§5306 — Title 2 The Congress | U.S. Code

Summary

After the Clerk of the House verifies absences, the Chief Administrative Officer must deduct from each Member’s or Delegate’s monthly or other regular pay the daily salary for every day they missed the House. No deduction is made if the Member or Delegate says the absence was because they or a family member was sick.

Title 2, §5306

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The Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives (upon certification by the Clerk of the House of Representatives) shall deduct from the monthly payments (or other periodic payments authorized by law) of each Member or Delegate the amount of his salary for each day that he has been absent from the House, unless such Member or Delegate assigns as the reason for such absence the sickness of himself or of some member of his family.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 39 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. R.S. § 40 derived from act Aug. 16, 1856, ch. 123, § 6, 11 Stat. 49.

Amendments

2005—Pub. L. 109–55 struck out “Secretary of the Senate and the” before “Chief Administrative Officer”, “, respectively,” before “shall deduct from”, “, respectively” before “, unless such Member”, and “Senate or” after “absent from the”. 1996—Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives (upon certification by the Clerk of the House of Representatives)” for “Sergeant-at-Arms of the House”. 1981—Pub. L. 97–51 substituted “from the monthly payments (or other periodic payments authorized by law)” for “from the monthly payments”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1981 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 97–51 effective in the case of compensation payable for months after December 1981, see section 112(e) of Pub. L. 97–51, set out as a note under section 6301 of this title.

§5306 Deductions for Absence