Title 2, The CongressRelease 119-110
§4534 Obsolete References in Existing Law to Basic Pay Rates
Title 2 › CHAPTER 45 — CONGRESSIONAL PAY AND BENEFITS › SUBCHAPTER II — HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES › Part A — Amount and Type › § 4534
Summary
If a law or House resolution names a basic pay rate, a pay range, or a class of jobs paid by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House, and that basic rate is one that has other pay added by law, the law or resolution must be read to mean the annual gross pay that an employee who had that basic rate immediately before this rule took effect would receive under section 334 on and after that date.
Full Legal Text
Title 2, §4534
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In any case in which—
(1)the rate of pay of any employee or position, or class of employees or positions, the pay for whom or for which is disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, or any maximum or minimum rate with respect to any such employee, position, or class, is referred to in or provided by statute or House resolution; 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 resolution 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 resolution, under section 334 of this title on and after such date.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
section 334 of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 210(3)(A), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1743. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 335 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Amendments
1996—Par. (1). Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “Chief Administrative Officer” for “Clerk”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective 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.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
2 U.S.C. § 4534
Title 2, The Congress
Last Updated
Sep 23, 2026
Release point: 119-110