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2 U.S.C. § 291 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 291. Congressional declaration of purpose
It is the purpose of this chapter to provide a classification system for the equitable establishment and adjustment of rates of compensation for, and for the efficient utilization of personnel in, certain positions under the House of Representatives to which this chapter applies, through—
(1) the creation and maintenance of orderly and equitable compensation relationships for such positions—
(A) in accordance with the principle of equal pay for substantially equal work, and
(B) with due regard to (i) differences in the levels of difficulty, responsibility, and qualification requirements of the work, (ii) the kind of work performed, (iii) satisfactory performance, and (iv) length of service;
(2) the application of appropriate position standards and position descriptions for such positions; and
(3) the adoption of organization and position titles in the House which accurately reflect the respective functions, duties, and responsibilities of those organizations and positions in the House to which this chapter applies.
(Pub. L. 88–652, § 2, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1079.)
heading: References in Text
text: This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 88–652, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1079, known as the House Employees Position Classification Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out below and Tables.
heading: Effective Date
text: Pub. L. 88–652, § 17, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1084, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter and amending sections 88c and 4131 of this title] shall become effective on January 1, 1965.”
heading: Short Title
text: Pub. L. 88–652, § 1, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1079, provided that: “This Act [see Tables for classification] may be cited as the ‘House Employees Position Classification Act’.”
heading: Savings Provision
text: Pub. L. 88–652, § 15, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1084, provided that:
“(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act [this chapter], the aggregate (gross) rate of compensation of any employee immediately prior to the effective date of this Act [Jan. 1, 1965] shall not be reduced by reason of the enactment of this Act.
“(b) For the purposes of applicable law relating to the payment to any individual of compensation from more than one civilian office or position, each employee of the House to whom this Act applies who, immediately prior to the effective date of this Act—
“(1) is receiving basic compensation from more than one civilian office or position and
“(2) is in compliance with such law
shall be held and considered to be in compliance with such law on and after such effective date, notwithstanding the enactment of this Act, so long as such employee continues to receive, without break in service of more than thirty days, the same or lower rate of basic compensation in a position to which this Act does not apply.”
2 U.S.C. § 292 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 292. Positions affected
This chapter shall apply to—
(1) all positions under the Clerk, the Sergeant at Arms, the Chief Administrative Officer, and the Inspector General of the House of Representatives, except the positions of telephone operator and positions on the United States Capitol Police force;
(2) the position of minority pair clerk in the House;
(3) all positions under the House Recording Studio; and
(4) all positions under the House Radio and Television Correspondents’ Gallery and the House Periodical Press Gallery.
(Pub. L. 88–652, § 3, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1079; Pub. L. 104–53, title I, § 108(1), Nov. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 522.)
heading: References in Text
text: This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 88–652, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1079, known as the House Employees Position Classification Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 291 of this title and Tables.
heading: Amendments
text: 1995—Par. (1). Pub. L. 104–53 substituted “Chief Administrative Officer, and the Inspector General” for “Doorkeeper, and the Postmaster,”.
2 U.S.C. § 295 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 295. Placement of positions in compensation schedules
The committee shall place each position (in existence on, or established after, January 1, 1965) under the House of Representatives to which this chapter applies in its appropriate class, and in its appropriate compensation level of the appropriate compensation schedule, in accordance with the position standards and position descriptions provided for in section 294 of this title. The committee is authorized, when circumstances so warrant, to change any such position from one class or compensation level to another class or compensation level. All actions of the committee under this section shall be binding on the House officer and organization unit concerned and shall be the basis for payment of compensation and for other personnel benefits and transactions until otherwise changed by the committee.
(Pub. L. 88–652, § 6, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1081.)
heading: References in Text
text: This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 88–652, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1079, known as the House Employees Position Classification Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 291 of this title and Tables.
2 U.S.C. § 300 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 300. Establishment of positions; payment from applicable accounts
The committee may authorize the establishment of additional positions of the kind to which this chapter applies, on a permanent basis or on a temporary basis of not to exceed six months’ duration, whenever, in the judgment of the committee, such action is warranted in the interests of the orderly and efficient operation of the House of Representatives. The compensation of each such position may be paid out of the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives until otherwise provided by law. An additional position of the kind to which this chapter applies shall not be established without authorization of the committee.
