§4537 — Title 2 The Congress | U.S. Code

Summary

A House employee can get a one-time lump-sum payment for unused annual leave or for another purpose if the proper employer approves. The amount cannot be more than the smaller of the employee’s monthly pay as set by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, or (for leave) the monthly pay divided by 30 and multiplied by the number of unused leave days. The payment uses the pay rate on the employee’s last workday. Money comes from different sources: a Member’s clerk-hire allowance for clerk-hire staff, committee appropriations for committee staff, and the employer’s appropriations for other staff. The House Oversight Committee can make rules to run this. “Employee of the House” means someone paid by the Clerk or the Chief Administrative Officer, but not uniformed or civilian support employees under the Capitol Police Board. Payments may be made for separations after June 30, 1995.

Title 2, §4537

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(a)Upon the approval of the appropriate employing authority, an employee of the House of Representatives may be paid a lump sum for the accrued annual leave of the employee or for any other purpose. The lump sum—

(1)shall be paid in an amount not more than the lesser of—

(A)the amount of the monthly pay of the employee, as determined by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives; or

(B)in the case of a lump sum payment for the accrued annual leave of the employee, the amount equal to the monthly pay of the employee, as determined by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, divided by 30, and multiplied by the number of days of the accrued annual leave of the employee;

(2)shall be paid—

(A)for clerk hire employees, from the clerk hire allowance of the Member;

(B)for committee employees, from amounts appropriated for committees; and

(C)for other employees, from amounts appropriated to the employing authority; and

(3)shall be based on the rate of pay in effect with respect to the employee on the last day of employment of the employee.

(b)The Committee on House Oversight shall have authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section.

(c)As used in this section, the term “employee of the House of Representatives” means an employee whose pay is disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, as applicable, except that such term does not include a uniformed or civilian support employee under the Capitol Police Board.

(d)Payments under this section may be made with respect to separations from employment taking place after June 30, 1995.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 60o of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1996, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996.

Amendments

1997—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–55, § 103(a)(1), (2), in introductory provisions, struck out “who is separated from employment,” after “House of Representatives” and substituted “of the employee or for any other purpose” for “of the employee”. Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 105–55, § 103(a)(3), substituted “in the case of a lump sum payment for the accrued annual leave of the employee, the amount” for “the amount”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Committee on House Oversight of House of Representatives changed to Committee on House Administration of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 6, 1999.

Effective Date

of 1997 Amendment Pub. L. 105–55, title I, § 103(b), Oct. 7, 1997, 111 Stat. 1183, provided that: “The

Amendments

made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply to fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 1997.”

§4537 Lump sum payment for accrued annual leave of House employees

Summary

Title 2, §4537

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Editorial Notes

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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Effective Date

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