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Title 2 — The Congress

Chapter 65 — Senate Officers and Administration

§ 6652. Compensation of employees of Chaplain of Senate

Statutory text

The Chaplain of the Senate may appoint and fix the compensation of such employees as he deems appropriate, except that the amount which may be paid for any fiscal year as gross compensation for personnel in such Office for any fiscal year shall not exceed $147,000.

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.

  1. Pub. L. 91–145 · 83 Stat. 338

    Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 6652

    Pub. L. 91–145, Dec. 12, 1969, 83 Stat. 340

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 91–145, Dec. 12, 1969, 83 Stat. 340

  2. Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1988

    Pub. L. 100–202 § 101(i)(tI)(s2)(b) · 101 Stat. 1329

    Amended · 2 U.S.C. § 6652

    Pub. L. 100–202 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “The Chaplain may appoint and fix the compensation of a secretary at not to exceed $8,541 per annum.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 100–202 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “The Chaplain may appoint and fix the compensation of a secretary at not to exceed $8,541 per annum.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable appropriations and funds available to the Department of Commerce shall be available for the activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed by said Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may be used for advance payments not otherwise authorized only upon the certification of officials designated by the Secretary that such payments are in the public interest.

  3. Pub. L. 101–163 title I § 10 · 103 Stat. 1041

    Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 6652

    Pub. L. 101–163 substituted “such employees as he deems appropriate, except that the amount which may be paid for any fiscal year as gross compensation for personnel in such Office for any fiscal year shall not exceed $147,000” for “a secretary”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 101–163 substituted “such employees as he deems appropriate, except that the amount which may be paid for any fiscal year as gross compensation for personnel in such Office for any fiscal year shall not exceed $147,000” for “a secretary”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 10. The second proviso, under the headings “SENATE“ and “Office of the Chaplain”, of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1970 (Public Law 91–145) is amended by striking out “a secretary” and inserting in lieu thereof “such employees as he deems appropriate, except that the amount which may be paid for any fiscal year as gross compensation for personnel in such Office for any fiscal year shall not exceed $147,000”.

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Codification

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

Amendments1987–1989 · 2 rounds

1989

Pub. L. 101–163 substituted “such employees as he deems appropriate, except that the amount which may be paid for any fiscal year as gross compensation for personnel in such Office for any fiscal year shall not exceed $147,000” for “a secretary”.

1987

Pub. L. 100–202 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “The Chaplain may appoint and fix the compensation of a secretary at not to exceed $8,541 per annum.”

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. 91–655), see Salary Directives of President pro tempore of the Senate, set out as notes under section 4571 of this title.

Credits

1969–1989 · 3 acts
  1. 1969Pub. L. 91–145, , 83 Stat. 340
  2. 1987Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(i) [title I, § 2(b)], , 101 Stat. 1329–290, 1329–294
  3. 1989Pub. L. 101–163, title I, § 10, , 103 Stat. 1046.
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(Pub. L. 91–145, , 83 Stat. 340; Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(i) [title I, § 2(b)], , 101 Stat. 1329–290, 1329–294; Pub. L. 101–163, title I, § 10, , 103 Stat. 1046.)

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