[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 3USC204]
TITLE 3--THE PRESIDENT
CHAPTER 3--PROTECTION OF THE PRESIDENT; UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE
UNIFORMED DIVISION
Sec. 204. Grades, salaries, and transfers of appointees
(a) No person shall be appointed a member of the United States
Secret Service Uniformed Division at a grade lower than the grade held
by him as a member of the Metropolitan Police force or of the United
States Park Police force at the time of his appointment.
(b) A member of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division
shall receive a salary at the rate provided for the corresponding grade
in the Metropolitan Police force (including longevity increases provided
by section 401 of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary
Act of 1958), and he shall be furnished with uniforms and other
necessary equipment similar to the uniforms and equipment furnished the
United States Park Police, and he shall be entitled to the same leave
allowances as a member of the United States Park Police force.
(c) Any member of the United States Secret Service Uniformed
Division appointed thereto from the Metropolitan Police force or the
United States Park Police force may be transferred to the organization
of which he was a member at the time of such appointment.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 680; June 20, 1953, ch. 146, title IV,
Sec. 402, 67 Stat. 76; Pub. L. 85-584, title V, Sec. 502(a), Aug. 1,
1958, 72 Stat. 485; Pub. L. 91-217, Sec. 1(1), Mar. 19, 1970, 84 Stat.
74; Pub. L. 95-179, Nov. 15, 1977, 91 Stat. 1371.)
References in Text
Section 401 of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary
Act of 1958, referred to in subsec. (b), is section 401 of Pub. L. 85-
584, title IV, Aug. 1, 1958, 72 Stat. 484.
Amendments
1977--Pub. L. 95-179 substituted ``United States Secret Service
Uniformed Division'' for ``Executive Protective Service'' wherever
appearing.
1970--Pub. L. 91-217 substituted ``Executive Protective Service''
for ``White House Police force'' wherever appearing in subsecs. (a),
(b), and (c).
1958--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 85-584 substituted ``section 401 of the
District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958'' for
``section 102 of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary
Act of 1953''.
1953--Subsec. (b). Act June 20, 1953, inserted references to
longevity pay.
Effective Date of 1953 Amendment
Section 407 of act June 20, 1953, provided that: ``This Act
[amending this section] shall take effect on July 1, 1953.''
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of the functions, personnel, assets, and obligations of
the United States Secret Service, including the functions of the
Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland
Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 381,
551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the
Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25,
2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
Conversion to New Salary Schedule
Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(4) [div. B, title IX, Sec. 905], Dec. 21,
2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A-306, provided that:
``(a) In General.--
``(1) Determination of rates of basic pay.--Effective on the
first day of the 1st pay period beginning 6 months after the date of
enactment of this Act [Dec. 21, 2000], the Secretary of the Treasury
shall fix the rates of basic pay for officers and members of the
United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, and the Secretary
of the Interior shall fix the rates of basic pay for officers and
members of the United States Park Police, in accordance with this
subsection.
``(2) Placement on revised salary schedule.--
``(A) In general.--Each officer and member shall be placed
in and receive basic compensation at the corresponding scheduled
service step of the salary schedule under section 501(c) of the
District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958
[Pub. L. 85-584, title V, Aug. 1, 1958, 72 Stat. 485] (as
amended by section 902(a)) in accordance with the member's total
years of creditable service, receiving credit for all service
step adjustments. If the scheduled rate of pay for the step to
which the officer or member would be assigned in accordance with
this paragraph is lower than the officer's or member's salary
immediately prior to the enactment of this paragraph, the
officer or member will be placed in and receive compensation at
the next higher service step.
``(B) Credit for increases during transition.--Each member
whose position is to be converted to the salary schedule under
section 501(b) of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's
Salary Act of 1958 (as amended by subsection (a)) and who, prior
to the effective date of this section [set out below] has
earned, but has not been credited with, an increase in his or
her rate of pay shall be afforded that increase before such
member is placed in the corresponding service step in the salary
schedule under section 501(b).
``(C) Creditable service described.--For purposes of this
paragraph, an officer's or member's creditable service is any
police service in pay status with the United States Secret
Service Uniformed Division, United States Park Police, or
Metropolitan Police Department.
``(b) Hold Harmless for Current Total Compensation.--Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, if the total rate of compensation for an
officer or employee for any pay period occurring after conversion to the
salary schedule pursuant to subsection (a) (determined by taking into
account any locality-based comparability adjustments, longevity pay, and
other adjustments paid in addition to the rate of basic compensation) is
less than the officer's or employee's total rate of compensation (as so
determined) on the date of enactment [Dec. 21, 2000], the rate of
compensation for the officer or employee for the pay period shall be
equal to--
``(1) the rate of compensation on the date of enactment (as so
determined); increased by
``(2) a percentage equal to 50 percent of sum of the percentage
adjustments made in the rate of basic compensation under section
501(c) of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act
of 1958 (as amended by subsection (a)) for pay periods occurring
after the date of enactment and prior to the pay period involved.
``(c) Conversion Not Treated as Transfer or Promotion.--The
conversion of positions and individuals to appropriate classes of the
salary schedule under section 501(c) of the District of Columbia Police
and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 (as amended by section 902(a)) and the
initial adjustments of rates of basic pay of those positions and
individuals in accordance with subsection (a) shall not be considered to
be transfers or promotions within the meaning of section 304 of the
District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 [Pub. L.
85-584, title III, Aug. 1, 1958, 72 Stat. 484] (sec. 4-413, D.C. Code).
