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2 U.S.C. § 4591 — Vice President, Senators, officers, and employees paid by Secretary of Senate; payment of salary; advance payment
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The compensation of the Vice President, Senators, and officers and employees, whose compensation is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, shall be payable on the fifth day of the month following the month in which such compensation accrued, except that—
(1) Repealed. Pub. L. 97–51, § 111(a)(1), Oct. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 962;
(2) when such fifth or twentieth day falls on Saturday, Sunday, or on a legal holiday (including any holiday on which the banks of the District of Columbia are closed pursuant to law), such compensation shall be payable on the next preceding workday; and
(3) any part of such compensation accrued for any month may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Senate, be paid prior to the day specified in the preceding provisions of this section.
For purposes of title 26 and for accounting and reporting purposes, disbursements made in accordance with this section on the fifth day of a month, or on the next preceding workday if such fifth day falls on Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, shall be considered to have been made on the last day of the preceding month.
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The compensation of the Vice President, Senators, and officers and employees, whose compensation is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, shall be payable on the fifth day of the month following the month in which such compensation accrued, except that—
(1) Repealed. Pub. L. 97–51, § 111(a)(1), Oct. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 962;
(2) when such fifth or twentieth day falls on Saturday, Sunday, or on a legal holiday (including any holiday on which the banks of the District of Columbia are closed pursuant to law), such compensation shall be payable on the next preceding workday; and
(3) any part of such compensation accrued for any month may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Senate, be paid prior to the day specified in the preceding provisions of this section.
For purposes of title 26 and for accounting and reporting purposes, disbursements made in accordance with this section on the fifth day of a month, or on the next preceding workday if such fifth day falls on Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, shall be considered to have been made on the last day of the preceding month.
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Senators elected, whose term of office begins on the 3d day of January, and whose credentials in due form of law shall have been presented in the Senate, may receive their compensation from the beginning of their term.
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**(a)** The per annum rate of salary of the Vice President of the United States shall be the rate determined for such position under chapter 11 of title 2, as adjusted under this section. Subject to subsection (b), effective at the beginning of the first month in which an adjustment takes effect under [section 5303 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5303&num=0&edition=prelim) in the rates of pay under the General Schedule, the salary of the Vice President shall be adjusted by an amount, rounded to the nearest multiple of $100 (or if midway between multiples of $100, to the nearest higher multiple of $100), equal to the percentage of such per annum rate which corresponds to the most recent percentage change in the ECI (relative to the date described in the next sentence), as determined under section 704(a)(1) of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989. The appropriate date under this sentence is the first day of the fiscal year in which such adjustment in the rates of pay under the General Schedule takes effect.
**(b)** In no event shall the percentage adjustment taking effect under the second and third sentences of subsection (a) in any calendar year (before rounding) exceed the percentage adjustment taking effect in such calendar year under [section 5303 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5303&num=0&edition=prelim) in the rates of pay under the General Schedule.
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### Statutory Notes
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Section 60c–1 was editorially reclassified as [section 4591 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section4591&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS
§ 4581
employment of the employee, authorize pay-
ment of a lump sum for the accrued annual
leave of that employee if—
(1) the head of the employing office—
(A) has approved a written leave policy au-
thorizing employees to accrue leave and es-
tablishing the conditions upon which ac-
crued leave may be paid; and
(B) submits written certification to the Fi-
nancial Clerk of the Senate of the number of
days of annual leave accrued by the em-
ployee for which payment is to be made
under the written leave policy of the em-
ploying office; and
(2) there are sufficient funds to cover the
lump sum payment.
(b) Rates
(1) A lump sum payment under this section
shall not exceed the lesser of—
(A) twice the monthly rate of pay of the em-
ployee; or
(B) the product of the daily rate of pay of
the employee and the number of days of ac-
crued annual leave of the employee.
(2) The Secretary of the Senate shall deter-
mine the rates of pay of an employee under
paragraph (1)(A) and (B) on the basis of the an-
nual rate of pay of the employee in effect on the
date of termination of employment.
(c) Source of payment
Any payment under this section shall be paid
from the appropriation account or fund used to
pay the employee.
(d) Reemployment refund
If an individual who received a lump sum pay-
ment under this section is reemployed as an em-
ployee of the Senate before the end of the period
covered by the lump sum payment, the indi-
vidual shall refund an amount equal to the ap-
plicable pay covering the period between the
date of reemployment and the expiration of the
lump sum period. Such amount shall be depos-
ited to the appropriation account or fund used
to pay the lump sum payment.
(e) Regulations
The Committee on Rules and Adminis
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