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§1846 Exemptions

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Summary

Lets some employees be left out of the earlier pay rules when their pay is set by certain pay systems. The exclusion covers workers paid under the classification and General Schedule rules (chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53, title 5), under prevailing‑rate systems (subchapter IV of chapter 53), paid hourly or per diem under the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 (46 Stat. 38; 55 Stat. 615), or paid at prevailing rates under sections 2042–2047 or section 208 of the First Supplemental Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1941 (54 Stat. 1056; Public No. 812, Seventy‑sixth Congress) for duties connected to the House of Representatives Restaurant.

Full Legal Text

Title 2, §1846

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Notwithstanding any other provision of sections 1841 to 1846 of this title, the foregoing provisions of such sections do not apply to any employee described in section 1841 of this title whose pay is fixed and adjusted—
(1)in accordance with chapter 51, and subchapter III of chapter 53, of title 5, relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates;
(2)in accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 53 of title 5, relating to prevailing rate pay systems;
(3)at per hour or per diem rates in accordance with section 3 of the Legislative Pay Act of 1929, as amended (46 Stat. 38; 55 Stat. 615), relating to employees performing professional and technical services for the Architect of the Capitol in connection with construction projects and employees under the Office of the Architect of the Capitol whose tenure of employment is temporary or of uncertain duration; or
(4)in accordance with prevailing rates under authority of sections 2042 to 2047 of this title, or section 208 of the First Supplemental Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1941 (54 Stat. 1056; Public, No. 812, Seventy-sixth Congress), relating to the duties of the Architect of the Capitol with respect to the House of Representatives Restaurant.

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section 3 of the Legislative Pay Act of 1929, referred to in par. (3), amended section 2 of the Classification Act of 1923, which was classified to section 662 of former Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. The Classification Act of 1923 was repealed and superseded by the Classification Act of 1949, Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, 63 Stat. 954, 972. The amendment of section 3 of the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 made by act Aug. 1, 1941, § 6, 55 Stat. 615, was not repealed by the Classification Act of 1949. See section 1202(7), 63 Stat. 973. section 208 of the First Supplemental Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1941, referred to in par. (4), means section 208 of act Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 780, title II, 54 Stat. 1056, which was classified to section 174k of former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 221(3)(B), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1748. Codification Section was classified to section 166b–1f of former Title 40, prior to the enactment of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, by Pub. L. 107–217, § 1, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062.

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Effective Date

Section effective immediately prior to noon on Jan. 3, 1971, see section 601(1) of Pub. L. 91–510, set out as an

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of 1970 Amendment note under section 4301 of this title.

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Citation

2 U.S.C. § 1846

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Apr 6, 2026

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