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text: U.S.C. Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES 5 U.S.C. United States Code, 2024 Edition Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES PART IV - ETHICS REQUIREMENTS CHAPTER 131 - ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT SUBCHAPTER III - LIMITATIONS ON OUTSIDE EARNED INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT Sec. 13143 - Outside earned income limitation From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov §13143. Outside earned income limitation (a) Outside Earned Income Limitation.— (1) In general .—Except as provided by paragraph (2), a Member or an officer or employee who is a noncareer officer or employee and who occupies a position classified above GS–15 of the General Schedule or, in the case of positions not under the General Schedule, for which the rate of basic pay is equal to or greater than 120 percent of the minimum rate of basic pay payable for GS–15 of the General Schedule, may not in any calendar year have outside earned income attributable to such calendar year which exceeds 15 percent of the annual rate of basic pay for level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of this title, as of January 1 of such calendar year. (2) Portion of year .—In the case of any individual who during a calendar year becomes a Member or an officer or employee who is a noncareer officer or employee and who occupies a position classified above GS–15 of the General Schedule or, in the case of positions not under the General Schedule, for which the rate of basic pay is equal to or greater than 120 percent of the minimum rate of basic pay payable for GS–15 of the General Schedule, such individual may not have outside earned income attributable to the portion of that calendar year which occurs after such individual becomes a Member or such an officer or employee which exceeds 15 percent of the annual rate of basic pay for level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of this title, as of January 1 of such calendar year multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days such individual is a Member or such officer or employee during such calendar year and the denominator of which is 365. (b) Honoraria Prohibition .—An individual may not receive any honorarium while that individual is a Member, officer or employee. (c) Treatment of Charitable Contributions .—Any honorarium which, except for subsection (b), might be paid to a Member, officer or employee, but which is paid instead on behalf of such Member, officer or employee to a charitable organization, shall be deemed not to be received by such Member, officer or employee. No such payment shall exceed $2,000 or be made to a charitable organization from which such individual or a parent, sibling, spouse, child, or dependent relative of such individual derives any financial benefit. (Pub. L. 117–286, §3(c), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4303.) Historical and Revision Notes Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 13143 5 U.S.C. App. (EGA §501) Pub. L. 95–521, title V, §501, as added Pub. L. 101–194, title VI, §601(a), Nov. 30, 1989, 103 Stat. 1760; amended Pub. L. 101–280, §7(a), May 4, 1990, 104 Stat. 161; Pub. L. 102–378, §4(b)(1), (2), Oct. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 1357. Editorial Notes References in Text GS–15, referred to in subsec. (a), is contained in the General Schedule, which is set out under section 5332 of this title.