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2 USC § 6534 - Compensation of Assistant Secretary of Senate 

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title: "2 USC § 6534 - Compensation of Assistant Secretary of Senate"
title_number: 2
title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
section_number: "6534"
section_name: "Compensation of Assistant Secretary of Senate"
chapter_number: 65
chapter_name: "SENATE OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "SECRETARY OF THE SENATE"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Organization and Personnel"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 91–145, Dec. 12, 1969, 83 Stat. 340; Pub. L. 93–371, § 4, Aug. 13, 1974, 88 Stat. 429; Pub. L. 94–59, title I, § 105, July 25, 1975, 89 Stat. 275; Pub. L. 116–94, div. E, title II, § 212(a)(3)(A), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2775.)"
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# § 6534. Compensation of Assistant Secretary of Senate

The Assistant Secretary of the Senate may be paid at a maximum annual rate of compensation not to exceed $39,000.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–145, Dec. 12, 1969, 83 Stat. 340; Pub. L. 93–371, § 4, Aug. 13, 1974, 88 Stat. 429; Pub. L. 94–59, title I, § 105, July 25, 1975, 89 Stat. 275; Pub. L. 116–94, div. E, title II, § 212(a)(3)(A), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2775.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to  prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

### Amendments

2019— repealed . See 1975 Amendment note below.

1975—, which substituted “$39,000” for “$37,620”, effective , was repealed by . See above.

1974— substituted provision setting maximum annual rate of compensation of Assistant Secretary at not to exceed $37,620, for provisions authorizing Secretary of Senate to fix the compensation of Assistant Secretary at not to exceed $11,826 per annum, effective .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Assistant Secretary of the Senate deemed successor in references to Chief Clerk of Senate in all laws, rules, resolutions, and orders, effective , under provisions of , , .

### Effective Date of 2019 Amendment

Amendment by  effective on the later of the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after , or the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after , see , set out as a note under .

### 1974 Adjustment in Compensation Not To Supersede Adjustments in Compensation or Limitations by President Pro Tempore of the Senate

Adjustment in compensation by  not to supersede order of President pro tempore of the Senate authorizing higher rate of compensation or any authority of the President pro tempore to adjust rates of compensation or limitations under section 4 of the Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970, see , set out in part as a note under .

### Increases in Compensation

Increases in compensation of Assistant Secretary of the Senate under authority of Federal Salary Act of 1967 () and Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970 (), see , and Salary Directives of President pro tempore of the Senate, set out as notes under that section.