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Title 2 — The Congress

Part B · Chapter 45 — Congressional Pay and Benefits

§ 4551. Day for paying salaries of the House of Representatives

Statutory text

The usual day for paying salaries in or under the House of Representatives shall be the last day of each month, except that if the last day of a month falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or a legal public holiday, the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives shall pay such salaries on the first weekday which precedes the last day.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 107–68 title I § 116(a) · 115 Stat. 560

    Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 4551

    (Pub. L. 107–68, title I, § 116(a), Nov. 12, 2001, 115 Stat. 573.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 107–68, title I, § 116(a), Nov. 12, 2001, 115 Stat. 573.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) Day for Paying Salaries of the House of Representatives.— The usual day for paying salaries in or under the House of Representatives shall be the last day of each month, except that if the last day of a month falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or a legal public holiday, the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives shall pay such salaries on the first weekday which precedes the last day.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 60d–1 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 2002, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Pub. L. 107–68, title I, § 116(c), , 115 Stat. 573, provided that: “This section [enacting this section and repealing sections 60d, 60e, and 60e–1 of this title] and the amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to pay periods beginning after the expiration of the 1-year period which begins on the date of the enactment of this Act [].”

Credits

(Pub. L. 107–68, title I, § 116(a), , 115 Stat. 573.)

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