2014 US Code
Title 2 - The Congress (Sections 1 - 6654)
Chapter 51 - House of Representatives Leadership (Sections 5101 - 5162)
Subchapter I - General (Sections 5101 - 5105)
Sec. 5101 - Employment of administrative assistants for Speaker and House Majority and Minority Leaders; compensation; appropriations
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 2 - THE CONGRESS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 2 - THE CONGRESS CHAPTER 51 - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES LEADERSHIP SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL Sec. 5101 - Employment of administrative assistants for Speaker and House Majority and Minority Leaders; compensation; appropriations |
Contains | section 5101 |
Date | 2014 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title II, §201(c), 60 Stat. 834. |
Statutes at Large References | 60 Stat. 834 72 Stat. 209 79 Stat. 281 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 85-462, Public Law 89-90, Public Law 90-206, Public Law 91-656, Public Law 100-202 |
Congressional Bills | H. Res.127 89th Congress, H. Res.258 89th Congress, H. Res.1015 90th Congress, H. Res.988 93rd Congress |
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The Speaker, the majority leader, and the minority leader of the House of Representatives are each authorized to employ an administrative assistant, who shall receive basic compensation at a rate not to exceed $8,000 a year. There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the payment of such compensation.
(Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title II, §201(c), 60 Stat. 834.)
CODIFICATIONSection was formerly classified to section 74a of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
EFFECTIVE DATESection effective Aug. 2, 1946, see section 245 of act Aug. 2, 1946, set out as a note under section 4301 of this title.
BASIC COMPENSATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTSPub. L. 85–462, §4(n), June 20, 1958, 72 Stat. 209, provided that: "The basic compensation of the Administrative Assistants to the Speaker, Majority Leader, Minority Leader, Majority Whip, and Minority Whip, shall be at the rate of $8,880 per annum."
House Resolution No. 127, Eighty-ninth Congress, Jan. 19, 1965, which was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 89–90, §103, July 27, 1965, 79 Stat. 281, provided: "That effective January 3, 1965, there shall be payable from the contingent fund of the House, until otherwise provided by law, for any Member of the House who has served as majority leader and as minority leader of the House, an additional $8,880 basic per annum for an administrative assistant."
House Resolution No. 258, Eighty-ninth Congress, Mar. 9, 1965, which was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 89–90, §103, July 27, 1965, 79 Stat. 281, provided: "That, effective March 1, 1965, there shall be payable from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives, until otherwise provided by law, an amount which will permit the payment of basic compensation per annum, at a rate not in excess of the highest amount which, together with additional compensation authorized by law, will not exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Classification Act of 1949, as amended [act Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782], to the administrative assistant of each of the following:
"(1) the Speaker of the House;
"(2) the majority leader of the House;
"(3) the minority leader of the House;
"(4) the majority whip of the House;
"(5) the minority whip of the House;
"(6) each Member of the House who has served as Speaker of the House; and
"(7) each Member of the House who has served as majority leader, and as minority leader, of the House."
Section 207(c) of House Resolution 988, Ninety-third Congress, Oct. 8, 1974, provided for the compensation of the administrative assistants referred to in House Resolution 1015, Ninetieth Congress, Jan. 15, 1968, at a rate not in excess of the minimum rate of pay in effect for one pay level above that of employees (referred to in clause 6(a)(1) of Rule XI) to whom clause 6(c) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives applied.
INCREASES IN COMPENSATIONIncreases 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 4531 and 4532 of this title, and Salary Directives of Speaker of the House, set out as notes under those sections.
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