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§5306 Deductions for Absence

Title 2 › CHAPTER 53 — HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MEMBERS › SUBCHAPTER I — MEMBER PAY › § 5306

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

After the Clerk confirms absences, the CAO must deduct one day's pay from a Member/Delegate's monthly/other pay for each day absent, unless the absence is for their or a family member's illness.

Full Legal Text

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.

Legislative History

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.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

2 U.S.C. § 5306

Title 2, The Congress

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102