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Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73not60

§10205 Service Step Adjustments

Title 5 › Part III— EMPLOYEES › Subpart I— Miscellaneous › Chapter 102— UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE UNIFORMED DIVISION PERSONNEL › § 10205

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Gives members who are performing at an acceptable level an automatic move up one service step after they finish a set number of weeks in their current step. A "calendar week of active service" includes paid leave or other paid time off and any unpaid periods that, when added up, are less than a full 40-hour workweek. Members in steps 1–3 must move up after 52 calendar weeks in the step. Members in steps 4–11 must move up after 104 calendar weeks. Members in step 12 must move up after 156 calendar weeks. The increase starts at the beginning of the first pay period right after those weeks are completed.

Full Legal Text

Title 5, §10205

Government Organization and Employees — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In this section, the term “calendar week of active service” includes all periods of leave with pay or other paid time off, and periods of non-pay status which do not cumulatively equal one 40-hour workweek.
(b)Each member whose current performance is at an acceptable level of competence shall have a service step adjustment as follows:
(1)Each member in service step 1, 2, or 3 shall be advanced successively to the next higher service step at the beginning of the first pay period immediately following the completion of 52 calendar weeks of active service in the member’s service step.
(2)Each member in service step 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, or 11 shall be advanced successively to the next higher service step at the beginning of the first pay period immediately following the completion of 104 calendar weeks of active service in the member’s service step.
(3)Each member in service step 12 shall be advanced successively to the next higher service step at the beginning of the first pay period immediately following the completion of 156 calendar weeks of active service in the member’s service step.

Legislative History

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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective on first day of first pay period which begins after Oct. 15, 2010, see section 5 of Pub. L. 111–282, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2010 Amendment note under section 5102 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

5 U.S.C. § 10205

Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60