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<meta><dc:title>Public Law 116–344: To authorize the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate to delegate authority to approve payroll and personnel actions.</dc:title>
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<citableAs>Public Law 116–344</citableAs><citableAs>134 Stat. 5141</citableAs>
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<dc:date>2021-01-13</dc:date>
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<preface><centerRunningHead>PUBLIC LAW 116–344—JAN. 13, 2021</centerRunningHead>
<page identifier="/us/stat/134/5141">134 STAT. 5141</page>
<dc:type>Public Law</dc:type><docNumber>116–344</docNumber>
<congress value="116">116th Congress</congress>
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<docTitle class="centered fontsize12" style="-uslm-lc:I658005">An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658011">To authorize the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate to delegate authority to approve payroll and personnel actions.<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8" id="xb02900cc-e820-11f0-a1e4-69761a48a15a" style="-uslm-lc:I658076"><approvedDate date="2021-01-13">Jan. 13, 2021</approvedDate></p><p class="centered fontsize8" id="xb02900cd-e820-11f0-a1e4-69761a48a15a" style="-uslm-lc:I658076">[<ref href="/us/bill/116/s/5076">S. 5076</ref>]<?GPOvSpace 08?></p></sidenote></officialTitle>
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<enactingFormula style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><i>  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section id="d95899e85" identifier="/us/pl/116/344/s1" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658146"><num class="bold" value="1">SECTION 1. </num><heading>AUTHORITY TO DELEGATE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE PAYROLL AND PERSONNEL ACTIONS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xb02927de-e820-11f0-a1e4-69761a48a15a" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 1201 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1984 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s6598">2 U.S.C. 6598</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yb02927df-e820-11f0-a1e4-69761a48a15a" identifier="/us/pl/116/344/s1/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>all vouchers, for payment of moneys,</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>any voucher for payment of moneys, payroll action, or personnel action</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yb02927e0-e820-11f0-a1e4-69761a48a15a" identifier="/us/pl/116/344/s1/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>any voucher, for payment of moneys,</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>any voucher for payment of moneys, payroll action, or personnel action</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph>
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<actionDescription style="-uslm-lc:I658030">Approved</actionDescription> <date date="2021-01-13">January 13, 2021</date>.</action>
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<heading style="-uslm-lc:I658031"><inline class="underline">LEGISLATIVE HISTORY</inline>—<ref href="/us/bill/116/s/5076">S. 5076</ref>:</heading>
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<heading style="-uslm-lc:I658032">CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 166 (2020):</heading>
<p class="indentUp4 firstIndent-1" id="xb02927e1-e820-11f0-a1e4-69761a48a15a" style="-uslm-lc:I658035">Dec. 20, considered and passed Senate.</p><p class="indentUp4 firstIndent-1" id="xb02927e2-e820-11f0-a1e4-69761a48a15a" style="-uslm-lc:I658035">Dec. 31, considered and passed House.</p></note>
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