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§4577 Availability of Appropriations During First Three Months of Any Fiscal Year for Aggregate of Payments of Gross Compensation Made to Employees From Senate Appropriation Account for “salaries, Officers and Employees”
Title 2 › CHAPTER 45 — CONGRESSIONAL PAY AND BENEFITS › SUBCHAPTER III — SENATE › Part A — Amount and Type › § 4577
Summary
During the first three months of each fiscal year beginning October 1, 1984, the total gross pay to employees charged to any line-item in the Senate "Salaries, Officers and Employees" account must not be more than 25% of that line-item’s total yearly amount. The rule does not apply to the line items for "Administrative, clerical, and legislative assistance to Senators" or for "Agency contributions."
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Title 2, §4577
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At no time during the first three months of any fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year which begins October 1, 1984) shall the aggregate of payments of gross compensation made to employees out of any line item appropriation within the Senate appropriation account for “Salaries, Officers and Employees” (other than the line item appropriations, within such account for “Administrative, clerical, and legislative assistance to Senators” and for “Agency contributions”) exceed twenty-five per centum of the total amount available for such line item appropriations for such fiscal year.
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Codification Section was formerly classified to section 61–1b of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriation Act, 1985, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1985.
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2 U.S.C. § 4577
Title 2, The Congress
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Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102