§ 60c-1. — Vice President, Senators, officers, and employees paid by Secretary of Senate; payment of salary; advance payment.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC60c-1]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 4--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Sec. 60c-1. Vice President, Senators, officers, and employees
paid by Secretary of Senate; payment of salary; advance payment
The compensation of the Vice President, Senators, and officers and
employees, whose compensation is disbursed by the Secretary of the
Senate, shall be payable on the fifth day of the month following the
month in which such compensation accrued, except that--
(1) Repealed. Pub. L. 97-51, Sec. 111(a)(1), Oct. 1, 1981, 95
Stat. 962;
(2) when such fifth or twentieth day falls on Saturday, Sunday,
or on a legal holiday (including any holiday on which the banks of
the District of Columbia are closed pursuant to law) such
compensation shall be payable on the next preceding workday; and
(3) any part of such compensation accrued for any month may, in
the discretion of the Secretary of the Senate, be paid prior to the
day specified in the preceding provisions of this section.
For purposes of title 26 and for accounting and reporting purposes,
disbursements made in accordance with this section on the fifth day of a
month, or on the next preceding workday if such fifth day falls on
Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, shall be considered to have been
made on the last day of the preceding month.
(Pub. L. 86-426, Sec. 1, Apr. 20, 1960, 74 Stat. 53; Pub. L. 92-136,
Sec. 6, Oct. 11, 1971, 85 Stat. 378; Pub. L. 96-38, title I,
Sec. 108(a), July 25, 1979, 93 Stat. 113; Pub. L. 97-51, Secs. 111(a),
112(a), Oct. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 962; Pub. L. 97-257, title I,
Sec. 105(a), Sept. 10, 1982, 96 Stat. 849; Pub. L. 99-514, Sec. 2, Oct.
22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095.)
Amendments
1986--Pub. L. 99-514 substituted ``Internal Revenue Code of 1986''
for ``Internal Revenue Code of 1954'', which for purposes of
codification was translated as ``title 26'' thus requiring no change in
text.
1982--Pub. L. 97-257 inserted reference to the Vice President.
1981--Pub. L. 97-51 substituted ``Senators and officers and
employees'' for ``officers (other than Senators) and employees'', struck
out cl. (1) which provided that all compensation for the month of
December be payable on the twentieth of December, inserted ``purposes of
title 26 and for'' after ``For'' in second sentence, and struck out
provisions that, in cases in which officers or employees of the Senate
died during the month of December and the full compensation of that
officer or employee for that month had been disbursed by the Secretary
of the Senate before the Secretary received notice of the death, no
recovery could be made of any portion of the compensation so disbursed.
1979--Pub. L. 96-38 provided that, in cases in which officers or
employees of the Senate die during the month of December and the full
compensation of that officer or employee for that month has been
disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate before the Secretary receives
notice of the death, no recovery shall be made of any portion of the
compensation so disbursed.
1971--Cl. (2). Pub. L. 92-136 inserted ``(including any holiday on
which the banks of the District of Columbia are closed pursuant to
law)'' after ``holiday''.
Effective Date of 1982 Amendment
Section 105(c) of Pub. L. 97-257 provided that: ``Amendments and
repeals made by the preceding provisions of this section [amending this
section and section 104 of Title 3, The President] shall be effective in
the case of compensation payable for months after December 1981.''
Effective Date of 1981 Amendment
Section 111(b) of Pub. L. 97-51 provided that: ``The amendments made
by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall be effective in the case
of compensation payable for months after December 1982.''
Amendment by section 112(a) of 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 an Effective Date of 1981 Amendment
note under section 33 of this title.
Effective Date of 1979 Amendment
Section 108(b) of Pub. L. 96-38 provided that: ``The amendment made
by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect on October
1, 1978.''
Effective Date of 1971 Amendment
Section 9(b) of Pub. L. 92-136 provided that: ``Sections 4 and 6 of
this Act [enacting section 60c-2 of this title and amending this
section] shall become effective as of July 1, 1971.''
Effective Date
Section 3 of Pub. L. 86-426 provided that: ``This joint resolution
[enacting this section and amending sections 60d to 60e-1 of this title]
shall be effective with respect to compensation accruing on or after the
first day of the month following the month in which it is enacted [Apr.
1, 1960].''