§ 362. — Requirements applicable to recommendations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC362]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 11--CITIZENS' COMMISSION ON PUBLIC SERVICE AND COMPENSATION
Sec. 362. Requirements applicable to recommendations
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the
recommendations submitted by the Commission to the President under
section 357 of this title, and the recommendations transmitted by the
President to the Congress under section 358 of this title, shall be in
conformance with the following:
(1) Any recommended pay adjustment shall specify the date as of
which it is proposed that such adjustment take effect.
(2) The proposed effective date of a pay adjustment may occur no
earlier than January 1 of the second fiscal year, and no later than
December 31 next following the close of the fifth fiscal year,
beginning after the fiscal year in which the Commission conducts its
review under section 356 of this title.
(3)(A)(i) The rates of pay recommended for the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, the Vice President of the United States,
and the Chief Justice of the United States, respectively, shall be
equal.
(ii) The rates of pay recommended for the majority and minority
leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the
President pro tempore of the Senate, and each office or position
under section 5312 of title 5 (relating to level I of the Executive
Schedule), respectively, shall be equal.
(iii) The rates of pay recommended for a Senator, a Member of
the House of Representatives, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto
Rico, a Delegate to the House of Representatives, a judge of a
district court of the United States, a judge of the United States
Court of International Trade, and each office or position under
section 5313 of title 5 (relating to level II of the Executive
Schedule), respectively, shall be equal.
(B) Nothing in this section shall be considered to require that
the rate recommended for any office or position by the President
under section 358 of this title be the same as the rate recommended
for such office or position by the Commission under section 357 of
this title.
(Pub. L. 90-206, title II, Sec. 225(l), as added Pub. L. 101-194, title
VII, Sec. 701(i), Nov. 30, 1989, 103 Stat. 1766.)
