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2 USC § 608 - Lump-sum payments to enhance staff recruitment and to reward exceptional performance 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t2/s608"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "2 USC § 608 - Lump-sum payments to enhance staff recruitment and to reward exceptional performance"
title_number: 2
title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
section_number: "608"
section_name: "Lump-sum payments to enhance staff recruitment and to reward exceptional performance"
chapter_number: 17
chapter_name: "CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 106–57, title I, § 106, Sept. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 418.)"
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# § 608. Lump-sum payments to enhance staff recruitment and to reward exceptional performance

**(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.

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

## 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.