2 U.S.C. § 4557: Withholding of charitable…

Summary

The Chief Administrative Officer of the House must tell House employees they can have money taken from their pay to give to charities. If an employee sends a voluntary request saying how much to withhold and which Combined Federal Campaign Center in the Washington metropolitan area should get it, the Officer must take that amount from the employee’s pay and send it to the named Center at least once each calendar quarter. Withholding cannot happen if the pay for a period is too small to cover the requested amount plus other withholdings. The smallest amount an employee can ask to have taken out is $0.50 for biweekly or semimonthly pay, and $1 for monthly pay. The rule should be carried out when possible around the time of the Combined Federal Campaign and similar executive-branch fundraisers. It creates no other duties or liabilities for the United States, the House, or their officers and employees, and any forms filed are treated as House papers.

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(a)Authority

Until otherwise provided by law and except as provided in subsection (c), the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives shall—

(1)notify employees of the opportunity to have amounts withheld from their compensation for contribution to charitable organizations; and

(2)if an employee files with such officer a voluntary request specifying the amount to be withheld and one Combined Federal Campaign Center in the Washington metropolitan area to receive such amount—

(A)withhold such amount from the compensation of such employee, and

(B)transmit (not less than once each calendar quarter) the amount so withheld to the Combined Federal Campaign Center as specified in such request.

(b)Time of fundraising activities

The Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives shall, to the extent practicable, carry out subsection (a) at or about the time of the Combined Federal Campaign and other fundraising in the executive branch of the Federal Government conducted pursuant to Executive Order 10927, dated March 18, 1961, and at such other times as such officer deems appropriate.

(c)Minimum amounts withheld

(1)No amount shall be withheld under subsection (a) from the compensation of any employee for any pay period if the amount of such compensation for such period is less than the sum of—

(A)the amount specified to be withheld from such compensation under subsection (a) for such period, plus

(B)the amount of all other withholdings from such compensation for such period.

(2)No amount may be specified by an employee to be withheld for any pay period under subsection (a) which is less than—

(A)50 cents, if the pay period of such individual is biweekly or semimonthly; or

(B)$1, if the pay period of such individual is monthly.

(d)Duty, burden, or requirement not imposed

This section imposes no duty, burden, or requirement upon the United States, the House of Representatives, or any officer or employee of the United States, except as specifically provided in this section. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to consent to the application of any provision of law which has the effect of subjecting the United States, the House of Representatives, or any officer or employee of the United States to any penalty or liability by reason of the provisions of this section. Any paper, form, document, or any other item filed with, or submitted to, the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives under this section is considered to be a paper of the House of Representatives within the provisions of the Rules of the House of Representatives.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Executive Order 10927, dated

March 18, 1961, referred to in subsec. (b), was revoked, and is covered, by Ex. Ord. No. 12353, Mar. 23, 1982, 47 F.R. 12785. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 60e–1c of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is based on section 1 of House Resolution No. 12, Ninety-fifth Congress,

August 5, 1977, which was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 95–391.

Amendments

1996—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(5)(A)(i), substituted “Chief Administrative Officer” for “Clerk” in introductory provisions. Subsecs. (b), (d). Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(5)(A)(ii), substituted “Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives” for “Clerk”.

§4557 Withholding of Charitable Contributions by Chief Administrative Officer of House