Payroll Certifications

Following the close of each pay period, the Payroll Department distributes to each employing authority a Payroll Certification listing the names of each individual assigned to that office and the amount of salary paid to each employee in the previous pay period.

This form shall be completed and signed by the employing authority, certifying

• that the information provided is correct;
• that the listed employees have performed their assigned official duties in the appropriate offices; and
• that the listed employees have certified that they have no relationship to any current Member of Congress, unless noted on the certification form. The following relationships of any employee to any Member of Congress must be included in the certification:

   

  father	nephew	sister-in-law
  mother	niece	stepfather
  son	husband	stepmother
  daughter	wife	stepson
  brother	father-in-law	stepdaughter
  sister	mother-in-law	stepbrother
  uncle	son-in-law	stepsister
  aunt	daughter-in-law	half-brother
  first cousin	brother-in-law	half-sister

In addition, each Member office is required to designate at least one employee as a "Principal Assistant" according to Ethics in Government Act of 1978. If no employee in your office is paid at or above 120% of the Executive Branch GS-15 level (currently $83,160), you must designate such a person. If this is the case, an additional form will be attached to your monthly Payroll Certification. This completed form should be returned to the Legislative Resource Center, 1036 Longworth House Office Building.

The signed monthly Payroll Certification should be returned to the Office of Finance, 263 Cannon House Office Building by the fifteenth of every month. If you have any questions pertaining to this report, please contact your Payroll Counselor.