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Title 2 — The Congress

Part B · Chapter 45 — Congressional Pay and Benefits

§ 4556. State income tax withholding; definitions

Statutory text

For purposes of section 4555 of this title and this section—

(1)

the term “State” means any of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States;

(2)

the term “Member” means a Member of the House of Representatives, the Delegates from the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico; and

(3)

the term “legislative days” does not include any calendar day on which the House of Representatives is not in session.

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. 94–440 title II § 101 · 90 Stat. 1439

    Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 4556

    (Pub. L. 94–440, title II, § 101, Oct. 1, 1976, 90 Stat. 1448.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 94–440, title II, § 101, Oct. 1, 1976, 90 Stat. 1448.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 101. (a) Effective October 1, 1976, section 105(d)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968, as amended and modified, 2 USC 61–1. is amended by striking out “calendar year” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “fiscal year”. (b) Subject to the provisions of section 105(d)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968, as amended and modified, the amount of accrued surplus available to any Senator under section 105(d)(1) of such Act at the close of September 30, 1976, shall be available to that Senator during the period beginning on October 1, 1976, and ending on December 31, 1976, for the purposes of fixing the number and rates of compensation of employees in his office.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

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

Section is based on section 2 of House Resolution No. 732, Ninety-fourth Congress, , which was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 94–440.

Credits

(Pub. L. 94–440, title II, § 101, , 90 Stat. 1448.)

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