---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 1844"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "1844"
heading: "Savings provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/1844"
units:
  - "Chapter 28 — Architect of the Capitol"
  - "Subchapter III — Personnel"
  - "Part B — Compensation"
---

# §1844. Savings provisions


The provisions of sections [1841](/usc/2/1841.md) to [1846](/usc/2/1846.md) of this title shall not be construed to—

- (1) limit or otherwise affect any authority for the making of any appointment to, or for fixing or adjusting the pay for, the position of any [employee](/usc/2/4558.md?p=2) described in subparagraph (1) or subparagraph (2) of [section 1841 of this title](/usc/2/1841.md);
- (2) affect the continuity of employment of, or reduce the pay of, any [employee](/usc/2/4558.md?p=2) holding any position referred to in subparagraph (1) of this section; or
- (3) modify, change, supersede, or otherwise affect the provisions of sections [5504](/usc/5/5504.md) and [6101(a)(5)](/usc/5/6101.md?p=a-5) of title 5, insofar as such sections relate to the Office of the Architect of the Capitol.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 91–510, title IV, § 484, Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1197.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was classified to section 166b–1d of former Title 40, prior to the enactment of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, by Pub. L. 107–217, § 1, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective immediately prior to noon on Jan. 3, 1971, see section 601(1) of Pub. L. 91–510, set out as an Effective Date of 1970 Amendment note under section 4301 of this title.