[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 224 (Friday, January 1, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8008-S8009]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SENATE SHARED EMPLOYEE ACT
Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 5086, which was introduced
earlier today.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
A bill (S. 5086) to allow Senators, Senators-elect,
committees of the Senate, leadership offices, and other
officers of the Senate to share employees, and for other
purposes.
There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be
considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to
reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The bill (S. 5086) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading,
was read the third time, and passed, as follows
S. 5086
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 ``Senate Shared Employee
Act''.
SEC. 2. ALLOWING SENATORS, COMMITTEES, LEADERSHIP OFFICES,
AND OTHER OFFICES OF THE SENATE TO SHARE
EMPLOYEES.
(a) In General.--Section 114 of the Legislative Branch
Appropriation Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C. 4576) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``Notwithstanding'';
(2) by striking ``position, each of'' and all that follows
through the period at the end and inserting the following:
``qualifying position if the aggregate gross pay from those
positions does not exceed--
``(1) the maximum rate specified in section 105(d)(2) of
the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C.
4575(d)(2)), as amended and modified; or
``(2) in a case where 1 or more of the individual's
qualifying positions are positions described in subsection
(d)(2)(B), the maximum rate specified in section 105(e)(3) of
the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C.
4575(e)(3)), as amended and modified.''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(b)(1) For an individual serving in more than 1
qualifying position under subsection (a), the cost of any
travel for official business shall be paid by the office
authorizing the travel.
``(2) Messages for each electronic mail account used in
connection with carrying out the official duties of an
individual serving in more than 1 qualifying position under
subsection (a) may be delivered to and sent from a single
handheld communications device provided to the individual for
purposes of official business.
``(3)(A) For purposes of the Ethics in Government Act of
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), the rate of basic pay for an individual
serving in more than 1 qualifying position under subsection
(a) shall be the total basic pay received by the individual
from all such positions.
``(B) For an individual serving in more than one qualifying
position under subsection (a), for purposes of the rights and
obligations described in, or described in the provisions
applied under, title II of the Congressional Accountability
Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) related to practices used
at a time when the individual is serving in such a qualifying
position with an employing office, the rate of pay for the
individual shall be the individual rate of pay received from
the employing office.
``(c)(1) If the duties of a qualifying position under
subsection (a) include information technology services and
support, an individual may only serve in the qualifying
position and 1 or more additional qualifying positions under
such subsection if the individual is in compliance with each
information technology standard and policy established for
Senate offices by the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and
Doorkeeper of the Senate.
``(2) Notwithstanding subsection (a), an employee serving
in a qualifying position in the Office of the Secretary of
the Senate or the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and
Doorkeeper of the Senate may serve in an additional
qualifying position only if--
``(A) the other qualifying position is with the other
Office; or
``(B) the Committee on Rules and Administration of the
Senate has approved the arrangement.
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``(d) In this section, the term `qualifying position' means
a position that--
``(1) is designated as a shared position for purposes of
this section by the Senator or other head of the office in
which the position is located; and
``(2) is one of the following:
``(A) A position--
``(i) that is in the office of a Senator; and
``(ii) the pay of which is disbursed by the Secretary of
the Senate.
``(B) A position--
``(i) that is in any committee of the Senate (including a
select or special committee) or a joint committee of
Congress; and
``(ii) the pay of which is disbursed by the Secretary of
the Senate out of an appropriation under the heading
`inquiries and investigations' or `Joint Economic Committee',
or a heading relating to a Joint Congressional Committee on
Inaugural Ceremonies.
``(C) A position--
``(i) that is in another office (excluding the Office of
the Vice President and the Office of the Chaplain of the
Senate); and
``(ii) the pay of which is disbursed by the Secretary of
the Senate out of an appropriation under the heading
`Salaries, Officers and Employees'.
``(D) A position--
``(i) that is filled pursuant to section 105 of the Second
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C. 6311); and
``(ii) the pay of which is disbursed by the Secretary of
the Senate out of an appropriation under the heading
`miscellaneous items'.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a)
shall take effect beginning on the day that is 6 months after
the date of enactment of this Act.
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