2 U.S.C. § 4575 — Gross rate of compensation of employees paid by Secretary of Senate

(a) Annual rate; certification. (1) Whenever, on or after October 1, 1980, an employee's compensation rate paid by the Secretary of the Senate is fixed or adjusted, it must be a whole-dollar annual gross rate with no fraction of a dollar. (2) A new or changed rate, other than a change made by law, for such an employee who is not an elected Senate officer must be certified in writing to the Senate Disbursing Office. A new rate includes an appointment, transfer between Senate appointing authorities, or promotion to a position whose pay is fixed by law. For an appointment or other new rate, the office must receive the certification by the day the new rate takes effect. For another change, the rate begins on the first day of the month received if received within that month's first 10 days; the first day of the next month if received after the 25th; or the 16th day of the current month if received after the 10th and before the 26th. If the certification specifies an effective date, that date controls only if it is the first or 16th day of a month and is later than the otherwise applicable date. A changed rate for a new employee or an employee transferred between appointing authorities takes effect on the appointment or transfer date if that date is later than the otherwise applicable date.

(b) Conversion; increase. An employee's pre-August 1, 1967 basic rate with additional compensation provided by law must be converted on that date to the lowest annual gross rate that is a multiple of $180 and is at least the employee's then-total rate. Longevity increments earned before that date under 2 U.S.C. § 4507(b) are excluded from the conversion, but gross compensation increases by $540 for each such increment, treated as an increase under § 4507(b).

(c) References to basic and additional rates. When a statute or Senate resolution refers to a basic rate, or a maximum or minimum based on it, for an employee or position paid by the Secretary, and law provides additional compensation for that basic rate, the reference is treated as a reference to the annual gross rate that an employee receiving the basic rate immediately before August 1, 1967 would receive under subsection (b) from that date onward, without regard to that statute or resolution.

(d) Senator-office compensation. (1)(A) Except as subparagraphs (B) and (C) provide, total annual gross compensation for employees in a Senator's office may not exceed the amount for the State's population: $1,518,333 under 5,000,000; $1,573,297 for 5,000,000–under 6,000,000; $1,628,265 for 6,000,000–under 7,000,000; $1,683,230 for 7,000,000–under 8,000,000; $1,738,197 for 8,000,000–under 9,000,000; $1,793,161 for 9,000,000–under 10,000,000; $1,848,130 for 10,000,000–under 11,000,000; $1,903,096 for 11,000,000–under 12,000,000; $1,958,061 for 12,000,000–under 13,000,000; $2,013,027 for 13,000,000–under 14,000,000; $2,067,994 for 14,000,000–under 15,000,000; $2,122,960 for 15,000,000–under 16,000,000; $2,177,928 for 16,000,000–under 17,000,000; $2,232,894 for 17,000,000–under 18,000,000; $2,268,057 for 18,000,000–under 19,000,000; $2,303,224 for 19,000,000–under 20,000,000; $2,338,391 for 20,000,000–under 21,000,000; $2,373,558 for 21,000,000–under 22,000,000; $2,408,725 for 22,000,000–under 23,000,000; $2,443,891 for 23,000,000–under 24,000,000; $2,479,054 for 24,000,000–under 25,000,000; $2,514,218 for 25,000,000–under 26,000,000; $2,549,387 for 26,000,000–under 27,000,000; $2,584,552 for 27,000,000–under 28,000,000; and $2,619,720 for 28,000,000 or more. For each fiscal year, State population is the higher of the preceding fiscal year's population determined under this paragraph or the population on the first day of the fiscal year shown by the latest earlier Census Bureau census, provisional or final. A population not evenly divisible by 1,000,000 is rounded up to the next million. If the latest census figures are not officially released after the fiscal year begins, the preceding year's population is used until release. If a Senator's term starts after the first month or ends, other than by death, resignation, or expulsion, before the last month, the year's amount is divided by 12 and multiplied by the included months, counting a fraction as a full month. (B) For January 1–September 30, 1988, employee gross compensation plus expenses paid under 2 U.S.C. § 6314 (after its subsection (b), but without paragraph (2)(A)(iv)) may not exceed the sum of (iii) the fiscal-year-1988 compensation limit, without this subparagraph, minus compensation paid before January 1, 1988, subject to the next sentence, plus (iv) the amount in § 6314(b)(2)(A)(iii). If the Senator's term starts after the first month or ends, other than by death, resignation, or expulsion, before the last month of that nine-month period, the clause (iii) amount is divided by 9 and multiplied by the included months, counting a fraction as a full month. (C) For fiscal year 1989 and later, compensation plus covered § 6314 expenses may not exceed the amount under subparagraph (A) plus the amount in § 6314(b)(3), determined without its subparagraphs (A)(ii) and (iv). (2) Within these limits, Senators may set office employee numbers and pay rates. A rate may not be below $3,293 or above Executive Schedule level II under 5 U.S.C. § 5313. A Senator may set desired position titles by written notice to the Senate disbursing office.

(e) Committee employees. (1) and (2) Repealed by Pub. L. 96–304, title I, § 112(b)(1), July 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 892. (3)(A) “Committee of the Senate” means (I) any standing committee, including majority and minority policy committees; (II) any select committee, including the conference majority and conference minority of the Senate; or (III) any joint committee whose expenses are paid from the Senate contingent fund. A subcommittee employee is treated as a full-committee employee. (B) Subject to adjustment by law, a committee employee's annual gross rate may not exceed Executive Schedule level II under 5 U.S.C. § 5313.

(f) General limitation. Unless law expressly authorizes otherwise, an officer or employee whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary may not receive gross pay below $3,293 or above Executive Schedule level II under 5 U.S.C. § 5313. The minimum-rate limit does not apply to a Capitol Police member or civilian employee whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary.