---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 5513"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "5513"
heading: "Withholding pay; credit disallowed or charge raised for payment"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/5513"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart D — Pay and Allowances"
  - "Chapter 55 — Pay Administration"
  - "Subchapter II — Withholding Pay"
---

# §5513. Withholding pay; credit disallowed or charge raised for payment


When the [Government](/usc/5/4101.md?p=3) Accountability [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3), on a statement of the [account](/usc/5/8401.md?p=1) of a disbursing or certifying official of the [United States](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-18), disallows credit or raises a charge for a payment to an individual in or under an [Executive agency](/usc/5/6501.md?p=2) otherwise entitled to [pay](/usc/5/7511.md?p=a-4), the [pay](/usc/5/7511.md?p=a-4) of the payee shall be withheld in whole or in part until full reimbursement is made under regulations prescribed by the head of the [Executive agency](/usc/5/6501.md?p=2) from which the payee is entitled to receive [pay](/usc/5/7511.md?p=a-4). This section does not repeal or modify existing statutes relating to the collection of the indebtedness of an accountable, certifying, or disbursing official.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 477; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and<br>Statutes at Large |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 46b. | May 26, 1936, ch. 452, 49 Stat. 1374.<br>Aug. 3, 1950, ch. 515, 64 Stat. 393. |

The words “On and after May 26, 1936” are omitted as executed. The word “official” is substituted for “officer” and “officers” as the definition of “officer” in section 2104 excludes a member of a uniformed service. The words “from the United States or from an agency or instrumentality thereof” are omitted as unnecessary.

Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2004—Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office”.