2 U.S.C. § 5101 — Employment of administrative assistants

Page 589 TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS § 5103 Sec. SUBCHAPTER III—MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS AND WHIPS 5141. Additional employees in offices of House Mi- nority Leader, Majority Whip, and Chief Deputy Majority Whip; authorization; com- pensation. 5142. Additional amounts for personnel and equip- ment for House Majority and Minority Leaders and Majority and Minority Whips. 5143. Compensation of certain House minority em- ployees. 5144. Lump-sum allowances for House Minority Leader and Majority Whip. 5145. Lump-sum allowances for House Majority Floor Leader, Minority Floor Leader, Ma- jority Whip, and Minority Whip. 5146. Lump-sum allowances for House Majority Whip and Minority Whip. SUBCHAPTER IV—POLICY COMMITTEES AND CONFERENCES 5161. Training and program development activities of Republican Conference and Democratic Steering and Policy Committee. 5162. Republican Policy Committee. SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL § 5101. Employment of administrative assistants for Speaker and House Majority and Minor- ity Leaders; compensation; appropriations The Speaker, the majority leader, and the mi- nority leader of the House of Representatives are each authorized to employ an administrative assistant, who shall receive basic compensation at a rate not to exceed $8,000 a year. There is au- thorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the payment of such compensa- tion. (Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title II, § 201(c), 60 Stat. 834.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 74a of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Aug. 2, 1946, see section 245 of act Aug. 2, 1946, set out as a note under section 4301 of this title. BASIC COMPENSATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS Pub. L. 85–462, § 4(n), June 20, 1958, 72 Stat. 209, pro- vided that: ‘‘The basic compensation of the Administra- tive Assistants to the Speaker, Majority Leader, Mi- nority Leader, Majority Whip, and Minority Whip, shall be at the rate of $8,880 per annum.’’ House Resolution No. 127, Eighty-ninth Congress, Jan. 19, 1965, which was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 89–90, § 103, July 27, 1965, 79 Stat. 281, provided: ‘‘That effective January 3, 1965, there shall be payable from the contingent fund of the House, until otherwise provided by law, for any Member of the House who has served as majority leader and as minority leader of the House, an additional $8,880 basic per annum for an ad- ministrative assistant.’’ House Resolution No. 258, Eighty-ninth Congress, Mar. 9, 1965, which was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 89–90, § 103, July 27, 1965, 79 Stat. 281, provided: ‘‘That, effective March 1, 1965, there shall be payable from the contingent fund of the House of Representa- tives, until otherwise provided by law, an amount which will permit the payment of basic compensation per annum, at a rate not in excess of the highest amount which, together with additional compensation authorized by law, will not exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Classification Act of 1949, as amended [act Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782], to the administrative assist- ant of each of the following: ‘‘(1) the Speaker of the House; ‘‘(2) the majority leader of the House; ‘‘(3) the minority leader of the House; ‘‘(4) the majority whip of the House; ‘‘(5) the minority whip of the House; ‘‘(6) each Member of the House who has served as Speaker of the House; and ‘‘(7) each Member of the House who has served as ma- jority leader, and as minority leader, of the House.’’ Section 207(c) of House Resolution 988, Ninety-third Congress, Oct. 8, 1974, provided for the compensation of the administrative assistants referred to in House Res- olution 1015, Ninetieth Congress, Jan. 15, 1968, at a rate not in excess of the minimum rate of pay in effect for one pay level above that of employees (referred to in clause 6(a)(1) of Rule XI) to whom clause 6(c) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives applied. INCREASES IN COMPENSATION Increases in compensation for House officers and em- ployees under authority of Federal Salary Act of 1967 (Pub. L. 90–206), Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970 (Pub. L. 91–656), and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1988 (Pub. L. 100–202), see sections 4531 and 4532 of this title, and Salary Directives of Speaker of the House, set out as notes under those sections. § 5102. Appointment of consultants by Speaker, Majority Leader, and Minority Leader of House; compensation (a) The Speaker, Majority Leader, and Minor- ity Leader of the House of Representatives are each authorized to appoint and fix the com- pensation of one consultant, on a temporary or intermittent basis, at a daily rate of compensa- tion not in excess of the per diem equivalent of the highest gross rate of annual compensation which may be paid to employees of a standing committee of the House. (b) This section shall apply with respect to fis- cal year 1999 and each succeeding fiscal year. (Pub. L. 105–275, title I, § 107, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2439.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 74a–9 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renum- bering as this section. Section is from the Congressional Operations Appro- priations Act, 1999, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999. § 5103. Single per annum gross rates of allow- ances for personal services in offices of Speaker, Leaders, and Whips The allowance for additional office personnel in the office of each of the following officials of the House of Representatives shall be at a single per annum gross rate, as follows: (1) the Speaker, $110,000. (2) the Majority Leader, $90,000. (3) the Minority Leader, $55,000. (4) the Majority Whip, $55,000.