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5 U.S.C. 8346: Exemption from legal process; recovery of payments

Created in 1966 by Public Law 89-554. Changed by 3 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

1 part of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Fiscal Service, Department of the Treasury (1).

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    1978

    • Pub. L. 95–366 substituted references to subsecs. (h) and (j) of section 8345 for reference to subsec. (g) of section 8345. · (a)
    • Pub. L. 95–454 substituted "Office of Personnel Management" and "Office" for "Civil Service Commission" and "Commission", respectively. · (b)

    1975

    • Pub. L. 94–166 inserted "except under the provisions of section 8345(g) of this title," after "equity", and ", except as otherwise may be provided by Federal laws" after "process". · (a)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.