Title 50, War and National DefenseRelease 119-102
§3604 Additional Compensation
Title 50 › CHAPTER 47 — NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY › § 3604
Summary
U.S. citizens or nationals who work for the National Security Agency can get extra pay. The Secretary of Defense must make the rules for giving this pay, and the amount cannot be more than the extra pay allowed for employees whose base pay is set by law.
Full Legal Text
Title 50, §3604
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Officers and employees of the National Security Agency who are citizens or nationals of the United States may be granted additional compensation, in accordance with regulations which shall be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, not in excess of additional compensation authorized by section 5941 of title 5, for employees whose rates of basic compensation are fixed by statute.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified in a note under section 402 of this title prior to editorial reclassification as this section. In text, “section 5941 of title 5” substituted for “section 207 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1949, as amended (5 U.S.C. 118h)” on authority of Pub. L. 89–554, § 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631. section 1 of Pub. L. 89–554 enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Pub. L. 86–36, § 8,
May 29, 1959, 73 Stat. 64, provided that: “The foregoing provisions of this Act [see Tables for classification] shall take effect on the first day of the first pay period which begins later than the thirtieth day following the date of enactment of this Act [
May 29, 1959].”
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Citation
50 U.S.C. § 3604
Title 50, War and National Defense
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102