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§114 General Pay Limitation
Title 3 › CHAPTER 2 — OFFICE AND COMPENSATION OF PRESIDENT › § 114
Summary
Certain White House offices and Vice President employees appointed under section 106 may not be paid above the minimum GS‑16 pay rate in section 5332 of title 5, unless this chapter allows.
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Title 3, §114
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Notwithstanding any provision of law, other than the provisions of this chapter, no employee of the White House Office, the Executive Residence at the White House, the Domestic Policy Staff, or the Office of Administration, nor any employee under the Vice President appointed under section 106 of this title, may be paid at a rate of basic pay in excess of the minimum rate of basic pay then currently paid for GS–16 of the General Schedule of section 5332 of title 5.
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Section applicable to any fiscal year beginning on or after Oct. 1, 1978, see section 6(a) of Pub. L. 95–570, set out as an
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of 1978 Amendment note under section 102 of this title. References in Other Laws to GS–16, 17, or 18 Pay RatesReferences in laws to the rates of pay for GS–16, 17, or 18, or to maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I, § 101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101–509, set out in a note under section 5376 of Title 5.
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3 U.S.C. § 114
Title 3, The President
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Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102