---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 5525"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "5525"
heading: "Allotment and assignment of pay"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/5525"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart D — Pay and Allowances"
  - "Chapter 55 — Pay Administration"
  - "Subchapter III — Advancement, Allotment, and Assignment of Pay"
---

# §5525. Allotment and assignment of pay


The [head of each agency](/usc/5/5521.md?p=3) may establish procedures under which each [employee](/usc/5/5521.md?p=2) of the [agency](/usc/5/5521.md?p=1) is permitted to make allotments and assignments of amounts out of his [pay](/usc/5/7511.md?p=a-4) for such purpose as the head of the [agency](/usc/5/5521.md?p=1) considers appropriate. For purposes of this section, the term “[agency](/usc/5/5521.md?p=1)” includes the [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) of the Architect of the Capitol.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 481; Pub. L. 107–68, title I, § 133(b)(1), Nov. 12, 2001, 115 Stat. 582.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and<br>Statutes at Large |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 3075. | Sept. 26, 1961, Pub. L. 87–304, § 5, 75 Stat. 663. |

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

2001—Pub. L. 107–68 inserted at end “For purposes of this section, the term ‘agency’ includes the Office of the Architect of the Capitol.”

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2001 Amendment

Pub. L. 107–68, title I, § 133(b)(2), Nov. 12, 2001, 115 Stat. 582, provided that: “The amendment made by paragraph (1) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to pay periods beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 12, 2001].”