5 U.S.C. § 10208
Demotions
United States · Title 5 — GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES · Status: effective
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- 5 U.S.C. § 10208, Demotions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/427707
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When a member is changed or demoted from any rank to a lower rank, the Secretary may fix the member’s rate of basic pay at the rate of pay for any step in the lower rank which does not exceed the lowest step in the lower rank for which the rate of basic pay is equal to or greater than the member’s existing rate of basic pay.
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.
- United States Secret Service Uniformed Division Modernization Act of 2010House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally