§4555 Withholding of State Income Tax by Chief Administrative Officer of House

Summary

The Chief Administrative Officer of the House must make written agreements with any State that asks, so the CAO can withhold State income tax from Members and employees who are subject to the tax and who ask to have it withheld. The CAO will send each proposed agreement to the House Committee on House Administration with details. If the committee does not disapprove the proposal within ten legislative days after getting it, the CAO may sign the agreement; if the committee disapproves, the CAO may not. The CAO also does not have to send the money to the State more often than once each calendar quarter. A Member or employee can only have one withholding request active at a time, and can have withholding for no more than two different States in any one calendar year. A request, a change of State, or a revocation becomes effective on the first day of the month when the CAO processes it, but never later than the first day of the next month after the CAO receives it. Special start rules apply when the CAO first makes an agreement with a State, when someone is first hired and requests withholding at appointment, or when a new Member requests withholding when taking the oath. These rules create no extra duties, burdens, or penalties on the United States, the House, or their officers and employees beyond what is written here. Anything filed with the CAO under these rules is treated as a paper of the House of Representatives.