§ 273. — Compensation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC273]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 9--OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
SUBCHAPTER I--SENATE
Sec. 273. Compensation
The Legislative Counsel of the Senate shall be paid at an annual
rate of compensation of $40,000.
(Feb. 24, 1919, ch. 18, Sec. 1303(d), as added June 2, 1924, ch. 234,
title XI, Sec. 1101, 43 Stat. 353; amended June 18, 1940, ch. 396,
Sec. 1, 54 Stat. 472; Sept. 20, 1941, ch. 412, title VI, Sec. 602, 55
Stat. 726; Oct. 15, 1949, ch. 695, Sec. 6(c), 63 Stat. 881; Aug. 5,
1955, ch. 568, Secs. 9, 101, 69 Stat. 509, 514; Pub. L. 85-75, July 1,
1957, 71 Stat. 250; Pub. L. 88-426, title II, Sec. 203(g), Aug. 14,
1964, 78 Stat. 415; Pub. L. 93-371, Sec. 4, Aug. 13, 1974, 88 Stat. 429;
Pub. L. 94-59, title I, Sec. 105, July 25, 1975, 89 Stat. 275.)
Codification
Provisions setting forth authority for the allocation of the
positions of legislative counsel to the appropriate grade in the
compensation schedules of section 1112 of former Title 5 and the setting
of rates of compensation thereunder by the President pro tempore of the
Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and prescribing
the annual rate of compensation of the Legislative Counsel of the House
of Representatives as an amount equal to $15,000, increased by an amount
which is the same percentage of $15,000 as the percentage set forth in
section 4(c) of the Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of 1955 were
omitted in view of nonapplicability of section to Speaker, employee,
etc., of the House of Representatives pursuant to section 531 of Pub. L.
91-510, set out as a note under section 281 of this title. See section
282b of this title for provisions setting forth compensation of
Legislative Counsel of House of Representatives.
Amendments
1975--Pub. L. 94-59 substituted ``an annual rate of compensation of
$40,000'' for ``a gross annual compensation of $38,760 per annum'' as
the rate of compensation of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate,
effective July 1, 1975.
1974--Pub. L. 93-371 substituted provisions authorizing the
Legislative Counsel of the Senate to be paid at an annual rate of
compensation of $38,760, for provisions setting forth the gross annual
compensation of the Legislative Counsel as $27,500 per annum, effective
July 1, 1974.
1964--Pub. L. 88-426 provided that the compensation of the
Legislative Counsel of the Senate shall be at the rate of $27,500 per
annum.
1957--Pub. L. 85-75 increased the gross compensation of the
Legislative Counsel of the Senate from $15,500 to $17,500 per annum,
effective July 1, 1957.
1955--Act Aug. 5, 1955, increased the compensation of the
Legislative Counsel of the Senate from a basic compensation of $12,000,
to a gross annual compensation of $15,500, and the compensation of the
Legislative Counsel of the House was increased from a basic compensation
of $12,000 to an annual rate of compensation of $15,000 increased by the
percentage set forth in section 4(c) of the Federal Employees Salary
Increase Act of 1955.
1949--Act Oct. 15, 1949, increased the compensation of the
Legislative Counsel of both House and the Senate from $10,000 to $12,000
per annum.
1941--Act Sept. 20, 1941, substituted ``President pro tempore of the
Senate'' for ``President of the Senate''.
1940--Act June 18, 1940, provided that thereafter the compensation
of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate shall be at the rate of $10,000
per annum so long as the present incumbent held the position.
Effective Date of 1949 Amendment
Section 9 of act Oct. 15, 1949, provided that: ``This Act shall take
effect on the first day of the first pay period which begins after the
date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 15, 1949].''
Repeals
Act Mar. 10, 1928, ch. 167, Sec. 23(a), 45 Stat. 279, formerly cited
as a credit to this section, was repealed by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 8(a),
Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 647.
1974 Adjustment in Compensation Not To Supersede Adjustments in
Compensation or Limitations by President Pro Tempore of the
Senate
Adjustment in compensation by Pub. L. 93-371 not to supersede order
of President pro tempore of the Senate authorizing higher rate of
compensation or any authority of the President pro tempore to adjust
rates of compensation or limitations under section 4 of the Federal Pay
Comparability Act of 1970, see section 4 of Pub. L. 93-371, set out in
part as a note under section 61a of this title.
Increases in Compensation
Increases in compensation for officers and employees of the Senate
under authority of the Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970 (Pub. L.
91-656), see Salary Directives of the President pro tempore of the
Senate, set out as notes under section 60a-1 of this title.
