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[CITE: 5USC5512]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                      Subpart D--Pay and Allowances
 
                     CHAPTER 55--PAY ADMINISTRATION
 
                     SUBCHAPTER II--WITHHOLDING PAY
 
Sec. 5512. Withholding pay; individuals in arrears

    (a) The pay of an individual in arrears to the United States shall 
be withheld until he has accounted for and paid into the Treasury of the 
United States all sums for which he is liable.
    (b) When pay is withheld under subsection (a) of this section, the 
employing agency, on request of the individual, his agent, or his 
attorney, shall report immediately to the Attorney General the balance 
due; and the Attorney General, within 60 days, shall order suit to be 
commenced against the individual.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 477; Pub. L. 92-310, title II, 
Sec. 202, June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 202; Pub. L. 104-316, title I, 
Sec. 103(b), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3828.)

                      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. 82.                  R.S. Sec.  1766.
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    In subsection (b), reference to the ``General Accounting Office'' is 
substituted for ``accounting officers of the Treasury'' on authority of 
the Act of June 10, 1921, ch. 18, title III, 42 Stat. 23. The words ``on 
request of'' are substituted for ``if required to do so by'' as more 
accurately reflecting the intent. Reference to the ``Attorney General'' 
is substituted for ``Solicitor of the Treasury'' and ``Solicitor'' on 
authority of section 16 of the Act of March 3, 1933, ch. 212, 47 Stat. 
1517; section 5 of E.O. 6166, June 10, 1933; and section 1 of 1950 
Reorg. Plan No. 2, 64 Stat. 1261.
    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-316 substituted ``employing agency'' 
for ``General Accounting Office''.
    1972--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92-310 struck out ``and his sureties'' 
after ``against the individual''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 37 section 1007.
