2015 US Code
Title 2 - The Congress (Sections 1 - 6654)
Chapter 10 - Classification of Employees of House of Representatives (Sections 291 - 303)
Sec. 297 - Appointments and reclassifications to higher compensation levels
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, 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 10 - CLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Sec. 297 - Appointments and reclassifications to higher compensation levels |
Contains | section 297 |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 88-652, §8, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1082. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 78 Stat. 1082 |
Public and Private Law | Public Law 88-652 |
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(a) Each employee in a compensation level of the House Employees Schedule (HS), who is appointed to a position in a higher compensation level of such schedule, or whose position is placed in a higher compensation level of such schedule pursuant to a reclassification of such position, shall be paid compensation in such higher compensation level, in accordance with the following provisions, whichever is first applicable in the following numerical order of precedence:
(1) at the rate of the lowest step for which the rate of compensation equals the rate of compensation for that step, in the compensation level from which he is appointed, which is two steps above the step in such level which he had attained immediately prior to such appointment;
(2) at the rate of the lowest step for which the rate of compensation exceeds, by not less than two steps of the compensation level from which he is appointed, his rate of compensation immediately prior to such appointment; or
(3) at the rate of the highest step of such higher compensation level, or at his rate of compensation immediately prior to such appointment, whichever rate is the higher.
(b) The committee may provide by regulations for the payment of compensation, at an appropriate compensation step determined in accordance with such regulations, to each employee subject to the House Wage Schedule (HWS) who is appointed to a position in a higher compensation level of such schedule or whose position is placed in a higher compensation level of such schedule pursuant to a reclassification of such position.
(Pub. L. 88–652, §8, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1082.)
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