(Pub. L. 88–652, § 11, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1083; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 209(3), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1743.)
heading: References in Text
text: This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 88–652, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1079, known as the House Employees Position Classification Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 291 of this title and Tables.
heading: Amendments
text: 1996—Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “applicable accounts” for “contingent fund”.
2 U.S.C. § 301 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 301. Preservation of existing appointing authorities
This chapter shall not be held or considered to change or otherwise affect—
(1) any authority to establish positions under the House of Representatives which are not within the purview of this chapter, or
(2) any authority to make appointments to positions under the House of Representatives, irrespective of whether such positions are within the purview of this chapter.
(Pub. L. 88–652, § 12, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1083.)
heading: References in Text
text: This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 88–652, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1079, known as the House Employees Position Classification Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 291 of this title and Tables.
2 U.S.C. § 302 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 302. Regulations
The committee is authorized to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(Pub. L. 88–652, § 13, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1084.)
heading: References in Text
text: This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 88–652, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1079, known as the House Employees Position Classification Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 291 of this title and Tables.
2 U.S.C. § 333a (THE CONGRESS)
§ 333a. Omitted
heading: Codification
text: Section, Pub. L. 98–51, title I, § 112, July 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 270; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(16), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1732, regarding limits on uses of funds provided under former section 333, was omitted from the Code as duplicative. See Limits on Uses of Funds note under section 5103 of this title.
2 U.S.C. § 504 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 504. Mass mailings by Senate offices; quarterly statements; publication of summary tabulations
Two weeks after the close of each calendar quarter, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate shall send to each Senate office a statement of the cost of postage and paper and of the other operating expenses incurred as a result of mass mailings processed for such Senate office during such quarter. The statement shall separately identify the cost of postage and paper and other costs, and shall distinguish the costs attributable to newsletters and all other mass mailings. The statement shall also include the total cost per capita in the State. A compilation of all such statements shall be sent to the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. A summary tabulation of such information shall be published quarterly in the Congressional Record and included in the semiannual report of the Secretary of the Senate. Such summary tabulation shall set forth for each Senate office the following information: the Senate office’s name, the total number of pieces of mass mail mailed during the quarter, the total cost of such mail, and, in the case of Senators, the cost of such mail divided by the total population of the State from which the Senator was elected, and the total number of pieces of mass mail divided by the total population of the State from which the Senator was elected, and in the case of each Senator, the allocation made to such Senator from the appropriation for official mail expenses.
(Pub. L. 101–520, title III, § 318, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2283; Pub. L. 103–283, title I, § 3(b), July 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 1427.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 59f of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is from the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991.
heading: Amendments
text: 1994—Pub. L. 103–283 inserted before period at end “, and in the case of each Senator, the allocation made to such Senator from the appropriation for official mail expenses”.
heading: Effective Date of 1994 Amendment
text: Pub. L. 103–283, title I, § 3(c), July 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 1427, provided that:
“The amendments made by this section [amending this section and section 4108 of this title] shall be effective with respect to—
“(1) reports and statements covering periods beginning on and after October 1, 1994; and
“(2) appropriations made and obligations incurred on and after such date.”
2 U.S.C. § 505 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 505. Mass mailing of information by Senators under frank; quarterly registration with Secretary of Senate
In fiscal year 1991 and thereafter, when a Senator disseminates information under the frank by a mass mailing (as defined in section 3210(a)(6)(E) of title 39), the Senator shall register quarterly with the Secretary of the Senate such mass mailings. Such registration shall be made by filing with the Secretary a copy of the matter mailed and providing, on a form supplied by the Secretary, a description of the group or groups of persons to whom the mass mailing was mailed and the number of pieces mailed.
(Pub. L. 101–520, title III, § 320, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2285.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 59g of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is from the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991.
