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[CITE: 2USC39]

 
                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
            CHAPTER 3--COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS
 
Sec. 39. Deductions for absence

    The Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Administrative Officer of 
the House of Representatives (upon certification by the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives), respectively, shall deduct from the monthly 
payments (or other periodic payments authorized by law) of each Member 
or Delegate the amount of his salary for each day that he has been 
absent from the Senate or House, respectively, unless such Member or 
Delegate assigns as the reason for such absence the sickness of himself 
or of some member of his family.

(R.S. Sec. 40; Pub. L. 97-51, Sec. 112(d), Oct. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 963; 
Pub. L. 104-186, title II, Sec. 203(7), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1726.)

                          Codification

    R.S. Sec. 40 derived from act Aug. 16, 1856, ch. 123, Sec. 6, 11 
Stat. 49.


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-186 substituted ``the Chief Administrative Officer 
of the House of Representatives (upon certification by the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives)'' for ``Sergeant-at-Arms of the House''.
    1981--Pub. L. 97-51 substituted ``from the monthly payments (or 
other periodic payments authorized by law)'' for ``from the monthly 
payments''.


                    Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 97-51 effective in the case of compensation 
payable for months after December 1981, see section 112(e) of Pub. L. 
97-51, set out as a note under section 33 of this title.