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2 U.S. Code § 4501 - Compensation of Members of Congress | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
U.S. Code › Title 2 › Chapter 45 › Subchapter I › Part A › § 4501
2 U.S. Code § 4501 - Compensation of Members of Congress
each Senator, Member of the House of Representatives, and Delegate to the House of Representatives, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico,
the President pro tempore of the Senate, the majority leader and the minority leader of the Senate, and the majority leader and the minority leader of the House of Representatives, and
Subject to subparagraph (B), effective at the beginning of the first applicable pay period commencing on or after the first day of the month in which an adjustment takes effect under section 5303 of title 5 in the rates of pay under the General Schedule, each annual rate referred to in paragraph (1) shall be adjusted by an amount, rounded to the nearest multiple of $100 (or if midway between multiples of $100, to the next higher multiple of $100), equal to the percentage of such annual rate which corresponds to the most recent percentage change in the ECI (relative to the date described in the next sentence), as determined under section 704(a)(1) of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989. The appropriate date under this sentence is the first day of the fiscal year in which such adjustment in the rates of pay under the General Schedule takes effect.
In no event shall the percentage adjustment taking effect under subparagraph (A) in any calendar year (before rounding), in any rate of pay, exceed the percentage adjustment taking effect in such calendar year under section 5303 of title 5 in the rates of pay under the General Schedule.
(Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title VI, § 601(a), 60 Stat. 850; Jan. 19, 1949, ch. 2, § 1(d), 63 Stat. 4; Mar. 2, 1955, ch. 9, § 4(a), 69 Stat. 11; Pub. L. 88–426, title II, § 204, Aug. 14, 1964, 78 Stat. 415; Pub. L. 89–301, § 11(e), Oct. 29, 1965, 79 Stat. 1120; Pub. L. 91–67, § 2, Sept. 15, 1969, 83 Stat. 107; Pub. L. 94–82, title II, § 204(a), Aug. 9, 1975, 89 Stat. 421; Pub. L. 101–194, title VII, § 704(a)(2)(B), Nov. 30, 1989, 103 Stat. 1769; Pub. L. 101–509, title V, § 529 [title I, § 101(b)(4)(D)], Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1427, 1439; Pub. L. 103–356, title I, § 101(1), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3410.)
Section was formerly classified to section 31 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
1949—Act Jan. 19, 1949, increased Speaker’s salary from $20,000 per year to $30,000.
Pub. L. 103–356, title I, § 101, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3410, provided that the amendment made by that section is effective Dec. 31, 1994.
Act Mar. 2, 1955, ch. 9, § 5, 69 Stat. 11, provided that:
“The provisions of this Act [amending this section, section 104 of Title 3, The President, section 7443 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code, sections 5, 44, 135, 173, 213, 252, and 508 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, section 101 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions, and section 654 of Title 50, War and National Defense, and repealing section 31a of this title] shall take effect Mar. 1, 1955.”
Act Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title VI, § 601(a), 60 Stat. 850, provided that the salary rates provided by such section 601(a) are effective Jan. 3, 1947.
Pub. L. 113–3, § 1, Feb. 4, 2013, 127 Stat. 51, provided that:
“This Act [see Tables for classification] may be cited as the ‘No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013’.”
Pub. L. 104–186, § 1(a), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1718, provided that:
“This Act [see Tables for classification] may be cited as the ‘House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act’.”
Pub. L. 88–426, title II, § 201, Aug. 14, 1964, 78 Stat. 413, provided that:
“This title [see Tables for classification] may be cited as the ‘Federal Legislative Salary Act of 1964’.”
Pub. L. 113–3, § 3, Feb. 4, 2013, 127 Stat. 51, provided that:
“(a) Holding Salaries in Escrow.—
If by April 15, 2013, a House of Congress has not agreed to a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2014 pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 [2 U.S.C. 632], during the period described in paragraph (2) the payroll administrator of that House of Congress shall deposit in an escrow account all payments otherwise required to be made during such period for the compensation of Members of Congress who serve in that House of Congress, and shall release such payments to such Members only upon the expiration of such period.
