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[CITE: 40USC207a]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
                 CHAPTER 2--CAPITOL BUILDING AND GROUNDS
 
Sec. 207a. Unified payroll administration for Capitol Police

    Payroll administration for the Capitol Police and civilian support 
personnel of the Capitol Police shall be carried out on a unified basis 
by a single disbursing authority. The Capitol Police Board, with the 
approval of the Committee on House Oversight of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the 
Senate, acting jointly, shall, by contract or otherwise, provide for 
such unified payroll administration.

(July 31, 1946, ch. 707, Sec. 9C, as added Pub. L. 102-397, title I, 
Sec. 102, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1950; amended Pub. L. 104-186, title 
II, Sec. 221(12), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1750.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-186 substituted ``House Oversight'' for ``House 
Administration''.

                         Change of Name

    Committee on House Oversight of House of Representatives changed to 
Committee on House Administration of House of Representatives by House 
Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 6, 1999.


                             Effective Date

    Section 104 of Pub. L. 102-397, as amended by Pub. L. 102-392, title 
III, Sec. 321, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1726, provided that: ``The 
unified payroll administration under the amendment made by section 102 
[enacting this section] shall apply with respect to pay periods 
beginning after September 30, 1993.''
    [Section 321 of Pub. L. 102-392 provided that the amendment made by 
that section to section 104 of Pub. L. 102-397, set out above, is 
effective Oct. 6, 1992.]


                            Lump-Sum Payment

    Title II of Pub. L. 102-397 provided that:
``SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS.
    ``For the purpose of this title--
        ``(1) the term `officer' includes all personnel of the rank of 
    lieutenant or higher, including inspector;
        ``(2) the term `member' includes all personnel below the rank of 
    lieutenant, including detectives; and
        ``(3) the term `Clerk of the House of Representatives' or 
    `Clerk' includes a successor in function to the Clerk.
``SEC. 202. LUMP-SUM PAYMENT FOR ACCUMULATED AND CURRENT ACCRUED ANNUAL 
        LEAVE.
    ``An officer or member of the United States Capitol Police who 
separates from service within the 2-year period beginning on the date of 
the enactment of this title [Oct. 6, 1992] and who, at the time of 
separation, satisfies the age and service requirements for title to an 
immediate annuity under subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of 
title 5, United States Code, shall be entitled to receive a lump-sum 
payment for the accumulated and current accrued annual leave to which 
that individual is entitled, but only to the extent that such leave is 
attributable to service performed by such individual as an officer or 
member of the Capitol Police.
``SEC. 203. PROCEDURES.
    ``(a) In General.--A payment under this title shall be paid--
        ``(1) in the case of an officer or member whose pay (for service 
    last performed before separation) is disbursed by the Clerk of the 
    House of Representatives--
            ``(A) by the Clerk;
            ``(B) after appropriate certification is made to the Clerk 
        by the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives; and
            ``(C) out of funds available to pay the salaries of officers 
        and members of the Capitol Police whose pay is disbursed by the 
        Clerk; and
        ``(2) in the case of an officer or member whose pay (for service 
    last performed before separation) is disbursed by the Secretary of 
    the Senate--
            ``(A) by the Secretary of the Senate;
            ``(B) after appropriate certification is made to the 
        Secretary of the Senate by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper 
        of the Senate; and
            ``(C) out of funds available to pay the salaries of officers 
        and members of the Capitol Police whose pay is disbursed by the 
        Secretary of the Senate.
    ``(b) Certification.--Any certification under subsection (a)(1)(B) 
or (a)(2)(B) shall state the total of the accumulated and current 
accrued annual leave, to the credit of the officer or member involved, 
which may be taken into account for purposes of a computation under 
subsection (c).
    ``(c) Computation.--(1) The amount of a lump-sum payment under this 
title shall be determined by multiplying the hourly rate of basic pay of 
the officer or member involved by the number of hours certified with 
respect to such officer or member in accordance with the preceding 
provisions of this section.
    ``(2) The hourly rate of basic pay of an officer or member shall, 
for purposes of this title, be determined by dividing 2,080 into the 
annual rate of basic pay last payable to such officer or member before 
separating.
    ``(d) Treatment as Pay.--A lump-sum payment under this title shall 
be considered to be pay for taxation purposes only.
    ``(e) Clarification.--For purposes of this title, the terms 
`officer' and `member' may not be construed to include any civilian 
employee.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 136, 174b-1, 184a, 193h, 
193i, 193l, 193m of this title.
