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§ 31b-5. —  Staff assistance to former Speaker for administration, etc., of matters pertaining to incumbency in office as Representative and Speaker; compensation and status of staff.



[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC31b-5]

 
                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
            CHAPTER 3--COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS
 
Sec. 31b-5. Staff assistance to former Speaker for 
        administration, etc., of matters pertaining to incumbency in 
        office as Representative and Speaker; compensation and status of 
        staff
        
    In order to provide staff assistance to the Speaker in connection 
with the administration, settlement, and conclusion of matters 
pertaining to or arising out of his incumbency in office as a 
Representative in Congress and as Speaker of the House of 
Representatives, the contingent fund of the House is hereby made 
available, for as long as he determines there is need therefor, 
commencing at the expiration of the term of office of the Speaker as a 
Representative in Congress for payment of the salaries of an 
Administrative Assistant, who shall be paid at a basic per annum rate of 
not to exceed the then current rate for step 5 of level 11 of the House 
Employees Schedule, as determined by the Speaker, a Secretary, who shall 
be paid at a basic per annum rate of not to exceed the then current rate 
for step 9 of level 8 of such Schedule, as determined by the Speaker, 
and an additional Secretary, who shall be paid at a gross per annum rate 
of not to exceed the then current rate for step 1 of level 6 of such 
Schedule as determined by the Speaker, designated and appointed by the 
Speaker to serve as members of his office staff in such period. Each 
person so designated and appointed shall be held and considered, for the 
duration of such appointment, as--
        (1) an ``employee'' for the purposes of subchapter I of chapter 
    81 (relating to compensation for work injuries) of title 5, and
        (2) a ``congressional employee'' within the meaning of section 
    2107 of title 5, for the purposes of--
            (A) subchapter III (relating to civil service retirement) of 
        chapter 83 of such title,
            (B) chapter 87 (relating to Federal employees group life 
        insurance) of such title, and
            (C) chapter 89 (relating to Federal employees group health 
        insurance) of such title.

(Pub. L. 91-665, ch. VIII, Jan. 8, 1971, 84 Stat. 1989; Pub. L. 93-532, 
Sec. 1(a), Dec. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 1723; Pub. L. 95-94, title I, 
Sec. 115, Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 668; Pub. L. 99-151, title I, 
Sec. 102(a), Nov. 13, 1985, 99 Stat. 797; Pub. L. 104-186, title II, 
Sec. 203(3), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1725.)

                          Codification

    Section is based on section 5 of House Resolution No. 1238, Ninety-
first Congress, Dec. 23, 1970, which was enacted into permanent law by 
Pub. L. 91-665.
    Amendment by Pub. L. 95-94 is based on section 2 of House Resolution 
No. 1576, Ninety-fourth Congress, Sept. 30, 1976, which was enacted into 
permanent law by Pub. L. 95-94.
    As originally enacted into permanent law, section applied to Speaker 
of House of Representatives in 91st Congress and has been extended to 
apply to each former Speaker of House of Representatives. See section 
1(a) of Pub. L. 93-532, set out as a note under section 31b-1 of this 
title.


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-186 substituted ``for payment of'' for ``to enable 
the Clerk of the House to pay''.
    1985--Pub. L. 99-151 substituted ``not to exceed the then current 
rate for step 5 of level 11 of the House Employees Schedule'' for ``not 
to exceed $3,000'' the first place it appeared, ``not to exceed the then 
current rate for step 9 of level 8 of such Schedule'' for ``not to 
exceed $3,000'' the second place it appeared, and ``not to exceed the 
then current rate for step 1 of level 6 of such Schedule'' for ``not to 
exceed $9,000''.
    1977--Pub. L. 95-94 inserted reference to an additional Secretary 
paid at a gross per annum of not to exceed $9,000 as determined by the 
Speaker and struck out ``as Administrative Assistant or Secretary'' 
after ``Each person so designated and appointed''.


                    Effective Date of 1977 Amendment

    Section 2 of H. Res. 1576 provided that amendment is effective on 
the date of enactment of such section 2 into permanent law, Aug. 5, 
1977, the date of approval of Pub. L. 95-94. See Codification note 
above.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Jan. 8, 1971, see Effective Date note set out 
under section 31b-1 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 31b-1, 31b-7 of this title.



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