§5503 Recess appointments

Summary

Money from the U.S. Treasury cannot be paid to someone who got a recess appointment to a job that began while the Senate was meeting and that by law needs Senate approval, until the Senate confirms that person. That rule does not apply if the vacancy started within 30 days before the session ended, if a different nomination for the job was pending at the session’s end, or if a nomination was rejected within 30 days before the end and a different person then gets the recess appointment. If one of those three situations applies, a nomination to fill the vacancy must be sent to the Senate no later than 40 days after the next session begins.