                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
CHAPTER 4--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 
Secs. 61i to 61j-1. Omitted


                          Codification

    Section 61i, Pub. L. 86-30, title I, May 20, 1959, 73 Stat. 48, 
which was from the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1959, 
authorized Senate Majority and Minority Leaders to fix, effective May 1, 
1959, basic salaries of research assistants authorized by S. Res. 158, 
agreed to Dec. 9, 1941, at not to exceed $8,820 per annum. See section 
61h-4 of this title.
    Section 61j, Pub. L. 93-371, Sec. 4, Aug. 13, 1974, 88 Stat. 429; 
Pub. L. 94-59, title I, Sec. 105, July 25, 1975, 89 Stat. 275, set a 
maximum annual rate of compensation of $37,000 for administrative 
assistants in offices of Senate Majority and Minority Whips. Positions 
established by Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1970, for Offices 
of Senate Majority and Minority Whips, which Act, Pub. L. 91-145, Dec. 
12, 1969, 83 Stat. 339, classified to former section 61j of this title, 
authorized the respective whips to appoint an administrative assistant, 
were abolished, see title I of Pub. L. 95-26, set out in part as a note 
under section 61h-1 of this title. See, also, section 61j-2 of this 
title.
    A prior section 61j, Pub. L. 91-145, Dec. 12, 1969, 83 Stat. 339, 
authorized Senate Majority and Minority Whips to each appoint and fix 
compensation of an administrative assistant and an executive secretary.
    Section 61j-1, Pub. L. 94-59, title I, July 25, 1975, 89 Stat. 270, 
authorized Senate Majority and Minority Whips, effective July 1, 1975, 
each to appoint and fix compensation of a legislative assistant. The 
positions established by Pub. L. 94-59 for the Offices of Majority and 
Minority Whips were abolished effective Apr. 1, 1977, by Pub. L. 95-26, 
title I, May 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 80, set out as a note under section 61h-1 
of this title. See, also, section 61j-2 of this title.
