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title: "2 U.S.C. § 608"
description: "Lump-sum payments to enhance staff recruitment and to reward exceptional performance"
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title_number: 2
title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
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chapter_name: "CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE"
section: "608"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 608"
status: "current"
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# 2 U.S.C. § 608 - Lump-sum payments to enhance staff recruitment and to reward exceptional performance

## Text

(a) The Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall have the authority to make lump-sum payments to enhance staff recruitment and to reward exceptional performance by an employee or a group of employees.

(b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1999.

(Pub. L. 106–57, title I, § 106, Sept. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 418.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 2000, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2000, and not as part of title II of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 which comprises this chapter.