2 U.S.C. § 5502
House emergency operations positions
United States · Title 2 — THE CONGRESS · Status: effective
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- 2 U.S.C. § 5502, House emergency operations positions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/423728
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Effective with respect to fiscal year 2002 and each succeeding fiscal year, there are hereby established 2 additional positions in each of the following offices of the House of Representatives:
The duty of the personnel appointed to a position established under this section shall be to ensure the continuity of the operations of the House of Representatives during periods of emergency, in accordance with the direction of the head of the office in which the position is established.
The annual rate of pay provided for a position established under this section shall be determined by the head of the office in which the position is established.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the head of the office in which a position is established under this section shall have the exclusive authority to appoint personnel to such a position.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002House: 374–52Senate: no recorded tally