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2 USC CHAPTER 10 - CLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES OF HOUSE

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CHAPTER 10 - CLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES OF HOUSE OF

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Sec.

291. Congressional declaration of purpose.

292. Positions affected.

293. Compensation schedules.

293a to 293c. Omitted.

294. Position standards and descriptions.

295. Placement of positions in compensation schedules.

296. Step increases; waiting periods; service in Armed Forces;

automatic advancement.

297. Appointments and reclassifications to higher compensation

levels.

298. Reductions in compensation level.

299. Repealed.

300. Establishment of positions; payment from applicable accounts.

301. Preservation of existing appointing authorities.

302. Regulations.

303. Dual compensation.

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2 USC Sec. 291 01/06/03

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Sec. 291. Congressional declaration of purpose

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It is the purpose of this chapter to provide a classification

system for the equitable establishment and adjustment of rates of

compensation for, and for the efficient utilization of personnel

in, certain positions under the House of Representatives to which

this chapter applies, through -

(1) the creation and maintenance of orderly and equitable

compensation relationships for such positions -

(A) in accordance with the principle of equal pay for

substantially equal work, and

(B) with due regard to (i) differences in the levels of

difficulty, responsibility, and qualification requirements of

the work, (ii) the kind of work performed, (iii) satisfactory

performance, and (iv) length of service;

(2) the application of appropriate position standards and

position descriptions for such positions; and

(3) the adoption of organization and position titles in the

House which accurately reflect the respective functions, duties,

and responsibilities of those organizations and positions in the

House to which this chapter applies.

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(Pub. L. 88-652, Sec. 2, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1079.)

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REFERENCES IN TEXT

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ''this

Act'', meaning Pub. L. 88-652, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1079, known

as the House Employees Position Classification Act, which enacted

this chapter and amended sections 88c and 123b of this title. For

complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title

note set out below and Tables.

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EFFECTIVE DATE

Section 17 of Pub. L. 88-652 provided that: ''This Act (enacting

this chapter and amending sections 88c and 123b of this title)

shall become effective on January 1, 1965.''

SHORT TITLE

Section 1 of Pub. L. 88-652 provided that: ''This Act (enacting

this chapter and amending sections 88c and 123b of this title) may

be cited as the 'House Employees Position Classification Act'.''

SAVINGS PROVISION

Section 15 of Pub. L. 88-652 provided that:

''(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act (this chapter),

the aggregate (gross) rate of compensation of any employee

immediately prior to the effective date of this Act (Jan. 1, 1965)

shall not be reduced by reason of the enactment of this Act.

''(b) For the purposes of applicable law relating to the payment

to any individual of compensation from more than one civilian

office or position, each employee of the House to whom this Act

applies who, immediately prior to the effective date of this Act -

''(1) is receiving basic compensation from more than one

civilian office or position and

''(2) is in compliance with such law

shall be held and considered to be in compliance with such law on

and after such effective date, notwithstanding the enactment of

this Act, so long as such employee continues to receive, without

break in service of more than thirty days, the same or lower rate

of basic compensation in a position to which this Act does not

apply.''

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2 USC Sec. 292 01/06/03

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Sec. 292. Positions affected

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This chapter shall apply to -

(1) all positions under the Clerk, the Sergeant at Arms, the

Chief Administrative Officer, and the Inspector General of the

House of Representatives, except the positions of telephone

operator and positions on the United States Capitol Police force;

(2) the position of minority pair clerk in the House;

(3) all positions under the House Recording Studio; and

(4) all positions under the House Radio and Television

Correspondents' Gallery and the House Periodical Press Gallery.

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(Pub. L. 88-652, Sec. 3, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1079; Pub. L.

104-53, title I, Sec. 108(1), Nov. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 522.)

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AMENDMENTS

1995 - Par. (1). Pub. L. 104-53 substituted ''Chief

Administrative Officer, and the Inspector General'' for

''Doorkeeper, and the Postmaster,''.