“(2)Period described.—With respect to a House of Congress, the period described in this paragraph is the period which begins on April 16, 2013, and ends on the earlier of—
the day on which the House of Congress agrees to a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2014 pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 [2 U.S.C. 632]; or
the last day of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress.
“(3)Withholding and remittance of amounts from payments held in escrow.—
“(4)Release of amounts at end of the congress.—
“(5)Role of secretary of the treasury.—
“(b)Treatment of Delegates as Members.—
In this section, the term ‘Member’ includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress.
“(c)Payroll Administrator Defined.—In this section, the ‘payroll administrator’ of a House of Congress means—
in the case of the Senate, the Secretary of the Senate, or an employee of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate who is designated by the Secretary to carry out this section.”
Pub. L. 114–223, div. C, § 175, as added by Pub. L. 114–254, div. A, § 101(3), Dec. 10, 2016, 130 Stat. 1012, provided that:
“Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members of Congress) during fiscal year 2017.”
Pub. L. 114–113, § 9, Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2245, provided that:
“Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members of Congress) during fiscal year 2016.”
Pub. L. 113–235, § 8, Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2133, provided that:
“Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no adjustment shall be made under section 610(a) [probably should be “601(a)”] of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) [now 2 U.S.C. 4501] (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members of Congress) during fiscal year 2015.”
Pub. L. 113–46, div. A, § 146, Oct. 17, 2013, 127 Stat. 565, provided that:
“Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no adjustment shall be made under section 610(a) [probably should be “601(a)”] of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) [now 2 U.S.C. 4501] (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members of Congress) during fiscal year 2014.”
Pub. L. 112–240, title VIII, § 802, Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2369, provided that:
“Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) [now 2 U.S.C. 4501] (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members of Congress) during fiscal year 2013.”
Pub. L. 111–165, § 1, May 14, 2010, 124 Stat. 1185, provided that:
“Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) [now 2 U.S.C. 4501] (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members of Congress) during fiscal year 2011.”
Pub. L. 111–8, div. J, § 103, Mar. 11, 2009, 123 Stat. 988, provided that:
“Notwithstanding any provision of section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31(2)) [now 2 U.S.C. 4501(2)], the percentage adjustment scheduled to take effect under any such provision in calendar year 2010 shall not take effect.”
Pub. L. 109–289, div. B, title I, § 115, as added by Pub. L. 110–5, § 2, Feb. 15, 2007, 121 Stat. 12, provided that:
“Notwithstanding any other provision of this division [see Tables for classification] and notwithstanding section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31[(2)]) [now 2 U.S.C. 4501(2)], the percentage adjustment scheduled to take effect under such section for 2007 shall not take effect.”
Pub. L. 103–6, § 7, Mar. 4, 1993, 107 Stat. 35, provided that:
“(a)Cost of Living Adjustment.—
Notwithstanding section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31(2)) [now 2 U.S.C. 4501(2)], the cost of living adjustment (relating to pay for Members of Congress) which would become effective under such provision of law during calendar year 1994 shall not take effect.
“(b)Severability.—
If any provision of this Act [enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 1 and 3304 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code, and section 352 of Title 45, Railroads, and amending provisions set out as notes under section 3304 of Title 26 and section 352 of Title 45], or an amendment made by this Act, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the remainder of this Act, or an amendment made by this Act, or the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected.”
Pub. L. 98–63, title I, § 908(d), (f), July 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 338, which provided that, effective with respect to service as a Member performed on or after July 1, 1983, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of a Member serving in office or position of Senator, President pro tempore of Senate, Majority Leader of Senate, or Minority Leader of Senate during a calendar year, the annual rate of pay paid to such Member for such service would not be less than the annual rate of pay payable for such position on Dec. 17, 1982, increased by 15 percent and rounded in accordance with section 5318 of Title 5, was repealed by Pub. L. 102–90, title I, § 6(c), Aug. 14, 1991, 105 Stat. 451.