2 USC § 6652 - Compensation of employees of Chaplain of Senate

---
identifier: "/us/usc/t2/s6652"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "2 USC § 6652 - Compensation of employees of Chaplain of Senate"
title_number: 2
title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
section_number: "6652"
section_name: "Compensation of employees of Chaplain of Senate"
chapter_number: 65
chapter_name: "SENATE OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "CHAPLAIN"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 91–145, Dec. 12, 1969, 83 Stat. 340; Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(i) [title I, § 2(b)], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–290, 1329–294; Pub. L. 101–163, title I, § 10, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1046.)"
---


# § 6652. Compensation of employees of Chaplain of Senate

The Chaplain of the Senate may appoint and fix the compensation of such employees as he deems appropriate, except that the amount which may be paid for any fiscal year as gross compensation for personnel in such Office for any fiscal year shall not exceed $147,000.

---

**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–145, Dec. 12, 1969, 83 Stat. 340; Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(i) [title I, § 2(b)], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–290, 1329–294; Pub. L. 101–163, title I, § 10, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1046.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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

### Amendments

1989— substituted “such employees as he deems appropriate, except that the amount which may be paid for any fiscal year as gross compensation for personnel in such Office for any fiscal year shall not exceed $147,000” for “a secretary”.

1987— amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “The Chaplain may appoint and fix the compensation of a secretary at not to exceed $8,541 per annum.”

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Increases in Compensation

Increases in compensation for Senate officers and employees under authority of Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970 (), see Salary Directives of President pro tempore of the Senate, set out as notes under .