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2 USC Sec. 293 01/06/03

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Sec. 293. Compensation schedules

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(a)(1) The Committee on House Oversight of the House of

Representatives (hereinafter referred to as the ''committee'')

shall establish and maintain, and, from time to time, may revise,

for positions to which this chapter applies (other than positions

within the purview of subsection (b) of this section the

compensation for which is fixed and adjusted from time to time in

accordance with prevailing rates), a compensation schedule of per

annum rates, which shall be known as the ''House Employees

Schedule'' and for which the symbol shall be ''HS'', subject to the

following provisions:

(A) Such schedule shall be composed of such number of

compensation levels as the committee deems appropriate.

(B) Each compensation level shall consist of twelve

compensation steps.

(C) The per annum rate of compensation for each compensation

step of each compensation level shall be in such amount as the

committee deems appropriate, except that the per annum rate of

compensation for the maximum compensation step of the highest

compensation level shall not exceed the maximum rate of

compensation authorized by chapter 51 and subchapter III of

chapter 53 of title 5.

(2) The rates of compensation for such positions shall be in

accordance with such schedule.

(b) The committee shall establish and maintain, and, from time to

time, may revise, for positions under the Clerk, the Sergeant at

Arms, the Chief Administrative Officer, and the Inspector General

of the House of Representatives, the compensation for which, in the

judgment of the committee, should be fixed and adjusted from time

to time in accordance with prevailing rates, a compensation

schedule providing for per annum or per hour rates, or both,

established in accordance with prevailing rates and consisting of

such number of compensation levels and steps as the committee deems

appropriate, which shall be known as the ''House Wage Schedule''

and for which the symbol shall be ''HWS''. The rates of

compensation for such positions shall be in accordance with such

schedule. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, for

purposes of applying the adjustment made by the committee under

this subsection for 2002 and each succeeding year, positions under

the Chief Administrative Officer shall include positions of the

United States Capitol telephone exchange under the Chief

Administrative Officer.

-SOURCE-

(Pub. L. 88-652, Sec. 4, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1079; Pub. L.

104-53, title I, Sec. 108(2), Nov. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 522; Pub. L.

104-186, title II, Sec. 209(1), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1743; Pub.

L. 107-68, title III, Sec. 310, Nov. 12, 2001, 115 Stat. 592.)

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AMENDMENTS

2001 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107-68 inserted at end

''Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, for purposes

of applying the adjustment made by the committee under this

subsection for 2002 and each succeeding year, positions under the

Chief Administrative Officer shall include positions of the United

States Capitol telephone exchange under the Chief Administrative

Officer.''

1996 - Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 104-186 substituted ''House

Oversight'' for ''House Administration''.

1995 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-53 substituted ''Chief

Administrative Officer, and the Inspector General'' for

''Doorkeeper, and the Postmaster,''.

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CHANGE OF NAME

Committee on House Oversight of House of Representatives changed

to Committee on House Administration of House of Representatives by

House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 6, 1999.

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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.

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2 USC Sec. 293a to 293c 01/06/03

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Sec. 293a to 293c. Omitted

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Section 293a, Pub. L. 89-301, Sec. 11(c), Oct. 29, 1965, 79 Stat.

1120, required compensation of employees of House of

Representatives whose compensation is fixed under this chapter to

be increased by amounts equal to increases provided by section

60e-12(a) of this title.

Section 293b, Pub. L. 89-504, title III, Sec. 302(c), July 18,

1966, 80 Stat. 295, required compensation of employees of House of

Representatives whose compensation is fixed under this chapter to

be increased by amounts equal to increases provided by section

60e-13(a) of this title.

Section 293c, Pub. L. 90-206, title II, Sec. 214(c), Dec. 16,

1967, 81 Stat. 636, required compensation of employees of House of

Representatives whose compensation is fixed under this chapter to

be increased by amounts equal to increases provided by section

60e-14(a) of this title.

