§ 60e-1a. — Withholding of State income tax by Chief Administrative Officer of House.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC60e-1a]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 4--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Sec. 60e-1a. Withholding of State income tax by Chief
Administrative Officer of House
(a) Agreement with proper State official; covered individuals
Until otherwise provided by law, the Chief Administrative Officer of
the House of Representatives shall, in accordance with subsections (b),
(c), and (d) of this section enter into an agreement with any State, at
the request for agreement from the proper State official. The agreement
shall provide that the Chief Administrative Officer shall withhold State
income tax in the case of each Member and employee who is subject to
such income tax and who voluntarily requests such withholding.
(b) Number of remittances authorized
Any agreement entered into under subsection (a) of this section
shall not require the Chief Administrative Officer to remit sums
withheld pursuant to any such agreement more often than once each
calendar quarter.
(c) Acceptance or disapproval of proposed agreement by Committee on
House Administration
(1) The Chief Administrative Officer shall, before entering into any
agreement under subsection (a) of this section, transmit a statement
with respect to the proposed agreement to the Committee on House
Administration of the House of Representatives (hereinafter in this
section and section 60e-1b of this title referred to as the
``committee''). Such statement shall set forth a detailed description of
the proposed agreement, together with any other information which the
committee may require.
(2) If the committee does not disapprove, through appropriate
action, any proposed agreement transmitted to the committee under
paragraph (1) no later than ten legislative days after receiving such
proposed agreement, then the Chief Administrative Officer may enter into
such proposed agreement. The Chief Administrative Officer may not enter
into any proposed agreement if such proposed agreement is disapproved by
the committee under this paragraph.
(d) Number and effective date of requests for withholding; change of
designated State; revocation of request
(1) A Member or employee may have in effect at any time only one
request for withholding under subsection (a) of this section, and such
Member or employee may not have more than two such requests in effect
with respect to different States during any one calendar year. The
request for withholding is effective on the first day of the month in
which the request is processed by the Chief Administrative Officer, but
in no event later than on the first day of the first month beginning
after the day on which such request is received by the Chief
Administrative Officer, except that--
(A) when the Chief Administrative Officer first enters into an
agreement with a State under subsection (a) of this section, a
request for withholding shall be effective on such date as the Chief
Administrative Officer may determine;
(B) when an individual first receives an appointment as an
employee, the request shall be effective on the day of appointment,
if the individual makes the request at the time of appointment; and
(C) when an individual first becomes a Member, the request shall
be effective on the day such individual takes the oath of office as
a Member, if the individual makes the request at such time.
(2) A Member or employee may change the State designated by such
Member or employee for purposes of having withholdings made, and may
request that the withholdings be remitted in accordance with such
change. A Member or employee also may revoke any request of such Member
or employee for withholding. Any change in the State designated or
revocation is effective on the first day of the month in which the
request or the revocation is processed by the Chief Administrative
Officer, but in no event later than on the first day of the first month
beginning after the day on which such request or revocation is received
by the Chief Administrative Officer.
(e) Provisions as not imposing duty, burden, requirement or penalty on
United States, House, or any officer or employee of United
States; effect of filing paper, form, or document with Chief
Administrative Officer
This section and section 60e-1b of this title impose no duty,
burden, or requirement upon the United States, the House of
Representatives, or any officer or employee of the United States, except
as specifically provided in this section and section 60e-1b of this
title. Nothing in this section and section 60e-1b of this title shall be
deemed to consent to the application of any provision of law which has
the effect of subjecting the United States, the House of
Representatives, or any officer or employee of the United States to any
penalty or liability by reason of the provisions of this section and
section 60e-1b of this title. Any paper, form, document, or any other
item filed with, or submitted to, the Chief Administrative Officer under
this section and section 60e-1b of this title is considered to be a
paper of the House of Representatives within the provisions of the Rules
of the House of Representatives.
(Pub. L. 94-440, title II, Sec. 101, Oct. 1, 1976, 90 Stat. 1448; Pub.
L. 104-186, title II, Sec. 204(4), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1730.)
Codification
Section is based on section 1 of House Resolution No. 732, Ninety-
fourth Congress, Nov. 4, 1975, which was enacted into permanent law by
Pub. L. 94-440.
Amendments
1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-186, Sec. 204(4)(B), substituted
``provide that the Chief Administrative Officer shall withhold'' for
``provide that--
``(1) the Clerk, in the case of employees whose compensation is
disbursed by the Clerk; and
``(2) the Sergeant at Arms, in the case of Members of the House
of Representatives;
shall withhold''.
Pub. L. 104-186, Sec. 204(4)(A), substituted ``Chief Administrative
Officer of the House of Representatives shall, in accordance with'' for
``Clerk of the House of Representatives (hereinafter in this section and
section 60e-1b of this title referred to as the `Clerk') and the
Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives (hereinafter in this
section and section 60e-1b of this title referred to as the `Sergeant at
Arms') shall, in accordance with the provisions of''.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-186, Sec. 204(4)(C), substituted ``Chief
Administrative Officer'' for ``Clerk or the Sergeant at Arms''.
Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 104-186, Sec. 204(4)(D), substituted ``Chief
Administrative Officer'' for ``Clerk and the Sergeant at Arms''.
Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 104-186, Sec. 204(4)(E), substituted ``Chief
Administrative Officer'' for ``Clerk or the Sergeant at Arms, as the
case may be,'' in two places.
Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 104-186, Sec. 204(4)(F), substituted
``Chief Administrative Officer'' for ``Clerk or the Sergeant at Arms''
wherever appearing.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 60e-1b of this title.
