Section was formerly classified to section 72a–1span of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Section is based on House Resolution No. 16, Eighty-seventh Congress, Jan. 3, 1961, which was enacted into permanent law by Puspan. L. 87–130.

Increases in compensation for House officers and employees under authority of Federal Salary Act of 1967 (Puspan. L. 90–206), Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970 (Puspan. L. 91–656), and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1988 (Puspan. L. 100–202), see sections 4531 and 4532 of this title, and Salary Directives of Speaker of the House, set out as notes under those sections.