2 U.S.C. § 356 — Functions

The Commission must conduct, in each fiscal year set out in section 352(8)(A) and (B) of this title, a review of pay rates for: (A) The Vice President, Senators, Members of the House of Representatives, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, the Speaker of the House, the Senate's President pro tempore, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate and House. (B) Legislative branch offices and positions referred to in subsections (a) through (d) of section 203 of the Federal Legislative Salary Act of 1964. (C) Justices, judges, and other judicial branch personnel referred to in section 403 of the Federal Judicial Salary Act of 1964 — except bankruptcy judges, but including judges of the United States Court of Federal Claims. (D) Offices and positions under the Executive Schedule in subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 5. (E) The Governors of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service. This review is meant to determine and provide: (i) the appropriate pay levels and pay relationships among the offices and positions covered by the review, and (ii) the appropriate pay relationships between those offices and positions and the offices and positions covered by chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5 — the classification and General Schedule pay system. When reviewing the pay of the offices and positions in subparagraph (D), the Commission must also determine and consider whether the executive levels currently assigned to those offices and positions are still appropriate.