§ 4559. Certification of indebtedness of employees of House; withholding of amount

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. 1958

   Pub. L. 85–492 · 72 Stat. 292

   Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 4559

   Pub. L. 85–492, July 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 293

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 85–492, July 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 293

2. 1996

   House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act

   Pub. L. 104–186 title II § 204(42) · 110 Stat. 1718

   1. Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 4559

      Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “and fails to pay the indebtedness, the chairman of the committee or the elected officer of the House of Representatives that has jurisdiction over the activity under which the indebtedness arises may certify to the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives the amount of the indebtedness” for “, or to the trust fund account in the office of the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, and such employee fails to pay such indebtedness, the chairman of the committee, or the elected officer, of the House of Representatives having jurisdiction of the activity under which such indebtedness arose, is authorized to certify to the Clerk of the House of Representatives the amount of such indebtedness” in second and last sentences

   2. Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 4559

      Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “Chief Administrative Officer” for “Clerk” in second and last sentences

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “and fails to pay the indebtedness, the chairman of the committee or the elected officer of the House of Representatives that has jurisdiction over the activity under which the indebtedness arises may certify to the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives the amount of the indebtedness” for “, or to the trust fund account in the office of the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, and such employee fails to pay such indebtedness, the chairman of the committee, or the elected officer, of the House of Representatives having jurisdiction of the activity under which such indebtedness arose, is authorized to certify to the Clerk of the House of Representatives the amount of such indebtedness” in first sentence and “Chief Administrative Officer” for “Clerk” in second and last sentences.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (42) (A) The first sentence of the first section of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Clerk of the House of Representatives to withhold certain amounts due employees of the House of Representatives”, approved July 2, 1958 (2 U.S.C. 89a), is amended by striking out “, or to the trust fund” and all that follows through the end of the sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “and fails to pay the indebtedness, the chairman of the committee or the elected officer of the House of Representatives that has jurisdiction over the activity under which the indebtedness arises may certify to the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives the amount of the indebtedness.”. (B) The second and fourth sentences of such first section are each amended by striking out “Clerk” and inserting in lieu thereof “Chief Administrative Officer”.

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