Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73not60
§5524 Review of Accounts
Title 5 › Part III— EMPLOYEES › Subpart D— Pay and Allowances › Chapter 55— PAY ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter III— ADVANCEMENT, ALLOTMENT, AND ASSIGNMENT OF PAY › § 5524
Summary
Agency heads must check the pay records of any employee who received payments under sections 5522 or 5523. They must adjust those payments to match the pay rates, allowances, and extra pay the employee would have earned under other law for the covered periods, plus any extra amounts the President allows under section 5523(b).
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Title 5, §5524
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The head of each agency shall provide for— (1)
(2)the adjustment of the amounts of the payments on the basis of—
(A)the rates of pay, allowances, and differentials to which the employee would have been entitled under applicable statute other than this subchapter for the respective periods covered by the payments, if he had performed active service under the terms of his appointment during each period in the position he held immediately before the issuance of the applicable evacuation order; and
(B)such additional amounts as the employee is authorized to receive in accordance with a determination of the President under section 5523(b) of this title.
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DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large 5 U.S.C. 3074.Sept. 26, 1961, Pub. L. 87–304, § 4, 75 Stat. 663. Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.
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5 U.S.C. § 5524
Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
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