An Act to permit Federal employees to purchase shares of Federal- or State-chartered credit unions through voluntary payroll allotments
PL 90-365 (H.R.6157), enacted 06/29/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-365-JUNE 29, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
81 Stat. 901. 
42 u s e 1396b. 
42 use 1396b 
note. 
Effective date. 
SEC. 303. FEtJERAL PAYMENTS UNDER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAM FOR CERTAIN SERVICES INCLUDIBLE UNDER SUP-
PLEMENTARY MEDICAL INSURANCE PROGRAM. 
(a) (1) Section 1903(b) (2) of the Social Security Act is amended 
by striking out "1967"' and inserting in lieu thereof "1969". 
(2) Section 222(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 1967 is 
amended by striking out "1967" and inserting in lieu thereof "1969". 
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall be efl'ective with 
respect to calendar quarters beginning after December 31, 1967. 
Approved June 28, 1968, 4:02 p.m. 
June 29, 1968 
[H. R. 6157] 
Public Law 90-365 
AN ACT 
To amend section 3620 of the Revised Statutes with respect to payroll deductions 
for Federal employees. 
Federal employ-
ees. 
Payroll deduc-
tions. 
79 Stat. 582. 
Definitions. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That subsections 
(b) and (c) of section 3620 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 
T^.S.C. 492), are amended to read as follows: 
"(b)(1) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section or any other 
provision of law, and under regulations to be prescribed by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury, the head of an agency shall, upon the written 
request of an employee of the agency to whom a payment for wages or 
salary is to be made, authorize a disbursing officer to make the payment 
in the form of one, two, or three checks (the number of checks and 
the amount of each, if more than one, to be designated by such 
employee) by sending to each financial organization designated by such 
employee a check that is drawn in favor of the organization and is for 
credit to the checking account of such employee or is for the deposit 
of savings or purchase of shares for such employee: Provided, That 
the agency shall not be reimbursed for the cost of sending one check 
requested by such employee but shall be reimbursed for the additional 
cost of sending any additional check requested by such employee by 
the financial organization to which such check is sent. For the pur-
poses of the foregoing proviso, the check for which the agency shall 
not be reimbursed shall be the check in the largest amount. 
"(2) If more than one employee to whom a payment is to be made 
designate the same financial organization, the head of an agency 
may, upon the written request of such employee and under regula-
tions to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, authorize a 
disbursing officer to make the payment by sending to the organization 
a check that is drawn in favor of the organization for the total 
amount designated by those employees and by specifying the amount 
to be credited to the account of each of those employees. 
"(3) In this subsection, the term 'agency' means any department, 
agency, independent establishment, board, office, commission, or other 
establishment in the executive, legislative (except the Senate and 
House of Representatives), or judicial branch of the Government, 
any wholly owned or controlled Government corporation, and the 
municipal government of the District of Columbia; and the term 
'financial organization' means any bank, savings bank, savings and 
loan association or similar institution, or Fedet'al or State chartered 
credit union. 
"(c) Payment by the United States in the form of more than one 
check, drawn in accordance with subsection (b) and properly en-
dorsed, shall constitute a full acquittance for the amount due to the 
employee requesting payment." 
Approved June 29, 1968.