[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1493 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1493

  To establish a John Heinz Senate Fellowship Program to advance the 
 development of public policy with respect to issues affecting senior 
                               citizens.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 4, 1999

  Mr. Specter (for himself and Mr. Santorum) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and 
                             Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish a John Heinz Senate Fellowship Program to advance the 
 development of public policy with respect to issues affecting senior 
                               citizens.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``John Heinz Senate Fellowship 
Program''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Senator John Heinz believed that Congress has a special 
        responsibility to serve as a guardian for those persons who 
        cannot protect themselves.
            (2) Senator Heinz dedicated much of his career in Congress 
        to improving the lives of senior citizens.
            (3) It is especially appropriate to honor the memory of 
        Senator Heinz through the creation of a Senate fellowship 
        program to encourage the identification and training of new 
        leadership in aging policy and to bring experts with firsthand 
        experience of aging issues to the assistance of the Congress in 
        order to advance the development of public policy in issues 
        that affect senior citizens.

SEC. 3. FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--In order to encourage the identification and 
training of new leadership in issues affecting senior citizens and to 
advance the development of public policy with respect to such issues, 
there is established a John Heinz Senate Fellowship Program.
    (b) Senate Fellowships.--The Heinz Family Foundation, in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Senate, is authorized to select 
Senate fellowship participants.
    (c) Selection Process.--The Heinz Family Foundation shall--
            (1) publicize the availability of the fellowship program;
            (2) develop and administer an application process for 
        Senate fellowships; and
            (3) conduct a screening of applicants for the fellowship 
        program.

SEC. 4. COMPENSATION; NUMBER OF FELLOWSHIPS; PLACEMENT.

    (a) Compensation.--The Secretary of the Senate is authorized, from 
funds made available under section 5, to appoint and fix the 
compensation of each eligible participant selected under this Act for a 
period determined by the Secretary.
    (b) Number of Fellowships.--No more than 2 fellowship participants 
shall be so employed. Any individual appointed pursuant to this Act 
shall be subject to all laws, regulations and rules in the same manner 
and to the same extent as any other employee of the Senate.
    (c) Placement.--The Secretary of the Senate, after consultation 
with the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the Senate, shall place 
eligible participants in positions in the Senate that are, within 
practical considerations, supportive of the fellowship participants' 
areas of expertise.

SEC. 5. FUNDS.

    The funds necessary to compensate eligible participants under this 
Act for fiscal year 1999 shall be paid from the contingent fund of the 
Senate. Such funds shall not exceed, for fiscal year 1999, $71,000. 
There are authorized to be appropriated $71,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2000 through 2004 to carry out the provisions of this Act.
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