                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
CHAPTER 4--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 
Sec. 61h-5. Assistants to Senate Majority and Minority Leaders 
        for Floor Operations; establishment of positions; appointment; 
        compensation
        
    Effective October 1, 1983, there is established within the Offices 
of the Majority and Minority Leaders the positions of Assistant to the 
Majority Leader for Floor Operations and Assistant to the Minority 
Leader for Floor Operations, respectively. Individuals appointed to such 
positions by the Majority Leader and Minority Leader, respectively, 
shall receive compensation at a rate fixed by the appropriate Leader not 
to exceed the maximum annual rate of gross compensation of the Assistant 
Secretary of the Senate.

(Pub. L. 98-51, title I, Sec. 101(a), July 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 265.)

                          Codification

    Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriation Act, 
1984, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 
1984.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 61h-5, Pub. L. 95-26, title I, May 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 
80, authorizing the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader to appoint, 
respectively, an Assistant to the Majority Leader for Floor Operations 
and an Assistant to the Minority Leader for Floor Operations, was 
omitted in view of section 101(b) of Pub. L. 98-51, which provided that: 
``Effective October 1, 1983, the positions of Assistant to the Majority 
Leader for Floor Operations and Assistant to the Minority Leader for 
Floor Operations established by the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
1977 (2 U.S.C. 61h-5), are abolished.''


                        Increases in Compensation

    Increases in compensation for Senate officers and employees under 
authority of 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.
