2 U.S.C. § 5306
Deductions for absence
United States · Title 2 — THE CONGRESS · Status: effective
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- 2 U.S.C. § 5306, Deductions for absence, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/423696
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The Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives (upon certification by the Clerk of the House of Representatives) shall deduct from the monthly payments (or other periodic payments authorized by law) of each Member or Delegate the amount of his salary for each day that he has been absent from the House, unless such Member or Delegate assigns as the reason for such absence the sickness of himself or of some member of his family.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1982, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2006