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2 USC Sec. 294 01/06/03

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Sec. 294. Position standards and descriptions

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(a)(1) It shall be the duty of the committee to prescribe,

revise, and (on a current basis) maintain position standards which

shall apply to positions (in existence on, or established after,

January 1, 1965) under the House of Representatives to which this

chapter applies.

(2) The position standards shall -

(A) provide for the separation of such positions into

appropriate classes for pay and personnel purposes on the basis

of reasonable similarity with respect to types of positions,

qualification requirements of positions, and levels of difficulty

and responsibility of work, and

(B) govern the placement of such positions in their respective

appropriate compensation levels of the appropriate compensation

schedule.

(b)(1) Subject to review and approval by the committee, the

Clerk, the Sergeant at Arms, the Chief Administrative Officer, and

the Inspector General of the House of Representatives, shall

prepare, revise, and (on a current basis) maintain, at such times

and in such form as the committee deems appropriate, position

descriptions of the respective positions (in existence on, or

established after, January 1, 1965) under the House of

Representatives to which this chapter applies which are under their

respective jurisdictions, including -

(A) with respect to the Clerk, positions under the House

Recording Studio,

(B) with respect to the Sergeant at Arms, the position of

minority pair clerk in the House, and

(C) with respect to the Chief Administrative Officer, positions

under the House Radio and Television Correspondents' Gallery and

the House Periodical Press Gallery.

(2) The position descriptions shall -

(A) describe in detail the actual duties, responsibilities, and

qualification requirements of the work of each of such positions,

(B) provide a position title for such position which accurately

reflects such duties and responsibilities, and

(C) govern the placement of such position in its appropriate

class.

(c) The Clerk, the Sergeant at Arms, the Chief Administrative

Officer, and the Inspector General of the House of Representatives,

shall transmit to the committee, at such times and in such form as

the committee deems appropriate, all position descriptions required

by subsection (b) of this section to be prepared, provided, and

currently maintained by them, together with such other pertinent

information as the committee may require, in order that the

committee shall have, at all times, current information with

respect to such position descriptions, the positions to which such

descriptions apply, and related personnel matters within the

purview of this chapter. Such information so transmitted shall be

kept on file in the committee.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the

committee shall have authority, which may be exercised at any time

in its discretion, to -

(1) conduct surveys and studies of all organization units, and

the positions therein, to which this chapter applies;

(2) ascertain on a current basis the facts with respect to the

duties, responsibilities, and qualification requirements of any

position to which this chapter applies;

(3) prepare and revise the position description of any such

position;

(4) place any such position in its appropriate class and

compensation level;

(5) decide whether any such position is in its appropriate

class and compensation level;

(6) change any such position from one class or compensation

level to any other class or compensation level whenever the facts

warrant; and

(7) prescribe such organization and position titles as may be

appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

All such actions of the committee shall be binding on the House

officer and organization unit concerned and shall be the basis for

payment of compensation and for other personnel benefits and

transactions until otherwise changed by the committee.

-SOURCE-

(Pub. L. 88-652, Sec. 5, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1080; Pub. L.

104-53, title I, Sec. 108(3), (4), Nov. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 522;

Pub. L. 104-186, title II, Sec. 209(2), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat.

1743.)

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AMENDMENTS

1996 - Subsec. (b)(1)(C). Pub. L. 104-186 substituted ''Chief

Administrative Officer'' for ''Doorkeeper''.

1995 - Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 104-53 substituted ''Chief

Administrative Officer, and the Inspector General'' for

''Doorkeeper, and the Postmaster''.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-53 substituted ''Chief Administrative

Officer, and the Inspector General'' for ''Doorkeeper, and the

Postmaster,''.

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TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Certain functions of Recording Studio and Officers of House of

Representatives transferred to Director of Non-legislative and

Financial Services by section 7 of House Resolution No. 423, One

Hundred Second Congress, Apr. 9, 1992. Director of Non-legislative

and Financial Services replaced by Chief Administrative Officer of

House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred

Fourth Congress, Jan. 4, 1995.