``(d) Transfer of Credit for Satisfactory Service.--Each individual
whose position is converted to the salary schedule under section 501(c)
of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 (as
amended by section 902(a)) in accordance with subsection (a) shall be
granted credit for purposes of such individual's first service step
adjustment under the salary schedule in such section 501(c) for all
satisfactory service performed by the individual since the individual's
last increase in basic pay prior to the adjustment under that section.
``(e) Adjustment To Take Into Account General Schedule Adjustments
During Transition.--The rates provided under the salary schedule under
section 501(c) of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary
Act of 1958 (as amended by section 902(a)) shall be increased by the
percentage of any annual adjustment applicable to the General Schedule
authorized under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, which
takes effect during the period which begins on the date of the enactment
of this Act [Dec. 21, 2000] and ends on the first day of the first pay
period beginning 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act.
``(f) Conversion Not Treated as Salary Increase for Purposes of
Certain Pensions and Allowances.--The conversion of positions and
individuals to appropriate classes of the salary schedule under section
501(c) of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of
1958 (as amended by section 2[902](a)) and the initial adjustments of
rates of basic pay of those positions and individuals in accordance with
subsection (a) shall not be treated as an increase in salary for
purposes of section 3 of the Act entitled `An Act to provide increased
pensions for widows and children of deceased members of the Police
Department and the Fire Department of the District of Columbia',
approved August 4, 1949 [ch. 394, 63 Stat. 566] (sec. 4-604, D.C. Code),
or section 301 of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary
Act of 1953 [June 20, 1953, ch. 146, title III, 67 Stat. 75] (sec. 4-
605, D.C. Code).''
[Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(4) [div. B, title IX, Sec. 909], Dec.
21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A-310, provided that: ``Except as provided
in section 908(c) [114 Stat. 2763A-310], this title [enacting provisions
set out as notes above and under sections 5301, 5304, and 5305 of Title
5, Government Organization and Employees, and amending provisions set
out as a note under section 5305 of Title 5] and the amendments made by
this title shall become effective on the first day of the first pay
period beginning 6 months after the date of enactment [Dec. 21,
2000].'']
Secret Service Uniformed Division Compensation
Pub. L. 105-61, title I, Sec. 118, Oct. 10, 1997, 111 Stat. 1285,
provided that:
``(a) New Rates of Basic Pay.--[Amended Pub. L. 85-584, title V,
Sec. 501, Aug. 1, 1958, 72 Stat. 485.]
``(b) Conversion to New Salary Schedule.--
``(1)(A) Effective on the first day of the first pay period
beginning after the date of enactment of this section [Oct. 10,
1997], the Secretary of the Treasury shall fix the rates of basic
pay for members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed
Division in accordance with this paragraph.
``(B) Subject to subparagraph (C), each officer and member
receiving basic compensation, immediately prior to the effective
date of this section, at one of the scheduled rates in the salary
schedule in section 101 of the District of Columbia Police and
Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 [Pub. L. 85-584, title I, Aug. 1, 1958,
72 Stat. 481], as adjusted by law and as in effect prior to the
effective date of this section, shall be placed in and receive basic
compensation at the corresponding scheduled service step of the
salary schedule under subsection (a)(4).
``(C)(i) The Assistant Chief and the Chief of the United States
Secret Service Uniformed Division shall be placed in and receive
basic compensation in salary class 10 and salary class 11,
respectively, in the appropriate service step in the new salary
class in accordance with section 304 of the District of Columbia
Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 [Pub. L. 85-584, title III,
Aug. 1, 1958, 72 Stat. 484] (District of Columbia Code, section 4-
413).
``(ii) Each member whose position is to be converted to the
salary schedule under section 501(c) of the District of Columbia
Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 [Pub. L. 85-584, title V,
Aug. 1, 1958, 72 Stat. 485] (District of Columbia Code, section 4-
416(c)) as amended by this section, in accordance with subsection
(a) of this section, and who, prior to the effective date of this
section has earned, but has not been credited with, an increase in
his or her rate of pay shall be afforded that increase before such
member is placed in the corresponding service step in the salary
schedule under section 501(c).
``(2) Except in the cases of the Assistant Chief and the Chief
of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, the
conversion of positions and individuals to appropriate classes of
the salary schedule under section 501(c) of the District of Columbia
Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 (District of Columbia Code,
section 4-416(c)) as amended by this section, and the initial
adjustments of rates of basic pay of those positions and
individuals, in accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection,
shall not be considered to be transfers or promotions within the
meaning of section 304 of the District of Columbia Police and
Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 (District of Columbia Code, section 4-
413).
``(3) Each member whose position is converted to the salary
schedule under section 501(c) of the District of Columbia Police and
Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 (District of Columbia Code, section 4-
416(c)) as amended by this section, in accordance with subsection
(a) of this section, shall be granted credit for purposes of such
member's first service step adjustment under the salary schedule in
such section 510(c) for all satisfactory service performed by the
member since the member's last increase in basic pay prior to the
adjustment under that section.
``(c) Limitation on Pay Period Earnings.--[Amended act Aug. 15,
1950, ch. 715, 64 Stat. 477.]
``(d) Savings Provision.--On the effective date of this section, any
existing special salary rates authorized for members of the United
States Secret Service Uniformed Division under section 5305 of title 5,
United States Code (or any previous similar provision of law) and any
special rates of pay or special pay adjustments under section 403, 404,
or 405 of the Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 [Pub. L.
101-509, Sec. 529 [title IV, Secs. 403-405], 5 U.S.C. 5305 note]
applicable to members of
