§5503 Recess Appointments

Summary

The federal government may not pay someone who got a recess appointment to a job that needed the Senate’s approval if the job opening happened while the Senate was in session. That person must wait for the Senate to confirm them before getting paid, unless one of three things is true: the vacancy began within 30 days before the session ended, a different nomination for the job was already waiting for the Senate at the end of the session, or the Senate rejected a nomination within 30 days before the session ended and a different person later got the recess appointment. If one of those three exceptions applies, the President must send a nomination for the job to the Senate no later than 40 days after the next Senate session begins.