, title II, § 225(d), Dec. 16, 1967, 81 Stat. 643.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Dec. 16, 1967, see section 220(a)(1) of Pub. L. 90–206, set out as a note under section 3110 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. § 355. Administrative support services The Administrator of General Services shall provide administrative support services for the Commission on a reimbursable basis. (Pub. L. 90–206, title II, § 225(e), Dec. 16, 1967, 81 Stat. 643.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Dec. 16, 1967, see section 220(a)(1) of Pub. L. 90–206, set out as a note under section 3110 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. § 356. Functions The Commission shall conduct, in each of the respective fiscal years referred to in subpara- graphs (A) and (B) of section 352(8) of this title, a review of the rates of pay of— (A) the Vice President of the United States, Senators, Members of the House of Represent- atives, the Resident Commissioner from Puer- to Rico, the Speaker of the House of Rep- resentatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate and the House of Representa- tives; (B) offices and positions in the legislative branch referred to in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of section 203 of the Federal Legisla- tive 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 bank- ruptcy 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. Such review by the Commission shall be made for the purpose of determining and providing— (i) the appropriate pay levels and relation- ships between and among the respective of- fices and positions covered by such review, and (ii) the appropriate pay relationships be- tween such offices and positions and the of- fices and positions subject to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates. In reviewing the rates of pay of the offices or po- sitions referred to in subparagraph (D) of this section, the Commission shall determine and consider the appropriateness of the executive levels of such offices and positions. (Pub. L. 90–206, title II, § 225(f), Dec. 16, 1967, 81 Stat. 643; Pub. L. 91–375, § 6(a), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 775; Pub. L. 94–82, title II, § 206(a), Aug. 9, 1975, 89 Stat. 423; Pub. L. 95–598, title III, § 301, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2673; Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 143, Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 45; Pub. L. 99–190, § 135(b), Dec. 19, 1985, 99 Stat. 1322; Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(a) [title IV, § 408(c)], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329, 1329–27; Pub. L. 101–194, title VII, § 701(d), Nov. 30, 1989, 103 Stat. 1764; Pub. L. 102–572, title IX, § 902(b)(1), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4516.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of section 203 of the Federal Legislative Salary Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 415; Public Law 88–426), referred to in par. (B), are subsecs. (a) to (d) of section 203 of Pub. L. 88–426, title II, Aug. 14, 1964, 78 Stat. 415. Subsecs. (a) and (b), which origi- nally related to compensation of the Comptroller Gen- eral and Assistant Comptroller General, respectively, of the United States, were classified to section 42a of former Title 31, Money and Finance. Subsec. (c), which originally related to compensation of the General Counsel of the United States General Accounting Of- fice, the Librarian of Congress, the Public Printer, and the Architect of the Capitol, was classified to sections 136a and 1802 of this title, section 51a of former Title 31, and section 39a of former Title 44, Public Printing and Documents. Subsec. (d), which originally related to compensation of the Deputy Librarian of Congress, the Deputy Public Printer, and the Assistant Architect of the Capitol, was classified to section 136a–1 of this title, section 166b of former Title 40, Public Buildings, Prop- erty, and Works, and section 39a of former Title 44. Sec- tions 136a (Librarian of Congress) and 136a–1 (Deputy Librarian of Congress) of this title were omitted from the Code as superseded by section 136a–2 of this title. Sections 42a (Comptroller General and Deputy Comp- troller General) and 51a (General Counsel of General Accounting Office) of former Title 31 were repealed, and restated in sections 703(f) and 731(c) of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97–258, §§ 1, 5(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 889, 897, 1068. Section 166b (Assistant Architect of the Capitol) of former Title 40 was omitted from the Code as superseded by section 166b–3a of former Title 40 (now section 1848 of this title) and was repealed by Pub. L. 107–217, § 6(b), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1304. Section 39a (Public Printer and Deputy Public Printer) of former Title 44 was repealed, and restated in section 303 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents, by Pub. L. 90–620, §§ 1, 3, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1239, 1306. The rates of pay of justices, judges, and other per- sonnel in the judicial branch, referred to in par. (C), are set out in section 867 of Title 10, Armed Forces; section 7443 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code; and sections 5, 44, 135, 173, 213, 252, 603, and 792 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. AMENDMENTS 1992—Par. (C). Pub. L. 102–572 substituted ‘‘United States Court of Federal Claims’’ for ‘‘United States Claims Court’’. 1989—Pub. L. 101–194 substituted ‘‘subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 352(8) of this title’’ for ‘‘section 352(2) and (3) of this title’’. 1987—Par. (C). Pub. L. 100–202 substituted ‘‘except bankruptcy judges, but including’’ for ‘‘and mag- istrates and’’.