Title 2, The CongressRelease 119-102

§1853 Exemption of Officers and Employees of Architect of Capitol From Certain Federal Pay Provisions

Title 2 › CHAPTER 28 — ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL › SUBCHAPTER III — PERSONNEL › Part B — Compensation › § 1853

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

If the Architect of the Capitol can set pay for certain employee groups under section 3 of the Legislative Pay Act of 1929, as amended (46 Stat. 38; 55 Stat. 615), and those groups do not have to follow the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, then those employees may also be paid without following chapter 51 or subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5.

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Title 2, §1853

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The classes of employees whose compensation is authorized by section 3 of the Legislative Pay Act of 1929, as amended (46 Stat. 38; 55 Stat. 615), to be fixed by the Architect of the Capitol without regard to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, are authorized to be compensated without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5.

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section 3 of the Legislative Pay Act of 1929, as amended (40 Stat. 38; 55 Stat. 615), referred to in text, which was an amendment of the Classification Act of 1923 and which was classified to section 662 of former Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees, was repealed by section 1202 of the Classification Act of 1949, Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, 63 Stat. 972. The Classification Act of 1923, referred to in text, is act Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 265, 42 Stat. 1488, as amended, which was classified to section 661 et seq. of such former Title 5, and was repealed by section 1202 of the Classification Act of 1949. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 60e–2a of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is comprised of section 204(a) of act Oct. 28, 1949. Subsections (b) and (c) of such section were repealed by Pub. L. 89–554, § 8, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 655, and reenacted as section 5102(d) and 5103 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Section was classified to section 1084(a) of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5 by Pub. L. 89–554, § 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378. “Chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5” substituted in text for “this Act”, referring to the Classification Act of 1949, on authority of section 7(b) of Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, section 1 of which enacted Title 5.

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2 U.S.C. § 1853

Title 2, The Congress

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Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102