Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§3645 Deduction from basic pay of amounts due for supplies or services
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Summary
The Commission can take money out of an officer’s or employee’s regular pay to cover amounts they owe to the Commission or its contractors for travel, room and board, supplies, or other services. The Commission can then pay that money to the contractor or put it back into the fund that covered the cost.
Full Legal Text
Title 22, §3645
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The Commission may deduct from the basic pay otherwise payable by the Commission to any officer or employee of the Commission any amount due from the officer or employee to the Commission or to any contractor of the Commission for transportation, board, supplies, or any other service. Any amount so deducted may be paid by the Commission to any contractor to whom it is due or may be credited by the Commission to any fund from which the Commission has expended such amount.
Legislative History
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Amendments
1996—Pub. L. 104–106 substituted “fund” for “appropriation”.
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22 U.S.C. § 3645
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73