110 HR 5598 IH: To establish a program under which employing offices of U.S. House of Representatives 2008-03-12 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.

I 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5598 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 12, 2008 Mr. Clay introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To establish a program under which employing offices of the House of Representatives may agree to reimburse employees for child care expenses, and for other purposes.

1.

Program to Reimburse House Employees for Child Care Expenses

(a)

Establishment of Program

The Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives shall establish a program under which an employing office of the House of Representatives may agree to have payments made from the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives to reimburse employees of the office for child care expenses incurred while the employees are carrying out official duties. For purposes of this section, a Member of the House of Representatives shall not be considered to be an employee of the House of Representatives. (b)

Providers of Services

The child care expenses for which reimbursement may be made under the program established under this section are expenses incurred at the House of Representatives Child Care Center operated under section 312 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 2062) or at any other provider of child care services which is licensed or regulated by the Federal government or a State or local government. (c)

Limit on Annual Aggregate Payments for Employing Office

The aggregate amount of the payments made under the program under this Act with respect to an employing office during a year may not exceed an amount equal to— (1)2% of the amount made available for salaries and expenses of the employing office for the year (or, in the case of an employing office that is the office of a Member of the House of Representatives, 2% of the average Members’ Representational Allowance for all Member offices for the year); reduced by (2)the amount expended during the year with respect to the employing office under the student loan repayment program established under section 105 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 60c–6). (d)

Member Defined

In this Act, the term Member of the House of Representatives includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress.

2.

Regulations

(a)

In General

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the program under this Act. (b)

Use of Central Account for Payments

Under the regulations promulgated by the Committee on House Administration under subsection (a), the Chief Administrative Officer shall establish and administer a central account from the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives for making payments under the program, and the payments will not be made from the budgets of employing offices.

3.

Authorization of Appropriations

There are authorized to be appropriated from the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives such sums as may be necessary to carry out the program under this Act during fiscal year 2009 and each succeeding fiscal year.

4.

Effective Date

The program established under this Act shall be in effect during the One Hundred Eleventh Congress and each succeeding Congress.