---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 10206"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "10206"
heading: "Technician positions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/10206"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart I — Miscellaneous"
  - "Chapter 102 — United States Secret Service Uniformed Division Personnel"
---

# §10206. Technician positions

- (a) **In General.—**
  - (1) Each [member](/usc/5/8401.md?p=20) whose [position](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-3) is determined under [section 10202(a)(3)](/usc/5/10202.md?p=a-3) to be included as a technician [position](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-3) shall, on or after such date, receive, in addition to the [member](/usc/5/8401.md?p=20)’s scheduled rate of [basic pay](/usc/5/8401.md?p=4), an amount equal to 6 percent of the sum of such [member](/usc/5/8401.md?p=20)’s rate of [basic pay](/usc/5/8401.md?p=4) and the applicable locality-based comparability payment.
  - (2) A [member](/usc/5/8401.md?p=20) described in this subsection shall receive the additional compensation authorized by this subsection until such time as the [member](/usc/5/8401.md?p=20)’s [position](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-3) is determined under [section 10202(a)(3)](/usc/5/10202.md?p=a-3) not to be a technician [position](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-3), or until the [member](/usc/5/8401.md?p=20) no longer occupies such [position](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-3), whichever occurs first.
  - (3) The additional compensation authorized by this subsection shall be paid to a [member](/usc/5/8401.md?p=20) in the same manner and at the same time as the [member](/usc/5/8401.md?p=20)’s [basic pay](/usc/5/8401.md?p=4) is paid.
- (b) **Exceptions.—**
  - (1) Except as provided in [paragraph (2)](#b-2), the additional compensation authorized by [subsection (a)(1)](#a-1) shall be considered as [basic pay](/usc/5/8401.md?p=4) for all purposes, including [section 8401(4)](/usc/5/8401.md?p=4).
  - (2) The additional compensation authorized by [subsection (a)(1)](#a-1) shall not be considered as [basic pay](/usc/5/8401.md?p=4) for the purposes of—
    - (A) [section 5304](/usc/5/5304.md); or
    - (B) [section 7511(a)(4)](/usc/5/7511.md?p=a-4).
  - (3) The [loss](/usc/5/8401.md?p=18) of the additional compensation authorized by [subsection (a)(1)](#a-1) shall not constitute an adverse action for the purposes of section 7512.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 111–282, § 2(a), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 3037.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on first day of first pay period which begins after Oct. 15, 2010, see section 5 of Pub. L. 111–282, set out as an Effective Date of 2010 Amendment note under section 5102 of this title.