---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 10207"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "10207"
heading: "Promotions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/10207"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart I — Miscellaneous"
  - "Chapter 102 — United States Secret Service Uniformed Division Personnel"
---

# §10207. Promotions

- (a) **In General.—** Each [member](/usc/5/8401.md?p=20) who is promoted to a higher rank shall receive [basic pay](/usc/5/8401.md?p=4) at the same step at which such [member](/usc/5/8401.md?p=20) was being compensated prior to the date of the promotion.
- (b) **Credit for Service.—** For the purposes of a [service](/usc/5/8401.md?p=26) step adjustment under [section 10205](/usc/5/10205.md), periods of [service](/usc/5/8401.md?p=26) at the lower rank shall be credited in the same manner as if it was [service](/usc/5/8401.md?p=26) at the rank to which the [employee](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) is promoted.

## 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.