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5 U.S.C. § 5512 — Withholding pay; individuals in arrears

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5 U.S.C. § 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 employing agency, 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 individual.

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37 U.S.C. § 1007 — Deductions from pay

**(a)** The pay of an officer of an armed force may be withheld, under [section 5512 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5512&num=0&edition=prelim), only for an indebtedness to the United States admitted by the officer or shown by the judgment of a court, or upon a special order issued in the discretion of the Secretary of Defense (or the Secretary of Homeland Security, in the case of an officer of the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy), or upon the denial of relief of an officer pursuant to [section 3527 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section3527&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b)** An amount due to the United States from an enlisted member of the Army, the Air Force, or the Space Force for articles sold to the member on credit under section 4621(a)(1) or 9621(a)(1) of title 10, as the case may be, shall be deducted from the next pay due the member after the sale is reported. **(c)** (1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, an amount that a member of the uniformed services is administratively determined to owe the United States or any of its instrumentalities may be deducted from the member’s pay in monthly installments. (2) After the deduction of pay forfeited by the sentence of a court-martial, if any, or otherwise authorized by law to be withheld, the deductions authorized by this section may not reduce the pay actually received by a member of the uniformed services for any month to less than one-third of the member’s pay for that month. (3) (A) If the indebtedness of a member of the uniformed services to the United States is due to the overpayment of pay or allowances to the member through no fault of t

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5 U.S.C. § 5512 — Withholding pay; individuals in arrears

Page 639 TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES § 5513 HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES—CONTINUED Derivation U.S. Code Revised Statutes and Statutes at Large .................. [Uncodified]. Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, § 1107, 63 Stat. 972. .................. [Uncodified]. Sept. 30, 1950, ch. 1123, § 13, 64 Stat. 1100. .................. 42 U.S.C. 1370. Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1212, § 4(a) ‘‘Sec. 1510’’, 68 Stat. 1135. .................. [Uncodified]. Sept. 6, 1960, Pub. L. 86–707, § 501(a), 74 Stat. 800. The remainder of the authority for this section is im- plied from the statutes from which this title is derived. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD AND OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL; AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA- TIONS; RESTRICTION ON APPROPRIATIONS Pub. L. 101–12, § 8(a), (b), Apr. 10, 1989, 103 Stat. 34, as amended by Pub. L. 103–424, § 1, Oct. 29, 1994, 108 Stat. 4361; Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(f) [title VI, §§ 641(a), 642(a)], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–314, 3009–365; Pub. L. 107–304, § 2(a), (b), Nov. 27, 2002, 116 Stat. 2364; Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title X, § 1097(n)(1), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1626, provided that: ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated— ‘‘(1) for each of fiscal years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 such sums as necessary to carry out subchapter I of chapter 12 of title 5, United States Code (as amended by this Act); and ‘‘(2) for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2023 such sums as necessary to carry out subchapter II of chap- ter 12 of title 5, United States Code (as amended by this Act). ‘‘(b) RESTRICTION RELATING TO APPROPRIATIONS UNDER THE CIVIL SERVICE REFORM A

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