§ 61h-5. — Assistants to Senate Majority and Minority Leaders for Floor Operations; establishment of positions; appointment; compensation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC61h-5]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 4--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Sec. 61h-5. Assistants to Senate Majority and Minority Leaders
for Floor Operations; establishment of positions; appointment;
compensation
Effective October 1, 1983, there is established within the Offices
of the Majority and Minority Leaders the positions of Assistant to the
Majority Leader for Floor Operations and Assistant to the Minority
Leader for Floor Operations, respectively. Individuals appointed to such
positions by the Majority Leader and Minority Leader, respectively,
shall receive compensation at a rate fixed by the appropriate Leader not
to exceed the maximum annual rate of gross compensation of the Assistant
Secretary of the Senate.
(Pub. L. 98-51, title I, Sec. 101(a), July 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 265.)
Codification
Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriation Act,
1984, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act,
1984.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 61h-5, Pub. L. 95-26, title I, May 4, 1977, 91 Stat.
80, authorizing the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader to appoint,
respectively, an Assistant to the Majority Leader for Floor Operations
and an Assistant to the Minority Leader for Floor Operations, was
omitted in view of section 101(b) of Pub. L. 98-51, which provided that:
``Effective October 1, 1983, the positions of Assistant to the Majority
Leader for Floor Operations and Assistant to the Minority Leader for
Floor Operations established by the Supplemental Appropriations Act,
1977 (2 U.S.C. 61h-5), are abolished.''
Increases in Compensation
Increases in compensation for Senate officers and employees under
authority of Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970 (Pub. L. 91-656), see
Salary Directives of President pro tempore of the Senate, set out as
notes under section 60a-1 of this title.
