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[CITE: 5USC5511]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                      Subpart D--Pay and Allowances
 
                     CHAPTER 55--PAY ADMINISTRATION
 
                     SUBCHAPTER II--WITHHOLDING PAY
 
Sec. 5511. Withholding pay; employees removed for cause

    (a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, the earned 
pay of an employee removed for cause may not be withheld or confiscated.
    (b) If an employee indebted to the United States is removed for 
cause, the pay accruing to the employee shall be applied in whole or in 
part to the satisfaction of any claim or indebtedness due the United 
States.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 477.)

                      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. 46a.                 Feb. 24, 1931, ch.
                                                    287, 46 Stat. 1415.
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    In subsection (a), the words ``From and after February 24, 1931'' 
are omitted as executed. The word ``employee'' is coextensive with and 
substituted for ``civil employee of the United States'' in view of the 
definition of ``employee'' in section 2105.
    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.
