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§364 Provision relating to certain other pay adjustments

Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 11— - CITIZENS’ COMMISSION ON PUBLIC SERVICE AND COMPENSATION › § 364

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Pay increases for offices or jobs covered by subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), or (D) of section 356 must not start until the next Congress begins after the Congress that passed the increase. A law passed between the Tuesday after the first Monday in November of an even-numbered year and noon on January 3 is treated as if it was passed in the first session of the next Congress. Three exceptions do not follow that delay: increases that take effect under earlier sections of this chapter; increases tied to the Employment Cost Index (as determined under section 704(a)(1) of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989) or that replace such an index-based adjustment; and increases that take effect under section 702 or 703 of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989.

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Title 2, §364

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(1)A provision of law increasing the rate of pay payable for an office or position within the purview of subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of section 356 of this title shall not take effect before the beginning of the Congress following the Congress during which such provision is enacted.
(2)For purposes of this section, a provision of law enacted during the period beginning on the Tuesday following the first Monday of November of an even-numbered year of any Congress and ending at noon on the following January 3 shall be considered to have been enacted during the first session of the following Congress.
(3)Nothing in this section shall be considered to apply with respect to any pay increase—
(A)which takes effect under the preceding sections of this chapter;
(B)which is based on a change in the Employment Cost Index (as determined under section 704(a)(1) of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989) or which is in lieu of any pay adjustment which might otherwise be made in a year based on a change in such index (as so determined); or
(C)which takes effect under section 702 or 703 of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989.

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section 702, 703, and 704(a)(1) of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, referred to in par. (3)(B), (C), are section 702, 703, and 704(a)(1) of Pub. L. 101–194 which are set out as notes under section 5303 and 5318 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

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2 U.S.C. § 364

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73