                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
CHAPTER 4--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 
Sec. 61f-7. Abolition of statutory positions in Office of 
        Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of Senate; authority to 
        establish and fix compensation for positions
        
    Effective October 1, 1981, all statutory positions in the Office of 
the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate (other than the 
positions of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, Deputy 
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, and Administrative Assistant) are 
abolished, and in lieu of the positions hereby abolished the Sergeant at 
Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is authorized to establish such number 
of positions as he deems appropriate and appoint and fix the 
compensation of employees to fill the positions so established; except 
that the annual rate of compensation payable to any employee appointed 
to fill any position established by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper 
of the Senate shall not, for any period of time, be in excess of $1,000 
less than the annual rate of compensation of the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate for that period of time; and except that 
nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any position 
authorized by statute, if the compensation for such position is to be 
paid from the contingent fund of the Senate.

(Pub. L. 97-51, Sec. 116, Oct. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 963.)


 Transfer of Jurisdiction of Senate Chamber Public Address System From 
    Architect of Capitol to Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of Senate

    Pub. L. 102-90, title I, Sec. 8, Aug. 14, 1991, 105 Stat. 451, 
provided that:
    ``(a) Effective October 1, 1991, the jurisdiction and control of the 
Senate chamber public address system is transferred from the Architect 
of the Capitol to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate. In 
the case of any employee of the Architect of the Capitol transferred 
during fiscal year 1992 to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the 
Senate as an audio operator--
        ``(1) in the case of days of annual leave to the credit of any 
    such employee as of the date such employee is transferred, the 
    Architect of the Capitol is authorized to make payment to each such 
    employee for that annual leave, and no such payment shall be 
    considered a payment or compensation within the meaning of any law 
    relating to dual compensation; and
        ``(2) for purposes of section 8339(m) of title 5, United States 
    Code, the days of unused sick leave to the credit of any such 
    employee as of the date such employee is transferred shall be 
    included in the total service of such employee in connection with 
    the computation of any annuity under subsections (a) through (e), 
    (n), and (q) of such section.
    ``(b) The Architect of the Capitol shall provide the maintenance of 
the Senate chamber public address system until such system is replaced 
by a combined public address and audio broadcast system.''


Transfer of Jurisdiction of Elevators in Capitol Building Under Control 
 of Senate From Architect of Capitol to Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper 
                                of Senate

    Pub. L. 102-90, title I, Sec. 9, Aug. 14, 1991, 105 Stat. 452, 
provided that:
    ``(a) Subject to subsection (b), those employees of the Architect of 
the Capitol engaged in operating elevators in that part of the United 
States Capitol Building under the control and jurisdiction of the United 
States Senate, together with the elevator operating functions performed 
by such employees, effective October 1, 1991, shall be transferred to 
the jurisdiction of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.
    ``(b) The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is 
authorized to enter into an agreement or other arrangement with the 
Architect of the Capitol regarding the supervision of such employees.''


                        Increases in Compensation

    Increases in compensation for Senate officers and employees under 
authority of the Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970 (Pub. L. 91-656), 
see Salary Directives of President pro tempore of the Senate, set out as 
notes under section 60a-1 of this title.
