# § 1847. Authorization to fix basic rate of compensation for certain positions
August 21, 1959*Provided*
On and after , the Architect of the Capitol is authorized, without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, to fix the compensation of four positions under the appropriation “Salaries, Office of the Architect of the Capitol”, of two positions under the appropriation “Capitol Buildings”, and of one position under the appropriation “House Office Buildings” at a basic rate of $8,200 per annum each: , That this provision shall not be applicable to the positions of Architect or Assistant Architect.August 21, 1959
On and after , the Architect of the Capitol is authorized, without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, to fix the compensation of one position under the appropriation “Senate Office Buildings”, at a basic rate of $8,200 per annum.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 86–176, Aug. 21, 1959, 73 Stat. 407; Pub. L. 89–309, ch. VII, Oct. 31, 1965, 79 Stat. 1147; Pub. L. 90–206, title II, § 214(p), Dec. 16, 1967, 81 Stat. 638; Pub. L. 90–239, ch. IV, Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 775; Pub. L. 94–157, title I, ch. IV, Dec. 18, 1975, 89 Stat. 835; Pub. L. 101–163, title I, § 106(c), Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1056.)
## Editorial Notes
### Codification
Section was classified to section 166b–3 of former Title 40, prior to the enactment of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, by , , .
“Chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5” substituted for “the Classification Act of 1949, as amended” in text on authority of , , , the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
### Amendments
1989— substituted “four positions” for “three positions” and “Architect or Assistant Architect” for “Architect, Assistant Architect, or Second Assistant Architect of the Capitol”.
1975— increased to two positions from one position the number of positions under the appropriation “Capitol Buildings”.
1968— increased the compensation of one position under appropriation “Senate Office Buildings” from “$7,700” to “$8,200”.
1967— increased the compensation from $7,700 to $8,200 per annum each of the three positions under the appropriation “Salaries, Office of the Architect of the Capitol”, of one position under the appropriation “Capitol Buildings”, and of one position under the appropriation “House Office Buildings”.
1965— increased the compensation of one position under appropriation “Senate Office Buildings” from $7,020 to $7,700.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date of 1967 Amendment
Amendment by effective as of beginning of first pay period which begins on or after , see , set out as a note under , Government Organization and Employees.