Title 2 — The CongressRelease 119-73not60
§197 Compensation of Employees
Title 2 › Chapter 6— CONGRESSIONAL AND COMMITTEE PROCEDURE; INVESTIGATIONS › § 197
Summary
Pay for jobs funded by money set aside for Senate inquiries or for House special or select committees must not be higher than the rates in chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5. The $3,600 salary cap on those funds is repealed.
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Title 2, §197
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The rate of compensation for any position under the appropriations now available for, or hereafter made for, expenses of inquiries and investigations of the Senate or expenses of special and select committees of the House of Representatives shall not exceed the rates fixed under chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, for positions with comparable duties; and the salary limitations of $3,600 attached to appropriations heretofore made for expenses of inquiries and investigations of the Senate or for expenses of special and select committees of the House of Representatives are repealed.
Legislative History
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Editorial Notes
Codification “Chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5” substituted in text for “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, Government Organization and Employees.
Amendments
1949—Act Oct. 28, 1949, substituted “Classification Act of 1949” for “Classification Act of 1923”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Repeals
Act Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, cited as a credit to this section, was repealed (subject to a savings clause) by Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, § 8, 80 Stat. 632, 655.
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Citation
2 U.S.C. § 197
Title 2 — The Congress
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Apr 3, 2026
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