[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 25, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S1550]
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        AMENDMENT OF TITLE 2, UNITED STATES CODE, SECTION 61H-6

  The text of the bill (S. 273) to amend title 2, United States Code, 
section 61h-6, as passed by the Senate on January 24, 1995, is as 
follows:

                                 S. 273

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled, That 
     section 61h-6 of title 2; The Congress, Chapter 4--Officers 
     and Employees of Senate and House of Representatives; United 
     States Code, is amended to read as follows:

     ``Sec. 61h-6. Appointment of consultants by Majority Leader, 
       Minority Leader, Secretary of the Senate, and Legislative 
       Counsel of the Senate; compensation

       ``(a) The Majority Leader and the Minority Leader, are each 
     authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of not more 
     than four individual consultants, on a temporary or 
     intermittent basis, at a daily rate of compensation not in 
     excess of the per diem equivalent of the highest gross rate 
     of annual compensation which may be paid to employees of a 
     standing committee of the Senate. The Secretary of the Senate 
     is authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of not more 
     than two individual consultants, on a temporary or 
     intermittent basis, at a daily rate of compensation not in 
     excess of the per diem equivalent of the highest gross rate 
     of annual compensation which may be paid to employees of a 
     standing committee of the Senate. The Legislative Counsel of 
     the Senate (subject to the approval of the President Pro 
     Tempore) is authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of 
     not more than two consultants, on a temporary or intermittent 
     basis, at a daily rate of compensation not in excess of that 
     specified in the first sentence of this section. The 
     provisions of section 8344 of title 5 shall not apply to any 
     individual serving in a position under this authority. 
     Expenditures under this authority shall be paid from the 
     contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the 
     President Pro Tempore, Majority Leader, Minority Leader, 
     Secretary of the Senate, or Legislative Counsel of the 
     Senate, as the case may be.
       ``(b) The Majority Leader, and the Minority Leader, in 
     appointing individuals to consultant positions under 
     authority of this section, may appoint one such individual to 
     such position at an annual rate of compensation rather than 
     at a daily rate of compensation, but such annual rate shall 
     not be in excess of the highest gross rate of annual 
     compensation which may be paid to employees of a standing 
     committee of the Senate.''.
     

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