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5 U.S.C. 8113: Increase or decrease of basic compensation

Created in 1966 by Public Law 89-554. Changed by 2 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

4 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 5 U.S.C. 8101, 5 U.S.C. 8143, 42 U.S.C. 239d, 42 U.S.C. 5055.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    1974

    • Pub. L. 93–416 struck out subsec. (b) which authorized the Secretary to prospectively recompute compensation because of decreased wage earning power after age 70, aside from injury, and redesignated subsec. (c) as (b). · (b), (c)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.