2 U.S.C. § 506 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 506. Mass mailing sent by House Members
(a) Notice that mailing is at taxpayer expense
Each mass mailing sent by a Member of the House of Representatives shall bear in a prominent place on its face, or on the envelope or outside cover or wrapper in which the mail matter is sent, the following notice: “this mailing was prepared, published, and mailed at taxpayer expense.”, or a notice to the same effect in words which may be prescribed under subsection (c) of this section. The notice shall be printed in a type size not smaller than 7-point.
(b) Publication of each Member’s total expense and amount
(1) There shall be published in the itemized report of disbursements of the House of Representatives as required by law, a summary tabulation setting forth, for the office of each Member of the House of Representatives, the total number of pieces of mass mail mailed during the period involved and the total cost of those mass mailings.
(2) Each such tabulation shall also include—
(A) the total cost (as referred to in paragraph (1)) divided by the number (as determined by the Postmaster General) of addresses (other than business possible delivery stops) in the Congressional district from which the Member was elected (as such addresses are described in section 3210(d)(7)(B) of title 39); and
(B) the total number of pieces of mass mail (as referred to in paragraph (1)) divided by the number (as determined by the Postmaster General) of addresses (other than business possible delivery stops) in the Congressional district from which the Member was elected (as such addresses are described in section 3210(d)(7)(B) of title 39).
(c) Regulations
The Committee on House Oversight shall prescribe such rules and regulations and shall take such other action as the Committee considers necessary and proper for Members to conform to the provisions of this subsection and applicable rules and regulations.
(d) Definitions
For purposes of this section—
(1) the term “Member of the House of Representatives” means a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress; and
(2) the term “mass mailing” has the meaning given such term by section 3210(a)(6)(E) of title 39.
(e) Applicability
This section shall apply with respect to sessions of Congress beginning after September 16, 1996.
(Pub. L. 104–197, title III, § 311, Sept. 16, 1996, 110 Stat. 2414.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 59h of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is from the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997.
heading: Change of Name
text: Committee on House Oversight of House of Representatives changed to Committee on House Administration of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 6, 1999.
2 U.S.C. § 605 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 605. Sale or lease of property, supplies, or services
(a) Any sale or lease of property, supplies, or services to the Congressional Budget Office shall be deemed to be a sale or lease to the Congress subject to section 4103 of this title.
(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1996.
(Pub. L. 104–197, title I, § 104, Sept. 16, 1996, 110 Stat. 2404.)
heading: References in Text
text: Section 4103 of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original a reference to section 903 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1983, Pub. L. 98–63, title I, July 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 336, which is classified to section 4103 of this title and in part as a note set out under section 4103 of this title.
heading: Codification
text: Section was enacted as part of the appropriation act cited as the credit to this section, and not as part of title II of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 which comprises this chapter.
heading: Prior Provisions
text: Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:
Pub. L. 104–53, title I, Nov. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 527.
Pub. L. 103–283, title I, July 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 1433.
Pub. L. 103–69, title I, Aug. 11, 1993, 107 Stat. 701.
Pub. L. 102–392, title I, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1713.
Pub. L. 102–90, title I, Aug. 14, 1991, 105 Stat. 458.
Pub. L. 101–520, title I, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2266.
Pub. L. 101–163, title I, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1054.
Pub. L. 100–458, title I, Oct. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2169.
Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(i) [title I], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–290, 1329–300.
Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(j) [H.R. 5203, title I], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–287, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(j), Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–287.
Pub. L. 99–151, title I, Nov. 13, 1985, 99 Stat. 800.
Pub. L. 98–367, title I, July 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 482.
2 U.S.C. § 637 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 637. Legislation dealing with Congressional budget must be handled by Budget Committees
(a) In the Senate
In the Senate, no bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report, dealing with any matter which is within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Budget shall be considered unless it is a bill or resolution which has been reported by the Committee on the Budget (or from the consideration of which such committee has been discharged) or unless it is an amendment to such a bill or resolution.
(b) In the House of Representatives
In the House of Representatives, no bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto, or conference report thereon, dealing with any matter which is within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Budget shall be considered unless it is a bill or joint resolution which has been reported by the Committee on the Budget (or from the consideration of which such committee has been discharged) or unless it is an amendment to such a bill or joint resolution.
