---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 550.201"
title: "5"
number: "550.201"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/550.201"
---

# §550.201. Purpose.


This subpart provides regulations to implement [5 U.S.C. 5524a](/usc/5/5524a.md) which provides that the head of each agency may make advance payments of basic pay, covering not more than 2 pay periods, to any individual who is newly appointed to a position in the agency.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5524a, 5527, 5545a(h)(2)(B), 5550(d)(1)(B); E.O. 12748, 3 CFR, 1992 comp., p. 316.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 12837, Mar. 28, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 33 FR 12458, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted.