Section 13143 - Outside earned income limitation(a) OUTSIDE EARNED INCOME LIMITATION.-(1) IN GENERAL.-Except as provided by paragraph (2), a Member or an officer or employee who is a noncareer officer or employee and who occupies a position classified above GS-15 of the General Schedule or, in the case of positions not under the General Schedule, for which the rate of basic pay is equal to or greater than 120 percent of the minimum rate of basic pay payable for GS-15 of the General Schedule, may not in any calendar year have outside earned income attributable to such calendar year which exceeds 15 percent of the annual rate of basic pay for level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of this title, as of January 1 of such calendar year.(2) PORTION OF YEAR.-In the case of any individual who during a calendar year becomes a Member or an officer or employee who is a noncareer officer or employee and who occupies a position classified above GS-15 of the General Schedule or, in the case of positions not under the General Schedule, for which the rate of basic pay is equal to or greater than 120 percent of the minimum rate of basic pay payable for GS-15 of the General Schedule, such individual may not have outside earned income attributable to the portion of that calendar year which occurs after such individual becomes a Member or such an officer or employee which exceeds 15 percent of the annual rate of basic pay for level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of this title, as of January 1 of such calendar year multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days such individual is a Member or such officer or employee during such calendar year and the denominator of which is 365.(b) HONORARIA PROHIBITION.-An individual may not receive any honorarium while that individual is a Member, officer or employee.(c) TREATMENT OF CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS.-Any honorarium which, except for subsection (b), might be paid to a Member, officer or employee, but which is paid instead on behalf of such Member, officer or employee to a charitable organization, shall be deemed not to be received by such Member, officer or employee. No such payment shall exceed $2,000 or be made to a charitable organization from which such individual or a parent, sibling, spouse, child, or dependent relative of such individual derives any financial benefit. Pub. L. 117-286, §3(c), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4303.| HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTE |
| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 13143 | 5 U.S.C. App. (EGA §501) | Pub. L. 95-521, title V, §501, as added Pub. L. 101-194, title VI, §601(a), Nov. 30, 1989, 103 Stat. 1760; amended Pub. L. 101-280, §7(a), May 4, 1990, 104 Stat. 161; Pub. L. 102-378, §4(b)(1), (2), Oct. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 1357. |
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTGS-15, referred to in subsec. (a), is contained in the General Schedule, which is set out under section 5332 of this title.
- Member
- The term "Member" means a Senator in, a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.
- charitable organization
- The term "charitable organization" means an organization described in section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 [ 26 U.S.C. 170(c) ].
- honorarium
- The term "honorarium" means a payment of money or any thing of value for an appearance, speech or article (including a series of appearances, speeches, or articles if the subject matter is directly related to the individual's official duties or the payment is made because of the individual's status with the Government) by a Member, officer or employee, excluding any actual and necessary travel expenses incurred by such individual (and one relative) to the extent that such expenses are paid or reimbursed by any other person, and the amount otherwise determined shall be reduced by the amount of any such expenses to the extent that such expenses are not paid or reimbursed.