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Title 5, Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-110

§10205 Service Step Adjustments

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

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Moves a member up one service step after they spend a set number of weeks in their current step, if their job performance is acceptable. A "calendar week of active service" counts weeks that include paid leave or other paid time off, and it still counts if any unpaid time in the week does not add up to a full 40-hour workweek. Members in steps 1–3 move up after 52 calendar weeks in that step. Members in steps 4–11 move up after 104 calendar weeks in that step. Members in step 12 move up after 156 calendar weeks in that step. The step change happens at the start of the first pay period after the required weeks are completed.

Full Legal Text

Title 5, §10205

Government Organization and Employees, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Definition.—
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)Adjustments.—
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

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

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

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110