{"data":{"id":"us/5-u.s.c.-10208","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 U.S.C. § 10208","heading":"Demotions","body":"When a member is changed or demoted from any rank to a lower rank, the Secretary may fix the member’s rate of basic pay at the rate of pay for any step in the lower rank which does not exceed the lowest step in the lower rank for which the rate of basic pay is equal to or greater than the member’s existing rate of basic pay.","path":["Title 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 102—UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE UNIFORMED DIVISION PERSONNEL"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc05@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:55:42Z","sha256":"2c74e391df8dab8f2d0ad367f598d547fbc0367e7b7eb36660f9e080f9ff4367","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/5-u.s.c.-10207","next":"us/5-u.s.c.-10209"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}