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<dc:title>118 SRES 285 IS: To provide for the approval of final regulations relating to Federal service labor-management relations that are applicable to the Senate and the employees of the Senate, and that were issued by the Office of Compliance, now known as the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, on August 19, 1996, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2023-06-22</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">III</distribution-code><congress display="yes">118th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num>S. RES. 285</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20230622">June 22, 2023</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S307">Mr. Brown</sponsor> (for himself, <cosponsor name-id="S369">Mr. Markey</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S311">Ms. Klobuchar</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S313">Mr. Sanders</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S366">Ms. Warren</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S322">Mr. Merkley</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S422">Mr. Welch</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S394">Ms. Smith</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S370">Mr. Booker</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S331">Mrs. Gillibrand</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S359">Mr. Heinrich</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S413">Mr. Padilla</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S316">Mr. Whitehouse</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S284">Ms. Stabenow</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S418">Mr. Fetterman</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S380">Mr. Peters</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S341">Mr. Blumenthal</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S361">Ms. Hirono</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S354">Ms. Baldwin</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="S309">Mr. Casey</cosponsor>) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSRA00">Committee on Rules and Administration</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>RESOLUTION</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To provide for the approval of final regulations relating to Federal service labor-management relations that are applicable to the Senate and the employees of the Senate, and that were issued by the Office of Compliance, now known as the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, on August 19, 1996, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><resolution-body><section display-inline="yes-display-inline" section-type="undesignated-section" id="S1"><text>That the following regulations issued by the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights on August 19, 1996, are hereby approved: </text></section><section id="LEXA-Repairidf5fc1b5713cd47958e45b827f9c72f0a" section-type="undesignated-section"><appropriations-major id="id50F68D1F90174F748DBD1606FA869128"><header>ADOPTED REGULATIONS</header></appropriations-major></section><title id="LEXA-Repairid6964f3bfe65741d58b531af3d7685d45" level-type="undesignated"><chapter id="LEXA-Repairid969f6c888e254c9e9a119f832af9df4f" level-type="undesignated"><subchapter id="idFCD11D36221B4C7E918B9CCA4E8120D5"><enum>E</enum><header>Covered employees in certain employing offices</header><part id="id5418beedcdea42098534ed43a9582656" style="OLC"><enum>2472</enum><header>Certain employing offices</header><section section-type="undesignated-section" id="id9653FF65F7814062865977264D3B6EFB1"><enum>2472.1</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><header-in-text level="section" style="USC"> Purpose and scope.</header-in-text></text><subsection id="id9653FF65F7814062865977264D3B6EFB11"><enum/><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The regulations contained in this subchapter implement the provisions of chapter 71 as applied by section 220 of the CAA to covered employees in the following employing offices:</text><paragraph id="idD5581BCA86EA44CBBA266A127473321B"><enum/><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idcdbd96d0161c45959b6d35938ecb95b1a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the personal office of any Senator;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idDE8E6CC46E094432ABC57613B5E5FE55" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a standing select, special, permanent, temporary, or other committee of the Senate, or a joint committee of Congress that employs an employee of the Senate (with respect to such an employee);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idFFCA9A0A6C27466DAF24FA1380C9EFE3" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Office of the Vice President (as President of the Senate), the Office of the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Office of the Majority Leader of the Senate, the Office of the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Office of the Majority Whip of the Senate, the Office of the Minority Whip of the Senate, the Conference of the Majority of the Senate, the Conference of the Minority of the Senate, the Office of the Secretary of the Conference of the Majority of the Senate, the Office of the Secretary of the Conference of the Minority of the Senate, the Office of the Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, the Office of the Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, the Majority Policy Committee of the Senate, the Minority Policy Committee of the Senate, and the following offices within the Office of the Secretary of the Senate: Offices of the Parliamentarian, Bill Clerk, Legislative Clerk, Journal Clerk, Executive Clerk, Enrolling Clerk, Official Reporters of Debate, Daily Digest, Printing Services, Captioning Services, and Senate Chief Counsel for Employment;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idDEBFEDC4ABD3498D80D7FF5ADFD52EAD" indent="up1"><enum>(D</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate and the Office of the Senate Legal Counsel;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idE36B67D9B7AB461E984CA4081A66A1A7" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the offices of any caucus or party organization that employs an employee of the Senate (with respect to such an employee); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id95C8FEF7591041EF91833F3BCE7291FA" indent="up1"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Executive Office of the Secretary of the Senate, the Office of Senate Security, the Senate Disbursing Office, and the Administrative Office of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" section-type="undesignated-section" id="idE7E0E01BA36F433AABDA9557797B1FE8"><enum>2472.2</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><header-in-text level="section" style="USC"> Application of chapter 71.</header-in-text></text><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4E5077BD5EB3473CA16B593504379260"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirements and exemptions of chapter 71, as made applicable by section 220 of the CAA, shall apply to covered employees who are employed in the offices listed in section 2472.1 in the same manner and to the same extent as those requirements and exemptions are applied to other covered employees.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id282A2D9FAC1743E3B6E637F2AD2E2FFE"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The regulations of the Office, as set forth at parts 2420–29 and 2470–71, shall apply to the employing offices listed in section 2472.1, covered employees who are employed in those offices, and representatives of those employees.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" section-type="undesignated-section" id="id386A31CDD1624D16907E00A72B17B6D1"><enum>2472.3</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><header-in-text level="section" style="USC"> Definitions.</header-in-text></text><subsection id="id386A31CDD1624D16907E00A72B17B6D11"><enum/><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subchapter: </text><paragraph commented="no" id="idDEABD91FBA814E5B9EB1E8E875514FCD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The terms <term>CAA</term>, <term>chapter 71</term>, and <term>employing office</term> have the meanings given the terms in sections 2421.1 through 2421.3, respectively.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7B60525BD3794F8F8A0E124FBA051E1A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The terms <term>covered employee</term> and <term>employee of the Senate</term> have the meanings given the terms in section 101 of the CAA (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1301">2 U.S.C. 1301</external-xref>). </text></paragraph></subsection></section></part></subchapter></chapter></title></resolution-body></resolution> 

