§ 60c-4. — Withholding of charitable contributions from salaries paid by Secretary of Senate and from employees of Architect of Capitol.
[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-4]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 4--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Sec. 60c-4. Withholding of charitable contributions from
salaries paid by Secretary of Senate and from employees of
Architect of Capitol
(a) Definitions
For purposes of this section, the term--
(1) ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Senate; and
(2) ``Architect'' means the Architect of the Capitol.
(b) Notice; deduction and transmission
(1) The Secretary and the Architect shall notify individuals whose
pay is disbursed by the Secretary or who are employees of the Architect,
including employees of the Botanic Garden or the Senate Restaurants of
the opportunity to have amounts withheld from their pay pursuant to this
section for contribution to national voluntary health and welfare
agencies designated by the Director of the Office of Personnel
Management pursuant to Executive Order 10927, dated March 18, 1961.
(2) Upon request by such an individual specifying the amount to be
withheld and one Combined Federal Campaign Center in the Washington
metropolitan area to receive such amount, the Secretary, the Architect,
or any other officer who disburses the pay of such individual, as the
case may be, shall--
(A) withhold such amount from the pay of such individual; and
(B) transmit (not less than once each calendar quarter) the
amount so withheld to the Combined Federal Campaign Center as
specified in such request.
(c) Time of withholding and transmission
The Secretary and the Architect shall, to the extent practicable,
carry out subsection (b) of this section at or about the time of the
Combined Federal Campaign and other fundraising in the executive branch
of the Federal Government conducted pursuant to Executive Order 10927,
dated March 18, 1961, and at such other times as each such officer deems
appropriate.
(d) Amount
(1) No amount shall be withheld under subsection (b) of this section
from the pay of any individual for any pay period if the amount of such
pay for such period is less than the sum of--
(A) the amount specified to be withheld from such pay under
subsection (b) of this section for such period; plus
(B) the amount of all other withholdings from such pay for such
period.
(2) No amount may be specified by an individual to be withheld for
any pay period under subsection (b) of this section which is less than--
(A) 50 cents, if the pay period of such individual is biweekly
or semimonthly; or
(B) $1, if the pay period of such individual is monthly.
(e) Provisions as not imposing duty, burden, requirement or penalty on
United States, Senate, or any officer or employee of United
States; effect of filing paper
This section imposes no duty, burden, or requirement upon the United
States, the Senate, or any officer or employee of the United States,
except as specifically provided in this section. Nothing in this section
shall be deemed to consent to the application of any provision of law
which has the effect of subjecting the United States, the Senate, or any
officer or employee of the United States to any penalty or liability by
reason of the provisions of this section. Any paper, form, document, or
any other item filed with the Secretary under this section is a paper of
the Senate within the provisions of rule XXX of the Standing Rules of
the Senate.
(f) Rules and regulations
The Secretary and the Architect are authorized to issue rules and
regulations they consider appropriate in carrying out their duties under
this section.
(Pub. L. 95-470, Oct. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 1323; 1978 Reorg. Plan No. 2,
Sec. 102, eff. Jan. 1, 1979, 43 F.R. 36037, 92 Stat. 3783.)
References in Text
Executive Order 10927, dated March 18, 1961, referred to in subsecs.
(b)(1) and (c), was revoked by, and is covered by, Ex. Ord. No. 12353,
Mar. 23, 1982, 47 F.R. 12785.
The Standing Rules of the Senate, referred to in subsec. (e), were
revised generally in 1979. Provisions relating to withdrawal of papers
from the files of the Senate which were formerly contained in Rule XXX
of the Standing Rules of the Senate are contained in Rule XI of the
Standing Rules of the Senate.
Transfer of Functions
``Director of the Office of Personnel Management'' substituted for
``Chairman of the Civil Service Commission'' in subsec. (b)(1) pursuant
to Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1978, Sec. 102, 43 F.R. 36037, 92 Stat. 3783,
set out under section 1101 of Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees, which transferred functions vested by statute in United
States Civil Service Commission and Chairman thereof to Director of
Office of Personnel Management (except as otherwise specified),
effective Jan. 1, 1979, as provided by section 1-102 of Ex. Ord. No.
12107, Dec. 28, 1978, 44 F.R. 1055, set out under section 1101 of Title
5.
