Title 2 — The CongressRelease 119-73
§298 Reductions in compensation level
Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 10— - CLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES › § 298
Summary
When a House employee at a pay level on the House Employees Schedule (HS) or House Wage Schedule (HWS) leaves and is later hired into a lower pay level, or when their job is moved to a lower level because of a reclassification, the committee must put them into a step in that lower pay level. The committee will choose which step it thinks is appropriate, whether or not there was a break in service.
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Title 2, §298
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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.
Legislative History
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Effective Date
Section effective Jan. 1, 1965, see section 17 of Pub. L. 88–652, set out as a note under section 291 of this title.
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Citation
2 U.S.C. § 298
Title 2 — The Congress
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73