---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 6156"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "6156"
heading: "Appointment and compensation of employees by Secretary of Conference of Majority of Senate and Secretary of Conference of Minority of Senate"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/6156"
units:
  - "Chapter 61 — Senate Leadership"
  - "Subchapter IV — Majority and Minority Secretaries, Conferences, and Policy Committees"
---

# §6156. Appointment and compensation of employees by Secretary of Conference of Majority of Senate and Secretary of Conference of Minority of Senate


Effective October 1, 1979, the Secretary of the Conference of the Majority and the Secretary of the Conference of the Minority are each authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of such [employees](/usc/2/4558.md?p=2) as they deem appropriate: Provided, That the gross compensation paid to such [employees](/usc/2/4558.md?p=2) shall not exceed $70,000 each fiscal year for each Secretary.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 96–38, title I, § 102, July 25, 1979, 93 Stat. 111.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 61g–4 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Section is from the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1979.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Increases in Compensation

Increases in compensation for Senate officers and employees under authority of Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970 (Pub. L. 91–656), see Salary Directives of President pro tempore of the Senate, set out as notes under section 4571 of this title.