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§4595 Payment for Unaccrued Leave

Title 2 › CHAPTER 45 — CONGRESSIONAL PAY AND BENEFITS › SUBCHAPTER III — SENATE › Part B — Administration › § 4595

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Financial Clerk of the Senate can accept a payment from a Senate-paid employee to cover pay for annual leave the employee used before it was earned, if the employee’s employing office head certifies that amount. The Clerk can also withhold that sum from any money the employee is owed. Any such payment must be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. "Head of the employing office" means the person with final authority to hire, fire, and set job terms. This rule applies starting in fiscal year 1996 and every year after.

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Title 2, §4595

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(a)In general
The Financial Clerk of the Senate is authorized to accept from an individual whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of Senate a payment representing pay for any period of unaccrued annual leave used by that individual, as certified by the head of the employing office of the individual making the payment.
(b)Withholding
The Financial Clerk of the Senate is authorized to withhold the amount referred to in subsection (a) from any amount which is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and which is due to or on behalf of the individual described in subsection (a).
(c)Deposit
Any payment accepted under this section shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
(d)“Head of the employing office” defined
As used in this section, the term “head of the employing office” means any person with the final authority to appoint, hire, discharge, and set the terms, conditions, or privileges of the employment of an individual whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
(e)Applicability
This section shall apply to fiscal year 1996 and each fiscal year thereafter.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 60p of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1997, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997.

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2 U.S.C. § 4595

Title 2, The Congress

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110