                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
            CHAPTER 3--COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS
 
Sec. 40a. Deductions for delinquent indebtedness

    Whenever a Representative, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or a 
United States Senator, shall fail to pay any sum or sums due from such 
person to the House of Representatives or Senate, respectively, the 
appropriate committee or officer of the House of Representatives or 
Senate, as the case may be, having jurisdiction of the activity under 
which such debt arose, shall certify such delinquent sum or sums to the 
Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives in the case 
of an indebtedness to the House of Representatives and to the Secretary 
of the Senate in the case of an indebtedness to the Senate, and such 
latter officials are authorized and directed, respectively, to deduct 
from any salary, mileage, or expense money due to any such delinquent 
such certified amounts or so much thereof as the balance or balances due 
such delinquent may cover. Sums so deducted by the Secretary of the 
Senate shall be disposed of by him in accordance with existing law, and 
sums so deducted by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
Representatives shall be disposed of by him in accordance with existing 
law.

(June 19, 1934, ch. 648, title I, Sec. 1, 48 Stat. 1024; Pub. L. 104-
186, title II, Sec. 203(8), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1726.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-186 substituted ``Chief Administrative Officer of 
the House of Representatives in'' for ``Sergeant at Arms of the House 
in'' and ``Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives 
shall be'' for ``Sergeant at Arms of the House shall be paid to the 
Clerk of the House and''.
