2 U.S.C. § 4594: Withholding and remittance of…

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The Secretary of the Senate can make a deal with a State to withhold and send State income tax from paychecks the Secretary pays. The deal is allowed only if the State’s law generally requires employers to withhold income tax and that rule applies to residents of the State. An employee paid by the Secretary must ask the Secretary to withhold for the State. Withheld amounts follow the State rules that apply to employers. An employee can have only one withholding request at a time and no more than two different-State requests in the same calendar year. A request starts on the first day of the next month after the Senate Disbursing Office gets it, except the Secretary may set a start date when first making an agreement with a State, and a new appointee’s request can start on the day of appointment if made then. Changes or revocations take effect the first day of the next month after the Disbursing Office receives them. The Secretary may remit withheld sums no more often than once each calendar quarter and may make rules to run the program. Nothing here creates extra duties, penalties, or liabilities for the United States, the Senate, or their officers or employees beyond what this text says. Any paper filed with the Secretary under these rules is a Senate paper under rule XXX of the Standing Rules of the Senate. “State” means any State and the District of Columbia.

Title 2, §4594

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(a)Agreement by Secretary with appropriate State official; covered individuals

Whenever—

(1)the law of any State provides for the collection of an income tax by imposing upon employers generally the duty of withholding sums from the compensation of employees and remitting such sums to the authorities of such State; and

(2)such duty to withhold is imposed generally with respect to the compensation of employees who are residents of such State;

then the Secretary of the Senate is authorized, in accordance with the provisions of this section, to enter into an agreement with the appropriate official of that State to provide for the withholding and remittance of sums for individuals—

(A)whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary; and

(B)who request the Secretary to make such withholdings for remittance to that State.

(b)Number of remittances authorized

Any agreement entered into under subsection (a) of this section shall not require the Secretary to remit such sums more often than once each calendar quarter.

(c)Requests by individuals of Secretary for withholding and remittance; amount of withholding; number and effective date of requests; change of designated State; revocation of request; rules and regulations

(1)An individual whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary may request the Secretary to withhold sums from his pay for remittance to the appropriate authorities of the State that he designates. Amounts of withholdings shall be made in accordance with those provisions of the law of that State which apply generally to withholding by employers.

(2)An individual may have in effect at any time only one request for withholdings, and he may not have more than two such requests in effect with respect to different States during any one calendar year. The request for withholdings is effective on the first day of the first month commencing after the day on which the request is received in the Disbursing Office of the Senate, except that—

(A)when the Secretary first enters into an agreement with a State, a request for withholdings shall be effective on such date as the Secretary may determine; and

(B)when an individual first receives an appointment, the request shall be effective on the day of appointment, if the individual makes the request at the time of appointment.

(3)An individual may change the State designated by him for the purposes of having withholdings made and request that the withholdings be remitted in accordance with such change, and he may also revoke his request for withholdings. Any change in the State designated or revocation is effective on the first day of the first month commencing after the day on which the request for change or the revocation is received in the Disbursing Office.

(4)The Secretary is authorized to issue rules and regulations he considers appropriate in carrying out this subsection.

(d)Time or times of agreements by Secretary

The Secretary may enter into agreements under subsection (a) of this section at such time or times as he considers appropriate.

(e)Provisions as not imposing duty, burden, requirement or penalty on United States, Senate, or any officer or employee of United States; effect of filing paper, form, or document with Secretary

This section imposes no duty, burden, or requirement upon the United States, the Senate, 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 Senate, 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, or document filed with the Secretary under this section is a paper of the Senate within the provisions of rule XXX of the Standing Rules of the Senate.

(f)“State” defined

For the purposes of this section, “State” means any of the States of the United States and the District of Columbia.

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The Standing Rules of the Senate, referred to in subsec. (e), were revised in 1979 and 2000. Provisions relating to withdrawal of papers from the files of the Senate which were formerly contained in Rule XXX of the Standing Rules of the Senate are contained in Rule XI of the Standing Rules of the Senate. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 60c–3 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

§4594 Withholding and Remittance of State Income Tax by Secretary of Senate

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