§ 5521. Compensation of Chaplain of House

Effective May 1, 1977, and until otherwise provided by law, the per annum gross rate of compensation of the Chaplain of the House of Representatives shall be equal to the rate in effect from time to time for HS level 8, step 4, of the House Employees Schedule.

(Pub. L. 95–391, title I, § 111, Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 777; Pub. L. 111–145, § 3(a)(4), Mar. 4, 2010, 124 Stat. 52; Pub. L. 111–248, § 3(b), Sept. 30, 2010, 124 Stat. 2626.)

References In Text

References in Text

The House Employees Schedule, referred to in text, is provided for by section 293 of this title.

Codification

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 84–2 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Section is based on section 3 of House Resolution No. 661, Ninety-fifth Congress, July 29, 1977, which was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 95–391.

Amendments

Amendments

2010—Pub. L. 111–248 restored section into permanent law.

Pub. L. 111–145 repealed section.

Miscellaneous

Effective Date of Restoration of Section

Pub. L. 111–248, § 3(b), Sept. 30, 2010, 124 Stat. 2626, provided that: “Effective as if included in the enactment of Public Law 111–145, section 3 of House Resolution 661, Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to July 29, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 84–2) [now 2 U.S.C. 5521], is restored into permanent law.”

Compensation of Individual Holding Position of Chaplain of House of Representatives on July 14, 1983

House Resolution No. 7, Ninety-sixth Congress, Jan. 15, 1979, which was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 98–51, title I, § 111(1), July 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 269, to be effective during the period in which the position of Chaplain of the House of Representatives is held by the individual holding the position on July 14, 1983, provided that: “The compensation of the Chaplain of the House of Representatives shall be equivalent to the highest rate of basic pay as in effect from time to time of level IV of the Executive Schedule in Section 5315 of Title V [5], United States Code.”

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 4531 and 4532 of this title, and Salary Directives of Speaker of the House, set out as notes under those sections.