3.0.0 3533 2019-04-11T15:40:58Z 2019-04-11T15:40:58Z Senate S S 2008-09-22 110 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-09-22T20:53:58Z Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Act of 2008 110 6475 HR 2008-09-12 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. Identical bill CRS 2008-09-22 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. IntroReferral 2008-09-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2008-09-22 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2008-12-08 False Congress Congressional employees Education Government Operations and Politics Government attorneys Higher education Law Legal education Salaries Congress 00 2008-09-22 Introduced in Senate 2008-11-07T22:24:28Z Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Act of 2008 - Establishes the Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Program for the appointment of individuals who are graduates of accredited law schools to serve as Congressional Clerks in the Senate or House of Representatives.

Requires the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and the House Committee on House Administration to each select at least six individuals for a one-year term to serve as employees in their respective chambers.

Specifies eligibility criteria for a Congressional Clerk, including that the selected candidate be a graduate of such a law school as of the starting date of his or her clerkship.

Requires the committees to ensure that Congressional Clerks selected under this Act are apportioned equally between majority and minority party offices.

Entitles each clerk selected to the same compensation as, and comparable benefits to, an individual who holds the position of a judicial clerkship for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia within three months of graduating from law school.

]]> Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Act of 2008 Display Title Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish the Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Program. Introduced in Senate 2008-09-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3533is/xml/BILLS-110s3533is.xml 2008-09-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.