2 U.S.C. § 4574 — Limit on rate of compensation of Senate

Page 546 TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS § 4574 allowance) applicable to personnel whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate (in- cluding such personnel appointed to positions for which the specific amount of the rate of pay for the particular position is fixed by statute on the day before the effective date of the amend- ments made by section 212 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2020 and such per- sonnel appointed to positions for which the max- imum rates of pay for the particular positions were fixed by or pursuant to law on the day be- fore such effective date), subject to section 4575(f) of this title. (b) Adjustments made by the President pro tempore under this section shall be made in such manner as he considers advisable and shall have the force and effect of law. (Pub. L. 101–520, title III, § 315, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2283; Pub. L. 102–90, title III, § 308, Aug. 14, 1991, 105 Stat. 466; Pub. L. 116–94, div. E, title II, § 212(a)(2)(B), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2775; Pub. L. 117–103, div. I, title II, § 213(a)(2)(B), Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 527.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The General Schedule, referred to in subsec. (a), is set out under section 5332 of Title 5, Government Organiza- tion and Employees. The effective date of the amendments made by sec- tion 212 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2020, referred to in subsec. (a), is the effective date of section 212 of div. E of Pub. L. 116–94. See Effective Date of 2019 Amendment note below. CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 60a–1b of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renum- bering as this section. Section is from the Legislative Branch Appropria- tions Act, 1991. AMENDMENTS 2022—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–103 substituted ‘‘, subject to section 4575(f) of this title.’’ for ‘‘to the extent necessary to maintain the pay relationships that existed on such effective date between the max- imum rate of pay for Senate personnel and Senators.’’ 2019—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–94 substituted ‘‘(includ- ing such personnel appointed to positions for which the specific amount of the rate of pay for the particular po- sition is fixed by statute on the day before the effective date of the amendments made by section 212 of the Leg- islative Branch Appropriations Act, 2020 and such per- sonnel 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) to the extent necessary to maintain the pay rela- tionships that existed on such effective date between the maximum rate of pay for Senate personnel and Sen- ators.’’ for ‘‘to the extent necessary to maintain the same pay relationships that existed on December 31, 1986, between personnel and Senators and between posi- tions.’’ 1991—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–90 substituted ‘‘5303’’ for ‘‘5305’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2022 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 117–103 effective on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after Mar. 15, 2022, see section 213(b) of div. I of Pub. L. 117–103, set out as a note under section 4571 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2019 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 116–94 effective on the later of the first day of the first applicable pay period begin- ning 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 div. E of Pub. L. 116–94, set out as a note under section 282b of this title. § 4574. Limit on rate of compensation of Senate officers and employees No officer or employee of the Senate shall re- ceive pay for any services performed by him at any rate higher than that provided for the office or employment to which he has been regularly appointed. (Aug. 5, 1882, ch. 390, § 1, 22 Stat. 270.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 61 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. § 4575. Gross rate of compensation of employees paid by Secretary of Senate (a) Annual rate; certification (1) Whenever the rate of compensation of any employee whose compensation is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate is fixed or adjusted on or after October 1, 1980, such rate as so fixed or adjusted shall be at a single whole dollar per annum gross rate and may not include a frac- tional part of a dollar. (2) New or changed rates of compensation (other than changes in rates which are made by law) of any such employee (other than an em- ployee who is an elected officer of the Senate) shall be certified in writing to the Disbursing Office of the Senate (and, for purposes of this paragraph, a new rate of compensation refers to compensation in the case of an appointment, transfer from one Senate appointing authority to another, or promotion by an appointing au- thority to a position the compensation for which is fixed by law). In the case of an appoint- ment or other new rate of compensation, the certification must be received by such office on or before the day the rate of new compensation is to become effective. In any other case, the changed rate of compensation shall take effect on the first day of the month in which such cer- tification is received (if such certification is re- ceived within the first ten days of such month), on the first day of the month after the month in which such certification is received (if the day on which such certification is received is after the twenty-fifth day of the month in which it is received), and on the sixteenth day of the month in which such certification is received (if such certification is received after the tenth day and before the twenty-sixth day of such month). Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if the certification for a changed rate of compensation for an employee specifies an effective date of such change, such change shall become effective on the date so specified, but only if the date so specified is the first or sixteenth day of a month and is after the effective date prescribed in the preceding sentence; and, notwithstanding such