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§4506 Death Gratuity Payments as Gifts
Title 2 › CHAPTER 45 — CONGRESSIONAL PAY AND BENEFITS › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL › Part A — Amount and Type › § 4506
Summary
Death gratuity payments from Congress, House accounts, or the Senate contingent fund must be treated as gifts.
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Title 2, §4506
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Any death gratuity payment at any time specifically appropriated by any Act of Congress or at any time made out of the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives or the contingent fund of the Senate shall be held to have been a gift.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified identically to section 38b and 125a of this title. section 38b was omitted from the Code and section 125a was editorially reclassified and renumbered as this section.
Amendments
1996—Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “applicable accounts of the House of Representatives or the contingent fund” for “contingent fund of the House of Representatives or”.
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2 U.S.C. § 4506
Title 2, The Congress
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102