§ 5305. Disposition of unpaid salary and other sums on death of Representative or Resident Commissioner

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When any individual who has been elected a Member of, or Resident Commissioner to, the House of Representatives dies after the commencement of the Congress to which he has been elected, any unpaid balance of salary and other sums due such individual shall be paid to the person or persons surviving at the date of death, in the following order of precedence, and such payment shall be a bar to the recovery by any other person of amounts so paid:

First, to the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by such individual in writing to receive such unpaid balance and other sums due filed with the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives and received by the Chief Administrative Officer prior to such individual’s death;

Second, if there be no such beneficiary, to the widow or widower of such individual;

Third, if there be no beneficiary or surviving spouse, to the child or children of such individual, and descendants of deceased children, by representation;

Fourth, if none of the above, to the parents of such individual, or the survivor of them;

Fifth, if there be none of the above, to the duly appointed legal representative of the estate of the deceased individual, or if there be none, to the person or persons determined to be entitled thereto under the laws of the domicile of the deceased individual.

(July 2, 1954, ch. 455, title I, § 105, 68 Stat. 409; Pub. L. 86–102, July 23, 1959, 73 Stat. 224; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 203(5), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1725.)

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July 2, 1954, ch. 455
68 Stat. 409
Pub. L. 86–102
73 Stat. 224
Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 203(5)
110 Stat. 1725
Pub. L. 104–186

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§ 5305

Disposition of unpaid salary and other sums on death of Representative or Resident Commissioner

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U.S.C.§ 38a

ActJuly 2, 1954, ch. 455

Stat.68 Stat. 409

Pub. L.Pub. L. 86–102

Stat.73 Stat. 224

Pub. L.Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 203(5)

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