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[CITE: 5USC5503]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                      Subpart D--Pay and Allowances
 
                     CHAPTER 55--PAY ADMINISTRATION
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 5503. Recess appointments

    (a) Payment for services may not be made from the Treasury of the 
United States to an individual appointed during a recess of the Senate 
to fill a vacancy in an existing office, if the vacancy existed while 
the Senate was in session and was by law required to be filled by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate, until the appointee has been 
confirmed by the Senate. This subsection does not apply--
        (1) if the vacancy arose within 30 days before the end of the 
    session of the Senate;
        (2) if, at the end of the session, a nomination for the office, 
    other than the nomination of an individual appointed during the 
    preceding recess of the Senate, was pending before the Senate for 
    its advice and consent; or
        (3) if a nomination for the office was rejected by the Senate 
    within 30 days before the end of the session and an individual other 
    than the one whose nomination was rejected thereafter receives a 
    recess appointment.

    (b) A nomination to fill a vacancy referred to by paragraph (1), 
(2), or (3) of subsection (a) of this section shall be submitted to the 
Senate not later than 40 days after the beginning of the next session of 
the Senate.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 475.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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                                                    Revised Statutes and
     Derivation                U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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                     5 U.S.C. 56.                  R.S. Sec.  1761.
                                                   July 11, 1940, ch.
                                                    580, 54 Stat. 751.
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    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.