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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 295 of this title.

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Sec. 295. Placement of positions in compensation schedules

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The committee shall place each position (in existence on, or

established after, January 1, 1965) under the House of

Representatives to which this chapter applies in its appropriate

class, and in its appropriate compensation level of the appropriate

compensation schedule, in accordance with the position standards

and position descriptions provided for in section 294 of this

title. The committee is authorized, when circumstances so warrant,

to change any such position from one class or compensation level to

another class or compensation level. All actions of the committee

under this section shall be binding on the House officer and

organization unit concerned and shall be the basis for payment of

compensation and for other personnel benefits and transactions

until otherwise changed by the committee.

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(Pub. L. 88-652, Sec. 6, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1081.)

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Sec. 296. Step increases; waiting periods; service in Armed Forces;

automatic advancement

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(a) Each employee in a compensation level of the House Employees

Schedule (HS), who has not attained the highest schedule rate of

compensation for the compensation level (HS level) in which his

position is placed, shall be advanced successively to the next

higher step of such HS level, as follows:

(1) to steps 2, 3, and 4, respectively - at the beginning of

the first pay period following the completion, without break in

service of more than thirty months, of one year of satisfactory

service in the next lower step;

(2) to steps 5, 6, and 7, respectively - at the beginning of

the first pay period following the completion, without break in

service of more than thirty months, of two years of satisfactory

service in the next lower step;

(3) to steps 8, 9, and 10, respectively - at the beginning of

the first pay period following the completion, without break in

service of more than thirty months, of three years of

satisfactory service in the next lower step; and

(4) to steps 11 and 12, respectively - at the beginning of the

first pay period following the completion, without break in

service of more than thirty months, of five years of satisfactory

service in the next lower step.

(b) The receipt of an increase in compensation during any of the

waiting periods of service specified in subsection (a) of this

section shall cause a new full waiting period of service to

commence for further step increases under such subsection.

(c) Any increase in compensation granted by law, or granted by

reason of an increase made by the committee in the rates of

compensation of the House Employees Schedule, to employees within

the purview of subsection (a) of this section shall not be held or

considered to be an increase in compensation for the purposes of

subsection (b) of this section.

(d) The benefit of successive step increases under subsection (a)

of this section shall be preserved, under regulations prescribed by

the committee, for employees whose continuous service is

interrupted by service in the Armed Forces of the United States.

(e) The committee shall establish and maintain, and, from time to

time, may revise, a system of automatic advancement, by successive

step increases in compensation, on the basis of satisfactory

service performed, without break in service of more than thirty

months, for employees subject to the House Wage Schedule (HWS). In

the operation of such system of step increases the committee may

prescribe regulations to the effect that -

(1) the receipt of an increase in compensation during any of

the waiting periods of service required for advancement by step

increases under such system shall cause a new full waiting period

of service to commence for further step increases under such

system;

(2) any increase in compensation granted by law, or granted by

reason of an increase made by the committee in the rates of

compensation of the House Wage Schedule, to employees within the

purview of such system of step increases shall not be held or

considered to be an increase in compensation for the purposes of

subparagraph (1) of this subsection; and

(3) the benefit of successive step increases under such system

of step increases shall be preserved, under regulations

prescribed by the committee, for employees whose continuous

service is interrupted by service in the Armed Forces of the

United States.

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(Pub. L. 88-652, Sec. 7, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1081.)

