§ 6540. Adjustment of rate of compensation by Secretary of Senate

Statutory text

Any specific rate of compensation established by law, as such rate has been increased or may hereafter be increased by or pursuant to law, for any position under the jurisdiction of the Secretary shall be considered as the maximum rate of compensation for that position, and the Secretary is authorized to adjust the rate of compensation of an individual occupying any such position to a rate not exceeding such maximum rate.

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.

1970
Pub. L. 91–382 · 84 Stat. 807
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 6540
(Pub. L. 91–382, Aug. 18, 1970, 84 Stat. 808.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 91–382, Aug. 18, 1970, 84 Stat. 808.)

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Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 61c–1 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Increases in Compensation

Increases in compensation for Senate officers and employees under authority of Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970 (Pub. L. 91–656), see section 4571 of this title, and Salary Directives of President pro tempore of the Senate, set out as notes under that section.

Credits

(Pub. L. 91–382, Aug. 18, 1970, 84 Stat. 808.)