- § 4531. House of Representatives pay adjustments; action by Chief Administrative Officer of House
- § 4532. Rates of compensation disbursed by Chief Administrative Officer of House; adjustments by Speaker; “Member of the House of Representatives” defined
- § 4533. Single per annum gross rates of pay for employees
- § 4534. Obsolete references in existing law to basic pay rates
- § 4535. Saving provision
- § 4536. Student loan repayment program for House employees
- § 4537. Lump sum payment for accrued annual leave of House employees
- § 4538. Reimbursement of residential telecommunications expenses for House Members, officers, and employees
§ 4531. House of Representatives pay adjustments; action by Chief Administrative Officer of House
(a) Whenever an adjustment under section 5303 of title 5 becomes effective with respect to rates of pay under the General Schedule, the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, in such manner as he considers advisable—
(1) effective on the first day of the month in which such pay adjustment by the President is made effective as described above, shall adjust—
(A) each minimum and maximum rate of pay applicable to any employee or class of employees whose pay is disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer (other than a maximum rate equal to or greater than the maximum rate then currently being paid under the General Schedule of section 5332 of title 5 as a result of such adjustment); and
(B) each monetary limitation on or monetary allowance for pay applicable to any such employee or class of employees;
by an amount rounded to the nearest $100 and computed on the basis of a percentage equal or equivalent, insofar as practicable and with such variations as the Chief Administrative Officer considers appropriate, to the percentage of the adjustment under such section 5303;
(2) shall determine, with respect to the employees and classes of employees within the purview of this section whose pay is disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer, the respective amounts of pay adjustments which are equal or equivalent, insofar as practicable and with such exceptions and modifications as may be necessary to provide for appropriate pay relationships between positions, to corresponding increases in pay, as determined by the Chief Administrative Officer, made by the pay adjustment by the President; and
(3) shall transmit to the appropriate pay-fixing authority concerned in the House of Representatives a copy of his determinations with respect to the pay of those employees whose pay is fixed and adjusted by that authority.
(b) After consideration of the pay determinations transmitted by the Chief Administrative Officer, the pay-fixing authority concerned may adjust, notwithstanding the provisions contained in sections 1341, 1342, and 1349–1351 and subchapter II of chapter 15 of title 31, the rates of pay concerned in such manner as that authority considers appropriate.
(c) Nothing in this section shall impair any authority pursuant to which rates of pay may be fixed by administrative action.
(d) This section shall not be deemed to authorize any adjustment in the rates of pay of employees whose rates of pay are disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer and are fixed and adjusted from time to time as nearly as is consistent with the public interest in accordance with prevailing rates or practices, including employees subject to the House Wage Schedule.
(e) No rate of pay for any position shall be adjusted under this section to an amount in excess of the rate of pay in effect for such position under an order issued by the Speaker of the House of Representatives pursuant to the authority of section 4532 of this title.
(Pub. L. 91–656, § 5, Jan. 8, 1971, 84 Stat. 1952; Pub. L. 92–298, § 3(b), May 17, 1972, 86 Stat. 146; Pub. L. 92–392, § 14(b), Aug. 19, 1972, 86 Stat. 575; Pub. L. 101–509, title V, § 529 [title I, § 101(b)(4)(F), (10)], Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1427, 1440, 1442; Pub. L. 102–378, § 5(b), Oct. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 1358; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(1), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1729; Pub. L. 116–94, div. E, title II, § 212(b)(2), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2776.)
§ 4532. Rates of compensation disbursed by Chief Administrative Officer of House; adjustments by Speaker; “Member of the House of Representatives” defined
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, or any other provision of law, rule, or regulation, on and after December 22, 1987, each time the President pro tempore of the Senate exercises any authority pursuant to any of the amendments made by this section with respect to rates of pay or any other matter relating to personnel whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, or whenever any of the events described in paragraph (2) occurs, the Speaker of the House of Representatives may adjust the rates of pay (and any minimum or maximum rate, limitation, or allowance) applicable to personnel whose pay is disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives to the extent necessary to ensure—
(A) appropriate pay levels and relationships between and among positions held by personnel of the House of Representatives;
(B) appropriate pay relationships between—
(i) positions referred to in subparagraph (A); and
(ii)(I) positions under subparagraphs (A) through (D) of section 356 of this title;(II) positions held by personnel whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate; and(III) positions to which the General Schedule applies; and
(C) the maintenance of the pay relationship described in paragraph (3).
(2) The other events permitting an exercise of authority under this section are either—
(A) an adjustment under section 5303 of title 5 in rates of pay under the General Schedule; or
(B) an adjustment in rates of pay for Members of the House of Representatives (other than an adjustment which occurs by virtue of an adjustment described in subparagraph (A)).