(Pub. L. 93–344, title III, § 306, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 313; Pub. L. 99–177, title II, § 201(b), Dec. 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 1050; Pub. L. 101–508, title XIII, § 13207(a)(1)(D), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–617; Pub. L. 113–67, div. A, title I, § 122(7), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1175.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 1327 of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97–258, § 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877.
heading: Amendments
text: 2013—Pub. L. 113–67 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and inserted heading, substituted “In the Senate, no” for “No”, struck out “of either House” after “jurisdiction of the Committee on the Budget”, “in that House” after “shall be considered”, and “of that House” after “reported by the Committee on the Budget”, and added subsec. (b).
1990—Pub. L. 101–508 substituted “bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report” for “bill or resolution, and no amendment to any bill or resolution”.
1985—Pub. L. 99–177 reenacted section without change.
heading: Effective Date of 1985 Amendment
text: Amendment by Pub. L. 99–177 effective Dec. 12, 1985, and applicable with respect to fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 1985, see section 275(a)(1) of Pub. L. 99–177, formerly set out as an Effective and Termination Dates note under section 900 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 112–25, title I, § 104(a), Aug. 2, 2011, 125 Stat. 246.
2 U.S.C. § 645a (THE CONGRESS)
§ 645a. Effect of adoption of special order of business in House of Representatives
For purposes of a reported bill or joint resolution considered in the House of Representatives pursuant to a special order of business, the term “as reported” in this subchapter or subchapter II of this chapter shall be considered to refer to the text made in order as an original bill or joint resolution for the purpose of amendment or to the text on which the previous question is ordered directly to passage, as the case may be. In the case of a reported bill or joint resolution considered pursuant to a special order of business, a point of order under section 634 of this title shall be determined on the basis of the text made in order as an original bill or joint resolution for the purpose of amendment or to the text on which the previous question is ordered directly to passage, as the case may be.
(Pub. L. 93–344, title III, § 315, as added Pub. L. 105–33, title X, § 10115(a), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 690; amended Pub. L. 113–67, div. A, title I, § 122(11), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1176.)
heading: Amendments
text: 2013—Pub. L. 113–67 inserted at end “In the case of a reported bill or joint resolution considered pursuant to a special order of business, a point of order under section 634 of this title shall be determined on the basis of the text made in order as an original bill or joint resolution for the purpose of amendment or to the text on which the previous question is ordered directly to passage, as the case may be.”
2 U.S.C. § 1841 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 1841. Single per annum gross rates of pay
Whenever the rate of pay of—
(1) an employee of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; or
(2) an employee of the House Restaurant, or of the Senate Restaurant, under the supervision of the Architect of the Capitol as an agent of the House or Senate, respectively, as the case may be;
is fixed or adjusted on or after the effective date of this section, that rate, as so fixed and adjusted, shall be a single per annum gross rate.
(Pub. L. 91–510, title IV, § 481, Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1196.)
heading: References in Text
text: The effective date of this section, referred to in text, means immediately prior to noon on Jan. 3, 1971. See section 601(1) of Pub. L. 91–510, set out as an Effective Date of 1970 Amendment note under section 4301 of this title.
heading: Codification
text: Section was classified to section 166b–1a of former Title 40, prior to the enactment of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, by Pub. L. 107–217, § 1, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062.
2 U.S.C. § 1842 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 1842. Conversion of existing pay rates
The Architect of the Capitol shall convert, as of the effective date of this section, to a single per annum gross rate, the rate of pay of each employee described in subparagraph (1) or subparagraph (2) of section 1841 of this title, whose pay immediately prior to such effective date was fixed at a basic rate with respect to which additional pay was payable by law.
(Pub. L. 91–510, title IV, § 482, Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1196.)
heading: References in Text
text: The effective date of this section, referred to in text, means immediately prior to noon on Jan. 3, 1971. See section 601(1) of Pub. L. 91–510, set out as an Effective Date of 1970 Amendment note under section 4301 of this title.
heading: Codification
text: Section was classified to section 166b–1b of former Title 40, prior to the enactment of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, by Pub. L. 107–217, § 1, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062.