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Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees

Part III · Chapter 55 — Pay Administration

§ 5525. Allotment and assignment of pay

Statutory text

The head of each agency may establish procedures under which each employee of the agency is permitted to make allotments and assignments of amounts out of his pay for such purpose as the head of the agency considers appropriate. For purposes of this section, the term “agency” includes the Office of the Architect of the Capitol.

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. 89–554 · 80 Stat. 378

    Enacted · 5 U.S.C. § 5525

    Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 481

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 481

  2. Pub. L. 107–68 title I § 133(b)(1) · 115 Stat. 560

    Inserted · 5 U.S.C. § 5525

    Pub. L. 107–68 inserted at end “For purposes of this section, the term ‘agency’ includes the Office of the Architect of the Capitol.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 107–68 inserted at end “For purposes of this section, the term ‘agency’ includes the Office of the Architect of the Capitol.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) Section 5525 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: “for purposes of this section, the term ‘agency’ includes the Office of the Architect of the Capitol.”.

    Effective date note
    Pub. L. 107–68, title I, § 133(b)(2), Nov. 12, 2001, 115 Stat. 582, provided that: “The amendment made by paragraph (1) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to pay periods beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 12, 2001].”

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

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Historical and Revision Notes
DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large
 5 U.S.C. 3075.Sept. 26, 1961, Pub. L. 87–304, § 5, 75 Stat. 663.

Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2001—Pub. L. 107–68 inserted at end “For purposes of this section, the term ‘agency’ includes the Office of the Architect of the Capitol.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2001 Amendment

Pub. L. 107–68, title I, § 133(b)(2), , 115 Stat. 582, provided that: “The amendment made by paragraph (1) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to pay periods beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [].”

Credits

1966–2001 · 2 acts
  1. 1966Pub. L. 89–554, , 80 Stat. 481
  2. 2001Pub. L. 107–68, title I, § 133(b)(1), , 115 Stat. 582.
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(Pub. L. 89–554, , 80 Stat. 481; Pub. L. 107–68, title I, § 133(b)(1), , 115 Stat. 582.)

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