28 U.S.C. § 461 : US Code - Section 461: Adjustments in certain salaries

Search 28 U.S.C. § 461 : US Code - Section 461: Adjustments in certain salaries

(a)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), effective at the beginning of
the first applicable pay period commencing on or after the first
day of the month in which an adjustment takes effect under section
5303 of title 5 in the rates of pay under the General Schedule
(except as provided in subsection (b)), each salary rate which is
subject to adjustment under this section shall be adjusted by an
amount, rounded to the nearest multiple of $100 (or if midway
between multiples of $100, to the next higher multiple of $100)
equal to the percentage of such salary rate which corresponds to
the most recent percentage change in the ECI (relative to the date
described in the next sentence), as determined under section
704(a)(1) of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989. The appropriate date
under this sentence is the first day of the fiscal year in which
such adjustment in the rates of pay under the General Schedule
takes effect.
(2) In no event shall the percentage adjustment taking effect
under paragraph (1) in any calendar year (before rounding), in any
salary rate, exceed the percentage adjustment taking effect in such
calendar year under section 5303 of title 5 in the rates of pay
under the General Schedule.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to the extent it would reduce
the salary of any individual whose compensation may not, under
section 1 of article III of the Constitution of the United States,
be diminished during such individual's continuance in office.