A joint resolution to ensure that the compensation and other emoluments attached to the office of Secretary of the Treasury are those which were in effect on January 1, 1989.
PL 103-2 (S.J.Res.1), enacted 01/19/1993

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PUBLIC LAW 103-2—JAN. 19. 1993 
Public Law 103-2 
103d Congress 
Joint Resolution 
: 
Jan. 19, 1993 
To ensure that the compensation and other emoluments attached to the office 
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of Secretary of the Treasury are those which were in effect on January 1, 1989. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
31 use 301 note. United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the 
compensation and other emoluments attached to the office of Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall be those in effect January 1, 1989, 
notwithstanding any increase in such compensation or emoluments 
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(1) the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-194) 
or any other provision of law amended by that Act; or 
(2) any other provision of law, or provision which has 
the force and effect of law, that is enacted or becomes effective 
during the period beginning at noon of January 3, 1989, and 
ending at noon of 
January 3,1995. 
(b)(1) Any person aggrieved by an action of the Secretary of 
the Treasury inay bring a civil action in the United States District 
Court for the District of Colimibia to contest the constitutionality 
of the appointment and continuance in office of the Secretary of 
the Treasury on the ground that such appointment and continuance 
in office is in violation of article I, section 6, clause 2, of the 
Constitution. The United States District Court for the District of 
Columbia shall have exclusive jurisdiction over such a civil action, 
without regard to the sum or value of the matter in controversy. 
(2) Any claim challenging the constitutionality of the appoint-
ment and continuance in ofnce of the Secretary of the Treasury 
on the ground that such appointment and continuance in office 
is in violation of article I, section 6, clause 2, of the Constitution, 
in an action brought under paragraph (1) shall be heard and deter-
mined by a panel of three judges in accordance with section 2284 
of title 28, United States Code. It shall be the duty of the district 
court to advance on the docket and to expedite the disposition 
of any matter brought under this subsection. 
(3)(A) An appeal may be taken directly to the Supreme Court 
of the United States from any interlocutory or final judgment, 
decree, or order upon the validity of the appointment and continu-
ance in office of the Secretary of the Treasury imder article I, 
section 6, clause 2, of the Constitution, entered in any action 
brought under this subsection. Any such appeal shall be taken 
by a notice of appeal filed within 20 days after such judgment, 
decree, or order is entered. 
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(B) The Supreme Court shaU, if it has not previously ruled 
on the question presented by an appeal taken pursuant to subpara-
graph (A), accept jurisdiction over the appeal, advance the appeal 
on the docket, and expedite the appeal. 
(c) This joint resolution shall become effective at 12:00 p.m.. Effective date. 
January 20,1993. 
Approved January 19, 1993. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S.J. Res. 1: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 139 (1993): 
Jan. 5, considered and passed Senate. 
Jan. 6, considered and passed House.