Title 2 — The CongressRelease 119-73
§4536 Student loan repayment program for House employees
Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 45— - CONGRESSIONAL PAY AND BENEFITS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES › Part Part A— - Amount and Type › § 4536
Summary
The Chief Administrative Officer must create a program that lets a House office agree to help pay an employee’s education costs. A House office may pay off an employee’s past student loans, pay or reimburse education and professional development expenses, and pay or reimburse credentialing, licensing, or certification costs. House Members (including Delegates and the Resident Commissioner) are not treated as employees. All payments to any one person from all House offices cannot exceed $80,000. The Committee on House Administration must write rules to run the program. Money may be appropriated as needed for fiscal year 2003 and each succeeding fiscal year.
Full Legal Text
Title 2, §4536
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(a)(1)The Chief Administrative Officer shall establish a program under which an employing office of the House of Representatives may agree—
(A)to repay (by direct payment on behalf of the employee) any student loan previously taken out by an employee of the office;
(B)to make direct payments on behalf of an employee of the office or to reimburse an employee of the office for expenses paid by the employee for the employee’s educational and professional development; and
(C)to make direct payments on behalf of an employee of the office or to reimburse an employee of the office for credentialing, professional accreditation, professional licensure, and professional certification expenses paid by the employee.
(2)For purposes of this section, a Member of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) shall not be considered to be an employee of the House of Representatives.
(b)The aggregate amount of payments made on behalf of any individual under the program under this section by all employing offices of the House of Representatives may not exceed $80,000.
(c)The Committee on House Administration shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the program under this section.
(d)There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the program under this section during fiscal year 2003 and each succeeding fiscal year.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 60c–6 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is from the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003, which is div. H of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003.
Amendments
2022—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–328 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Chief Administrative Officer shall establish a program under which an employing office of the House of Representatives may agree to repay (by direct payment on behalf of the employee) any student loan previously taken out by an employee of the office. For purposes of this section, a Member of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) shall not be considered to be an employee of the House of Representatives.” 2020—Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 116–260 added subsec. (b) and redesignated former subsecs. (b) and (c) as (c) and (d), respectively.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2022 Amendment Pub. L. 117–328, div. I, title I, § 114(b), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 4923, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to payments made during fiscal year 2023 or any succeeding fiscal year.”
Effective Date
of 2020 Amendment Pub. L. 116–260, div. I, title I, § 114(b)(1), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 1636, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2021 and each succeeding fiscal year.” Permitting Additional Payments on Behalf of Individuals Whose Payments Reached Prior Limit Pub. L. 116–260, div. I, title I, § 114(b)(2), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 1636, provided that: “In promulgating
Regulations
to carry out the amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section], the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives shall include
Regulations
to permit payments to be made under the program under section 105 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 4536) on behalf of an individual who— “(A) is an employee of an employing office of the House during fiscal year 2021 or any succeeding fiscal year; “(B) prior to fiscal year 2021, had payments made on the individual’s behalf under the program under such section; and “(C) prior to fiscal year 2021, became ineligible to have payments made on the individual’s behalf under the program because the aggregate amount of the payments made on the individual’s behalf under the program reached the limit on such aggregate amount which (under
Regulations
promulgated by the Committee) was in effect prior to fiscal year 2021.”
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Citation
2 U.S.C. § 4536
Title 2 — The Congress
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Apr 6, 2026
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