5 USC § 10206 - Technician positions

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title: "5 USC § 10206 - Technician positions"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "10206"
section_name: "Technician positions"
chapter_number: 102
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE UNIFORMED DIVISION PERSONNEL"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EMPLOYEES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 111–282, § 2(a), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 3037.)"
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# § 10206. Technician positions

**(a)** **In General.—**

**(1)** Each member whose position is determined under section 10202(a)(3) to be included as a technician position shall, on or after such date, receive, in addition to the member’s scheduled rate of basic pay, an amount equal to 6 percent of the sum of such member’s rate of basic pay and the applicable locality-based comparability payment.

**(2)** A member described in this subsection shall receive the additional compensation authorized by this subsection until such time as the member’s position is determined under section 10202(a)(3) not to be a technician position, or until the member no longer occupies such position, whichever occurs first.

**(3)** The additional compensation authorized by this subsection shall be paid to a member in the same manner and at the same time as the member’s basic pay is paid.

**(b)** **Exceptions.—**

**(1)** Except as provided in paragraph (2), the additional compensation authorized by subsection (a)(1) shall be considered as basic pay for all purposes, including section 8401(4).

**(2)** The additional compensation authorized by subsection (a)(1) shall not be considered as basic pay for the purposes of—

**(A)** section 5304; or

**(B)** section 7511(a)(4).

**(3)** The loss of the additional compensation authorized by subsection (a)(1) shall not constitute an adverse action for the purposes of section 7512.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 111–282, § 2(a), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 3037.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on first day of first pay period which begins after , see , set out as an Effective Date of 2010 Amendment note under .