(3) The pay relationship described in this paragraph is the relationship in existence as of the effective date of the amendments made by section 212 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2020 between—
(A) an annual rate of pay of $173,900; and
(B) the annual rate of pay of a Member of the House of Representatives who is not the Speaker, Majority Leader, or Minority Leader of the House.
(4) For the purpose of this section, the term “Member of the House of Representatives” means a Member of the House of Representatives, a Delegate to the House of Representatives, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.
(Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(i) [title III, § 311(d)], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–290, 1329–310; Pub. L. 101–520, title III, § 308, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2277; Pub. L. 102–90, title III, § 308, Aug. 14, 1991, 105 Stat. 466; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(2), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1729; Pub. L. 116–94, div. E, title II, § 212(b)(1), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2776.)
§ 4533. Single per annum gross rates of pay for employees
Whenever the rate of pay of an employee whose pay is disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives is fixed or adjusted on or after the effective date of this section, that rate, as so fixed or adjusted, shall be a single per annum gross rate.
(Pub. L. 91–510, title IV, § 471, Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1193; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 210(1), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1743.)
§ 4534. Obsolete references in existing law to basic pay rates
In any case in which—
(1) the rate of pay of any employee or position, or class of employees or positions, the pay for whom or for which is disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, or any maximum or minimum rate with respect to any such employee, position, or class, is referred to in or provided by statute or House resolution; and
(2) the rate so referred to or provided is a basic rate with respect to which additional pay is provided by law;
such statutory provision or resolution shall be deemed to refer, in lieu of such basic rate, to the per anspan gross rate which an employee receiving such basic rate immediately prior to the effective date of this section would receive, without regard to such statutory provision or resolution, under section 334 1
1 See References in Text note below.
of this title on and after such date.(Pub. L. 91–510, title IV, § 475, Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1195; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 210(4), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1743.)
§ 4535. Saving provision
The provisions of this Part 1
1 See References in Text note below.
shall not be construed to—(1) limit or otherwise affect any authority for the making of any appointment to, or for fixing or adjusting the pay for, any position for which the pay is disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives; or
(2) affect the continuity of employment of, or reduce the pay of, any employee whose pay is disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House.
(Pub. L. 91–510, title IV, § 476, Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1195; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 210(5), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1743.)
§ 4536. Student loan repayment program for House employees
(a) Program to cover student loan repayment, educational assistance, and professional development for House employees
(1) Establishment
The Chief Administrative Officer shall establish a program under which an employing office of the House of Representatives may agree—
(A) to repay (by direct payment on behalf of the employee) any student loan previously taken out by an employee of the office;
(B) to make direct payments on behalf of an employee of the office or to reimburse an employee of the office for expenses paid by the employee for the employee’s educational and professional development; and
(C) to make direct payments on behalf of an employee of the office or to reimburse an employee of the office for credentialing, professional accreditation, professional licensure, and professional certification expenses paid by the employee.
(2) Exclusion of members
(b) Lifetime limit on aggregate payments made on behalf of any individual
(c) Regulations
(d) Authorization of appropriations
(Pub. L. 108–7, div. H, title I, § 105, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 354; Pub. L. 116–260, div. I, title I, § 114(a), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 1636; Pub. L. 117–328, div. I, title I, § 114(a), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 4923.)
§ 4537. Lump sum payment for accrued annual leave of House employees
(a) Approval; amount; source of paymentsUpon the approval of the appropriate employing authority, an employee of the House of Representatives may be paid a lump sum for the accrued annual leave of the employee or for any other purpose. The lump sum—
(1) shall be paid in an amount not more than the lesser of—
(A) the amount of the monthly pay of the employee, as determined by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives; or
(B) in the case of a lump sum payment for the accrued annual leave of the employee, the amount equal to the monthly pay of the employee, as determined by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, divided by 30, and multiplied by the number of days of the accrued annual leave of the employee;
(2) shall be paid—
(A) for clerk hire employees, from the clerk hire allowance of the Member;
(B) for committee employees, from amounts appropriated for committees; and
(C) for other employees, from amounts appropriated to the employing authority; and
(3) shall be based on the rate of pay in effect with respect to the employee on the last day of employment of the employee.
(b) Regulations
(c) “Employee of the House of Representatives” defined
(d) Separations after June 30, 1995
(Pub. L. 104–53, title I, § 109, Nov. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 522; Pub. L. 105–55, title I, § 103(a), Oct. 7, 1997, 111 Stat. 1183.)
§ 4538. Reimbursement of residential telecommunications expenses for House Members, officers, and employees
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, official resources may be used during a fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 1999), in accordance with regulations of the Committee on House Oversight, to reimburse a Member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives for the ordinary and necessary expenses related to the official use of telecommunications lines in the residence of the Member, officer, or employee.
(b) The Committee on House Oversight shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to implement this section.
(Pub. L. 105–275, title I, § 109, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2439.)