Title 2, The CongressRelease 119-110
§1843 Obsolete References
Title 2 › CHAPTER 28 — ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL › SUBCHAPTER III — PERSONNEL › Part B — Compensation › § 1843
Summary
When a law or rule names a pay rate, pay range, job, or group for certain employees and that pay is a base pay to which the law adds extra pay, the law must be read to mean the yearly gross pay those employees would get, as calculated under the updated pay rule, beginning on the effective date.
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Title 2, §1843
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In any case in which—
(1)the rate of pay of, or any maximum or minimum rate of pay with respect to—
(A)any employee described in subparagraph (1) or subparagraph (2) of section 1841 of this title, or
(B)the position of such employee, or
(C)any class or group of such employees or positions,
is referred to in or provided by statute or other authority; and
(2)the rate so referred to or provided is a basic rate with respect to which additional pay is provided by law;
such statutory provision or authority shall be deemed to refer, in lieu of such basic rate, to the per annum gross rate which an employee receiving such basic rate immediately prior to the effective date of this section would receive, without regard to such statutory provision or authority, under section 1842 of this title on and after such date.
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References in Text
The
Effective Date
of this section, referred to in text, means immediately prior to noon on Jan. 3, 1971. See section 601(1) of Pub. L. 91–510, set out as an
Effective Date
of 1970 Amendment note under section 4301 of this title. Codification Section was classified to section 166b–1c 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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Citation
2 U.S.C. § 1843
Title 2, The Congress
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110