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§1962b–5 Compensation of Members and Chairmen

Title 42 › CHAPTER 19B — WATER RESOURCES PLANNING › SUBCHAPTER II — RIVER BASIN COMMISSIONS › § 1962b–5

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

People appointed from federal departments or agencies cannot get extra pay for serving on a river basin commission. They keep getting their regular agency salary from that agency’s funds while doing commission work. Members appointed by States or interstate agencies are paid by the State or agency that appointed them. The President sets the chairman’s yearly pay. If full‑time, it cannot be more than the top GS‑18 rate. If intermittent, pay is up to $100 a day and no more than $12,000 in any year.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §1962b–5

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Additional compensation prohibited to members appointed from Federal departments, agencies, and international commissions
Any member of a river basin commission appointed pursuant to section 1962b–1(b) and (e) of this title shall receive no additional compensation by virtue of his membership on the commission, but shall continue to receive, from appropriations made for the agency from which he is appointed, the salary of his regular position when engaged in the performance of the duties vested in the commission.
(b)Compensation of members from States and interstate agencies
Members of a commission, appointed pursuant to section 1962b–1(c) and (d) of this title, shall each receive such compensation as may be provided by the States or the interstate agency respectively, which they represent.
(c)Compensation of chairman
The per annum compensation of the chairman of each river basin commission shall be determined by the President, but when employed on a full-time annual basis shall not exceed the maximum scheduled rate for grade GS–18 or when engaged in the performance of the commission’s duties on an intermittent basis such compensation shall be not more than $100 per day and shall not exceed $12,000 in any year.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 1962b–5

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110