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Sec. 297. Appointments and reclassifications to higher compensation

levels

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(a) Each employee in a compensation level of the House Employees

Schedule (HS), who is appointed to a position in a higher

compensation level of such schedule, or whose position is placed in

a higher compensation level of such schedule pursuant to a

reclassification of such position, shall be paid compensation in

such higher compensation level, in accordance with the following

provisions, whichever is first applicable in the following

numerical order of precedence:

(1) at the rate of the lowest step for which the rate of

compensation equals the rate of compensation for that step, in

the compensation level from which he is appointed, which is two

steps above the step in such level which he had attained

immediately prior to such appointment;

(2) at the rate of the lowest step for which the rate of

compensation exceeds, by not less than two steps of the

compensation level from which he is appointed, his rate of

compensation immediately prior to such appointment; or

(3) at the rate of the highest step of such higher compensation

level, or at his rate of compensation immediately prior to such

appointment, whichever rate is the higher.

(b) The committee may provide by regulations for the payment of

compensation, at an appropriate compensation step determined in

accordance with such regulations, to each employee subject to the

House Wage Schedule (HWS) who is appointed to a position in a

higher compensation level of such schedule or whose position is

placed in a higher compensation level of such schedule pursuant to

a reclassification of such position.

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(Pub. L. 88-652, Sec. 8, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1082.)

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2 USC Sec. 298 01/06/03

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Sec. 298. Reductions in compensation level

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Each employee in a position of a compensation level of the House

Employees Schedule (HS) or the House Wage Schedule (HWS), whose

employment in such position and level is terminated and who is

reemployed, with or without break in service, in a position in a

lower compensation level (HS level or HWS level) of such schedule,

or whose position is placed in a lower compensation level of such

schedule pursuant to a reclassification of such position, shall be

placed by the committee in such step of such lower compensation

level as the committee deems appropriate.

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(Pub. L. 88-652, Sec. 9, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1083.)

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2 USC Sec. 299 01/06/03

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Sec. 299. Repealed. Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(2) (title I, Sec.

102(a)), Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A-100

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Section, Pub. L. 88-652, Sec. 10, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1083,

related to compensation level of individual appointed to position

subject to House Employees Schedule or House Wage Schedule.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL

Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(2) (title I, Sec. 102(b)), Dec. 21,

2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A-100, provided that: ''The amendment

made by subsection (a) (repealing this section) shall apply with

respect to employees appointed on or after October 1, 2000.''

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Sec. 300. Establishment of positions; payment from applicable

accounts

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The committee may authorize the establishment of additional

positions of the kind to which this chapter applies, on a permanent

basis or on a temporary basis of not to exceed six months'

duration, whenever, in the judgment of the committee, such action

is warranted in the interests of the orderly and efficient

operation of the House of Representatives. The compensation of each

such position may be paid out of the applicable accounts of the

House of Representatives until otherwise provided by law. An

additional position of the kind to which this chapter applies shall

not be established without authorization of the committee.

-SOURCE-

(Pub. L. 88-652, Sec. 11, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1083; Pub. L.

104-186, title II, Sec. 209(3), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1743.)

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AMENDMENTS

1996 - Pub. L. 104-186 substituted ''applicable accounts'' for

''contingent fund''.

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2 USC Sec. 301 01/06/03

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Sec. 301. Preservation of existing appointing authorities

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This chapter shall not be held or considered to change or

otherwise affect -

(1) any authority to establish positions under the House of

Representatives which are not within the purview of this chapter,

or

(2) any authority to make appointments to positions under the

House of Representatives, irrespective of whether such positions

are within the purview of this chapter.

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(Pub. L. 88-652, Sec. 12, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1083.)

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Sec. 302. Regulations

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The committee is authorized to prescribe such regulations as may

be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

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(Pub. L. 88-652, Sec. 13, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1084.)

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Sec. 303. Dual compensation

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For the purposes of applicable law relating to the payment to any

employee subject to the House Employees Schedule or the House Wage

Schedule of compensation from more than one civilian office or

position, the rate of basic compensation of each employee subject

to any such schedule shall be held and considered to be that rate

which, when increased by additional compensation then currently

authorized by law for House employees generally, equals or most

nearly equals the per annum rate of compensation of such employee

under such schedule.

-SOURCE-

(Pub. L. 88-652, Sec. 14, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1084.)

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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 60e-13 of this title.

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