5 U.S.C. § 5502 — Unauthorized office; prohibition on use of funds
submitted 60 years ago by Pub. L. 89-554 to r/title-5-GOVERNMENT-ORGANIZATION-AND-EMPLOYEES · 85 words · no verdicts yet
The Treasury may not pay someone acting in an unauthorized civil-service or uniformed-service office unless the office is later authorized. Unless a statute says otherwise, public money may not pay an individual employed by a retired former federal official.
(a) The Treasury may not pay an individual who acts, or claims to act, as a civil-service or uniformed-services officer in an office that existing law does not authorize, unless a later law approves the office.
(b) Unless a statute provides otherwise, public money and appropriations may not pay salary or allowances to an individual employed by a United States official who has retired from active service.
Payment for services may not be made from the Treasury of the United States to an individual acting or assuming to act as an officer in the civil service or uniformed services in an office which is not authorized by existing law, unless the office is later sanctioned by law.
Except as otherwise provided by statute, public money and appropriations may not be used for pay or allowance for an individual employed by an official of the United States retired from active service.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 475.)
- 1966Enacted · Pub. L. 89-554 · 80 Stat. 475
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 89-554 on 1966-09-06.
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