Title 2 — The Congress
Chapter 55 — House of Representatives Officers and Administration
§ 5502. House emergency operations positions
Statutory text
Establishment in certain offices
Effective with respect to fiscal year 2002 and each succeeding fiscal year, there are hereby established 2 additional positions in each of the following offices of the House of Representatives:
The Office of the Clerk.
The Office of the Chief Administrative Officer.
The Office of the Sergeant at Arms.
Duties
The duty of the personnel appointed to a position established under this section shall be to ensure the continuity of the operations of the House of Representatives during periods of emergency, in accordance with the direction of the head of the office in which the position is established.
Rate of pay
The annual rate of pay provided for a position established under this section shall be determined by the head of the office in which the position is established.
Appointment authority
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the head of the office in which a position is established under this section shall have the exclusive authority to appoint personnel to such a position.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 107–68 title I § 118 · 115 Stat. 560
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 5502
(Pub. L. 107–68, title I, § 118, Nov. 12, 2001, 115 Stat. 573.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 107–68, title I, § 118, Nov. 12, 2001, 115 Stat. 573.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 118. (a) Effective with respect to fiscal year 2002 and Effective date. each succeeding fiscal year, there are hereby established 2 additional Government organization. positions in each of the following offices of the House of Representatives: 2 USC 75f. (1) The Office of the Clerk. (2) The Office of the Chief Administrative Officer. (3) The Office of the Sergeant at Arms. (b) The duty of the personnel appointed to a position established under this section shall be to ensure the continuity of the operations of the House of Representatives during periods of emergency, in accordance with the direction of the head of the office in which the position is established. (c) The annual rate of pay provided for a position established under this section shall be determined by the head of the office in which the position is established. (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the head of the office in which a position is established under this section shall have the exclusive authority to appoint personnel to such a position.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 75f of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 2002, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002.