---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 5536"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "5536"
heading: "Extra pay for extra services prohibited"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/5536"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart D — Pay and Allowances"
  - "Chapter 55 — Pay Administration"
  - "Subchapter IV — Dual Pay and Dual Employment"
---

# §5536. Extra pay for extra services prohibited


An [employee](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) or a [member](/usc/5/8401.md?p=20) of a uniformed [service](/usc/5/8401.md?p=26) whose [pay](/usc/5/7511.md?p=a-4) or allowance is fixed by statute or regulation may not receive additional [pay](/usc/5/7511.md?p=a-4) or allowance for the disbursement of public money or for any other [service](/usc/5/8401.md?p=26) or duty, unless specifically authorized by law and the appropriation therefor specifically [states](/usc/5/8521.md?p=a-3) that it is for the additional [pay](/usc/5/7511.md?p=a-4) or allowance.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 484.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and<br>Statutes at Large |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 51. | R.S. § 170. |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 69 (less 1st 34 words). | R.S. § 1764 (less 1st 34 words). |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 70. | R.S. § 1765. |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 71. | June 20, 1874, ch. 328, § 3, 18 Stat. 109. |
|  |  | Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 7, 68 Stat. 1228. |

Sections are consolidated as R.S. § 1765 includes the scope of R.S. § 170, R.S. § 1764, and the Act of June 20, 1874, as amended. So much of R.S. § 1764 as relates to details is covered by section 5535.

R.S. § 170 was part of title IV of the Revised Statutes. The Act of July 26, 1947, ch. 343, § 201(d), as added Aug. 10, 1949, ch. 412, § 4, 63 Stat. 579 (former 5 U.S.C. 171–1), which provides “Except to the extent inconsistent with the provisions of this Act [National Security Act of 1947], the provisions of title IV of the Revised Statutes as now or hereafter amended shall be applicable to the Department of Defense” is omitted from his [sic] title but is not repealed.

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