§ 74a-3. — Additional employees in offices of House Minority Leader, Majority Whip, and Chief Deputy Majority Whip; authorization; 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: 2USC74a-3]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 4--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Sec. 74a-3. Additional employees in offices of House Minority
Leader, Majority Whip, and Chief Deputy Majority Whip;
authorization; compensation
(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section,
effective March 1, 1977, there shall be two additional employees in the
office of the minority leader, and one additional employee each in the
offices of the majority whip and the chief deputy majority whip.
(b) The annual rate of compensation for any individual employed
under subsection (a) of this section shall not exceed the annual rate of
basic pay of level V of the Executive Schedule of section 5316 of title
5, and until otherwise provided by law such compensation as may be
necessary shall be paid from the applicable accounts of the House of
Representatives.
(Pub. L. 95-94, title I, Sec. 115, Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 668; Pub. L.
104-53, title I, Sec. 103, Nov. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 520; Pub. L. 104-
186, title II, Sec. 204(15)(A), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1732.)
Codification
Section is based on section 1 of House Resolution No. 393, Ninety-
fifth Congress, Mar. 31, 1977, which was enacted into permanent law by
Pub. L. 95-94.
Amendment by Pub. L. 104-53 is based on section 3(b) of House
Resolution No. 113, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Mar. 10, 1995, which
was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 104-53.
Amendments
1996--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-186 substituted ``applicable accounts
of the House of Representatives'' for ``contingent fund of the House''.
1995--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-53 substituted ``chief deputy
majority whip'' for ``chief majority whip''.
Effective Date of 1995 Amendment
Section 3(a) of House Resolution No. 113, One Hundred Fourth
Congress, Mar. 10, 1995, as enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 104-
53, provided that: ``Upon the enactment of this section into permanent
law, the amendment made by subsection (b) [amending this section] shall
take effect.''
Increases in Compensation
Increases in compensation for House officers and employees 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 60a-2 and 60a-
2a of this title, and Salary Directives of Speaker of the House, set out
as notes under those sections.