Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

2 U.S.C. § 6133

Chiefs of Staff for Senate Majority and Minority Leaders; appointment; compensation

(a)
There is established within the Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders the positions of Chief of Staff for the Majority Leader and Chief of Staff for the Minority Leader, respectively. Individuals appointed to such positions by the Majority Leader and Minority Leader, respectively, shall receive compensation at a rate fixed by the appropriate Leader.
(b)
Gross compensation for employees filling positions established by subsection (a) for the fiscal year ending , shall be paid out of any funds available in the Senate appropriation for such year under the item “Salaries, Officers and Employees”.

Pub. L. 101–163, title I, § 9103 Stat. 1046Pub. L. 116–94, div. E, title II, § 212(a)(3)(F)133 Stat. 2776(, , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

section 61h–7 of this titleSection was formerly classified to prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Pub. L. 101–163Section is based on Senate Resolution No. 89, One Hundredth Congress, , which was enacted into permanent law by .

Amendments

Pub. L. 116–942019—Subsec. (a). substituted “by the appropriate Leader.” for “by the appropriate Leader not to exceed the maximum annual rate of gross compensation of the Assistant Secretary of the Senate.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2019 Amendment

Pub. L. 116–94section 212(c) of Pub. L. 116–94section 282b of this titleAmendment 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 .

Effective Date

Pub. L. 101–163, title I, § 9103 Stat. 1046, , , provided that this section is effective on , the date on which Senate Resolution No. 89, One Hundredth Congress, was agreed to.