§ 72a-1b. — Approval of employment and compensation of committee employees by House standing committees.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 2USC72a-1b]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 4--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Sec. 72a-1b. Approval of employment and compensation of
committee employees by House standing committees
Standing committees of the House shall have authority to approve the
employment and compensation of committee employees (other than special
and select committee employees) from the effective date of the beginning
of each Congress, or such subsequent date as their service commenced.
(Pub. L. 87-130, Sec. 103, Aug. 10, 1961, 75 Stat. 334.)
Codification
Section is based on House Resolution No. 16, Eighty-seventh
Congress, Jan. 3, 1961, which was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L.
87-130.
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 60a-2 and 60a-
2a of this title, and Salary Directives of Speaker of the House, set out
as notes under those sections.