                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
                CHAPTER 9--OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
 
                 SUBCHAPTER II--HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 
                         Part II--Administration
 
Sec. 282b. Compensation

    (a) The Legislative Counsel shall be paid at a per annum gross rate 
equal to the rate of basic pay, as in effect from time to time, for 
level III of the Executive Schedule of section 5314 of title 5.
    (b) Members of the staff of the Office other than the Legislative 
Counsel shall be paid at per annum gross rates fixed by the Legislative 
Counsel with the approval of the Speaker or in accordance with policies 
approved by the Speaker, but not in excess of the rate of basic pay for 
one pay level above the maximum pay level for employees of the House of 
Representatives provided under clause 6(c) of Rule XI of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives.

(Pub. L. 91-510, title V, Sec. 523, Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1203; Pub. 
L. 95-94, title I, Sec. 115, Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 668.)

                       References in Text

    Clause 6(c) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives, 
referred to in text, was amended generally for the One Hundred First 
Congress and, as so amended, does not refer to specific pay levels. The 
Rules were amended generally by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred 
Sixth Congress, Jan. 6, 1999, and, as so amended, provisions formerly 
appearing in clause 6(c) of Rule XI, as amended for the One Hundred 
First Congress, are now contained in clause 9(c) of Rule X.

                          Codification

    Amendment by Pub. L. 95-94 is based on par. (2) of House Resolution 
No. 8, Ninety-fifth Congress, Jan. 4, 1977, which was enacted into 
permanent law by Pub. L. 95-94.


                            Prior Provisions

    House Resolution 312, 89th Congress, Mar. 31, 1965, which was 
enacted into permanent law by section 103 of Pub. L. 89-90, July 27, 
1965, 79 Stat. 281, provided that effective Apr. 1, 1965, the 
compensation of the Legislative Counsel of the House of Representatives 
shall be at a gross per annum rate which is equal to the gross per annum 
rate of compensation of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate, and that 
the additional sums necessary to carry out this resolution shall be paid 
out of the contingent fund of the House until otherwise provided by law.


                               Amendments

    1977--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95-94 substituted provisions authorizing 
compensation at a rate not in excess of the rate of basic pay for one 
pay level above the maximum pay level for House employees provided under 
cl. 6(c) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives, for 
provisions authorizing compensation at per annum gross rates not in 
excess of a per annum gross rate equal to the rate of basic pay for 
level V of the Executive Schedule of section 5316 of title 5.


                        Increases in Compensation

    Increases in compensation for House officers and employees under 
authority of Federal Salary Act of 1967 (Pub. L. 90-206), Federal Pay 
Comparability Act of 1970 (Pub. L. 91-656), and Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1988 (Pub. L. 100-202), see sections 60a-2 and 60a-
2a of this title, and Salary Directives of Speaker of the House, set out 
as notes under those sections.
