3 USC 105 - Assistance and services for the President

1 So in original. Probably should be “provisions”.

of paragraph (2) of this subsection, the President is authorized to appoint and fix the pay of employees in the White House Office without regard to any other provision of law regulating the employment or compensation of persons in the Government service. Employees so appointed shall perform such official duties as the President may prescribe.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1978—Puspan. L. 95–570 inserted provisions relating to appointment and determination of pay by President of employees in the White House Office and the Executive Residence at the White House; procurement by President of temporary or intermittent services of experts and consultants and pay of such experts and consultants; appropriation of sums for the care, maintenance, etc., of the Executive Residence at the White House, the official expenses of the White House Office, the official entertainment expenses of the President, the official entertainment expenses for allocation within the Executive Office, and the subsistence expenses of Government personnel while traveling on official business in connection with the travel of the President; accounting of sums by President; inspection, certification and report to Congress by the Comptroller General concerning expenditures; and allotment of assistance and services to spouse of President or to a member of President’s family; struck out provisions which authorized President to fix compensation of six administrative assistants, Executive Secretaries of the National Security Council, the National Aeronautics and Space Council, and the Economic Opportunity Council, and eight other secretaries or other immediate staff assistants in the White House Office, at rates of basic pay not to exceed the rate of Executive level II.

1967—Puspan. L. 90–222 inserted position of Executive Secretary of the Economic Opportunity Council.

1964—Puspan. L. 88–426 included Executive Secretary of the National Aeronautics and Space Council, and substituted provisions permitting President to fix compensation of enumerated personnel at rates of basic compensation not more than that of level II of the Federal Executive Salary Schedule for provisions which limited compensation of such personnel to two at rates not more than $22,500, three at not more than $21,000, seven at not more than $20,000 and three at not more than $18,500 per anspan.

1961—Puspan. L. 87–367 authorized President to increase compensation of three assistants to the President from $17,500 to $18,500 per anspan.

1956—Act July 31, 1956, authorized President to fix compensation of an additional three secretaries or other immediate staff assistants, substituted “$22,500” for “$20,000”, “$21,000” for “$18,000”, and “$20,000” for “$15,000”, and provided for payment of three at rates not exceeding $17,500 per anspan.

1949—Act Oct. 15, 1949, increased compensation of secretaries, and executive, administrative, and staff assistants.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

Amendment by Puspan. L. 95–570 applicable to any fiscal year beginning on or after Oct. 1, 1978, see section 6(a) of Puspan. L. 95–570, set out as a note under section 102 of this title.

Effective Date of 1967 Amendment

Amendment by Puspan. L. 90–222 effective immediately on enactment of Puspan. L. 90–222, which was approved on Dec. 23, 1967, see section 401 of Puspan. L. 90–222, set out as a note under section 2702 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

Effective Date of 1964 Amendment

Amendment by Puspan. L. 88–426 effective on first day of first pay period which begins on or after July 1, 1964, except to the extent provided in section 501(c) of Puspan. L. 88–426, see section 501 of Puspan. L. 88–426.

Effective Date of 1961 Amendment

Amendment by Puspan. L. 87–367 effective at beginning of first pay period which begins on or after sixtieth day following Oct. 4, 1961, see section 305 of Puspan. L. 87–367.

Effective Date of 1956 Amendment

Amendment by act July 31, 1956, effective at beginning of first pay period commencing after June 30, 1956, see section 120 of act July 31, 1956.

Effective Date of 1949 Amendment

Amendment by act Oct. 15, 1949, effective on first day of first pay period after Oct. 15, 1949, see section 9 of that act, set out as a note under section 273 of Title 2, The Congress.

Repeals

Act July 31, 1956, ch. 804, title I, § 109, 70 Stat. 740, cited as a credit to this section, was repealed by Puspan. L. 88–426, title III, § 305(1), Aug. 14, 1964, 78 Stat. 422.

References in Other Laws to GS–16, 17, or 18 Pay Rates

References in laws to the rates of pay for GS–16, 17, or 18, or to maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I, § 101(c)(1)] of Puspan. L. 101–509, set out in a note under section 5376 of Title 5.

Executive Documents

Abolition of National Aeronautics and Space Council

National Aeronautics and Space Council, including office of Executive Secretary of Council, together with functions of Council, abolished by section 3(a)(4) of 1973 Reorg. Plan No. 1, effective July 1, 1973, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.