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[80 STAT. 477]
PUBLIC LAW 89-000—MMMM. DD, 1966
[80 STAT. 477]

80 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 89-554-SEPT. 6, 1966

is entitled to extra pay for services performed between or after certain named hours of the day or night, the extra pay is computed on the basis of either standard or daylight saving time, depending on the time observed by law, custom, or practice where the services are performed. § 5507. Officer affidavit; condition to pay An officer required by section 3332 of this title to file an affidavit may not be paid until the affidavit has been filed. § 5508. Officer entitled to leave; effect on pay status An officer in the executive branch and an officer of the government of the District of Columbia to whom subchapter I of chapter 63 of this title applies are not entitled to the pay of their offices solely because of their status as officers. §5509. Appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated sums necessary to carry out the provisions of this title.

SUBCHAPTER II—WITHHOLDING PAY § 5511. Withholding pay; employees removed for cause (a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, the earned pay of an employee removed for cause may not be withheld or confiscated. (b) If an employee indebted to the United States is removed for cause, the pay accruing to the employee shall be applied in whole or in part to the satisfaction of any claim or indebtedness due the United States. § 5512. Withholding pay; individuals in arrears (a) The pay of an individual in arrears to the United States shall be withheld until he has accounted for and paid into the Treasury of the United States all sums for which he is liable. (b) When pay is withheld under subsection (a) of this section, the General Accounting Office, on request of the individual, his agent, or his attorney, shall report immediately to the Attorney General the balance due; and the Attorney General, within 60 days, shall order suit to be commenced against the mdividual and his sureties. § 5513. Withholding pay; credit disallowed or charge raised for payment When the General Accounting Office, on a statement of the account of a disbursing or certifying official of the United States, disallows credit or raises a charge for a payment to an individual in or under an Executive agency otherwise entitled to pay, the pay of the payee shall be withheld in whole or in part until full reimbursement is made under regulations prescribed by the head of the Executive agency from which the payee is entitled to receive pay. This section does not repeal or modify existing statutes relating to the collection of the indebtedness of an accountable, certifying, or disbursing official. § 5514. Installment deduction for indebtedness because of erroneous payment (a) When the head of the agency concerned or his designee determines that an employee, a member of the armed forces, or a Reserve of the armed forces, is indebted to the United States because of an erroneous payment made by the agency to or on behalf of the individual, the amount of the indebtedness may be collected in monthly installments, or at officially established regular pay period 65-300 0-67—33

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