---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 4509"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "4509"
heading: "Longevity compensation not applicable to individuals paid by Secretary of Senate; savings provision"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/4509"
units:
  - "Chapter 45 — Congressional Pay and Benefits"
  - "Subchapter I — General"
  - "Part A — Amount and Type"
---

# §4509. Longevity compensation not applicable to individuals paid by Secretary of Senate; savings provision


[Section 4507 of this title](/usc/2/4507.md) on or after October 1, 1983 shall not apply to any individual whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate; except that, any individual who prior to such date was entitled to longevity compensation under such section on the basis of service performed prior to such date shall continue to be entitled to such compensation, but no individual shall accrue any longevity compensation on the basis of service performed on or after such date.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–51, title I, § 107, July 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 267.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 60j–4 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriation Act, 1984, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1984.