2 U.S.C. § 4592 — Payment of sums due deceased Senators and Senate personnel

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Under the Secretary of the Senate’s regulations, a Senator or covered Senate officer or employee may name one or more beneficiaries to receive unpaid salary or other sums owed at death. If the person dies while serving, the Senate disbursing officer pays the designated beneficiaries. If there is no designation, payment goes to the widow or widower; if neither exists, it goes to the next of kin or heirs at law.

Under the Secretary of the Senate’s regulations, a Senator or covered Senate officer or employee may name one or more beneficiaries to receive unpaid salary or other sums owed at death. If the person dies while serving, the Senate disbursing officer pays the designated beneficiaries. If there is no designation, payment goes to the widow or widower; if neither exists, it goes to the next of kin or heirs at law. Revised Statutes section 50 does not apply to these people.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Senate, a person serving as a Senator or officer or employee whose compensation is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate may designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries to be paid any unpaid balance of salary or other sums due such person at the time of his death. When any person dies while so serving, any such unpaid balance shall be paid by the disbursing officer of the Senate to the designated beneficiary or beneficiaries. If no designation has been made, such unpaid balance shall be paid to the widow or widower of that person, or if there is no widow or widower, to the next of kin or heirs at law of that person.

Section 50 of the Revised Statutes 1 shall not be effective as to persons included within the foregoing.

Source credit: (Jan. 6, 1951, ch. 1213, Ch. I, § 1, 64 Stat. 1224; Pub. L. 92–607, ch. V, § 503, Oct. 31, 1972, 86 Stat. 1505.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1951Enacted · Act of Jan. 6, 1951, ch. 1213 · 64 Stat. 1224
1972Amended · Pub. L. 92-607 · 86 Stat. 1505

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 1213 on 1951-01-06.