[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 98 (Tuesday, June 6, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1973-S1974]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
U.S. SENATE VEHICLE AND ALTERNATE VEHICLE PARKING REGULATIONS
Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to print the
U.S. Senate vehicle and alternate vehicle parking regulations, adopted
by the Committee on Rules and Administration on May 17, 2023, in the
Record.
There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in
the Record, as follows:
U.S. Senate Vehicle and Alternate Vehicle Parking Regulations
adopted by the committee on rules and administration on May 17, 2023
1.0 Scope--These regulations describe the eligibility and
processes Senators and eligible staff shall use to request,
register, and obtain parking permits for vehicles and
alternate vehicles to be parked in Senate garages.
2.0 Definitions--For purposes of these regulations, the
following terms shall have the meaning specified.
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2.1 Rules Committee means the U.S. Senate Committee on
Rules and Administration.
2.2 Alternate vehicle means a personally owned vehicle,
other than an automobile, motorcycle, personal assistance
mobility access device, or rental vehicle, including but not
limited to bicycles, motorized skateboards, and manual and
electric scooters.
2.3 Committee office means the office of a standing,
select, or joint committee of the U.S. Senate.
2.4 Congressional ID means a current congressional
identification badge issued by the Senate Sergeant at Arms.
2.5 Disbursing office means the Secretary of the Senate's
Disbursing Office.
2.6 Eligible staff means employees of the Senate, employees
of the Superintendent's Office, or employees of the United
States Capitol Police.
2.7 Leadership office means the office of the U.S. Senate
Majority and Minority Leaders, Majority and Minority Whips,
party conferences, and party policy committees.
2.8 Member office means the office of a U.S. Senator.
2.9 Permit means an identification sticker affixed to a
vehicle or alternate vehicle authorizing parking in a Senate
garage.
2.10 Permit holder means an eligible staffer that is
registered with and issued a permit by the Rules Committee.
2.11 SAA means the Senate Sergeant at Arms.
2.12 Senate garage means the underground parking areas in
the Dirksen, Hart, and Russell Senate Office Buildings
administered by the Superintendent's Office.
2.13 Senate support office means the office of an internal
congressional entity that provides services to the Senate,
including the Architect of the Capitol, the Senate Sergeant
at Arms, the Secretary of the Senate, Senate Legal Counsel,
Senate Legislative Counsel, and the United States Capitol
Police.
2.14 Superintendent's office means the Architect of the
Capitol's Senate Superintendent Office.
2.15 TranSAAct means the web-based program administered by
the Senate Sergeant at Arms that allows eligible offices to
request vehicle and alternate vehicle parking permits.
2.16 USCP means the United States Capitol Police.
2.17 Vehicle means a personally owned, leased, or rented
automobile or motorcycle.
3.0 General Use of Garage Vehicle Parking Spaces and
Alternate Vehicle Parking Racks--The use of the garage
parking spaces for vehicles and parking racks for alternate
vehicles is on a first-come, first-served basis.
3.1 Permit holders must park in their assigned garage and
parking level.
3.2 Permit holders must present their Congressional ID and
display their parking permit to USCP at their assigned garage
entrances.
3.3 Permit holders assigned a Member parking permit must
park in a Member parking space.
3.4 Permit holders must park vehicles in the designated
garage parking spaces and alternate vehicles in the
designated garage parking racks in a manner that does not
interfere with others' ability to utilize the racks and that
does not interfere with adjacent parking spaces.
3.4.1 Personal property, vehicles, and alternate vehicles
that obstruct access to a parking space or parking rack will
be moved immediately
3.5 Permits shall only be used by the permit holder and are
not transferrable to other vehicles or alternate vehicles.
3.6 Alternate vehicles may not use garage electric
chargers.
3.7 SAA outdoor Member license plates are not authorized
garage parking permits and cannot be used to park in the
Senate garages.
3.7.1 A driver for a Senator may use the SAA outdoor Member
license plate to enter a Senate garage to drop off or pick up
a Senator at an interior garage door, but must exit the
garage after doing so.
3.8 The Senate, the Superintendent's Office, and the USCP
are not responsible for lost, damaged, or stolen personal
property.
4.0 Permit Eligibility--Senators and eligible staff with a
valid Congressional ID granting 24-hour building access are
eligible for a vehicle or alternate vehicle permit. In no
case shall the number of permits issued by the Rules
Committee exceed the number of available spaces in any Senate
garage.
4.1 Member offices are provided five vehicle parking spaces
based on the location of their base suite assignment each
Congress.
4.2 Committee offices are provided six vehicle parking
spaces based on the location of their official reception
room.
4.3 Leadership offices and Senate support offices are
provided parking spaces at the discretion of the Rules
Committee.
4.4 The Rules Committee issues alternate vehicle permits on
a first-come, first-served basis.
4.5 Eligibility for alternate vehicle parking permits is in
addition to other vehicle parking and federal transit
benefits.
4.6 A permit holder may register up to two vehicles under
one vehicle permit.
4.7 A permit holder may register up to two alternate
vehicles under one alternate vehicle permit.
5.0 Permit Registration--Eligible staff must submit a
permit application through their employing office's TranSAAct
account.
5.1 The TranSAAct permit application requires the
registrant's name, office phone number, cell phone number,
email address, employing office, license plate number (if
applicable), and the make, model/style, and color of the
vehicle or alternate vehicle.
5.2 Approved permit holders must provide their
Congressional ID and vehicle or alternate vehicle to the
Senate Garage Administrative Office, SH-G12, to receive the
approved permit.
5.3 The Superintendent's Office will attach the permit in
an easily identifiable location.
6.0 Permit Renewal--Permits must be renewed by a permit
holder's employing office each Congress.
6.1 The Rules Committee will contact each office for permit
renewal information.
6.2 Permit holders approved for renewed permits must bring
their Congressional ID and vehicle or alternate vehicle to
the Superintendent's Senate Garage Administrative office for
the new permit.
6.3 Permit holders may request the Superintendent's office
either place the new permit over the previous permit or
remove the previous permit and place the new permit in the
same position. The Superintendent's office is not responsible
for damage caused by removal or placement of a permit.
6.4 Permit holders who either leave Senate employment or
whose permits are not renewed must immediately stop using the
garage parking spaces and parking racks and bring their
vehicle or alternate vehicle to the Superintendent's Senate
Garage Administrative office for permit removal.
7.0 Individually Assigned Parking--Any permit holder may
submit a written request to the Rules Committee for approval
to have an assigned parking space. Upon approval, the Rules
Committee shall notify the Disbursing office for the purposes
of determining the taxable income, if any, pursuant to the
Internal Revenue Code.
8.0 Parking Space Loans--A Member or Committee office is
permitted to loan their assigned vehicle parking spaces to
another Member, Committee, Leadership, or Senate support
office with a written request to, and approval of, the Rules
Committee.
8.1 Vehicle parking space loans must be renewed by the
loaning office each Congress with a written request to, and
approval of, the Rules Committee.
9.0 Noncompliance--Vehicles and alternate vehicles may not
be stored in a Senate garage. The Superintendent's Office
conducts regular inspections and will notify vehicle and
alternate vehicle owners of noncompliance with these
regulations, including for the following: failure to display
a valid permit; parking outside of a designated area; and
storing or abandoning a vehicle or alternate vehicle in a
Senate garage.
9.1 Any vehicle or alternate vehicle that remains unmoved
for more than five weeks will be considered as being stored.
9.2 Notice of violation(s) will be placed on the vehicle or
alternate vehicle.
9.3 After the fourth notice of violation within a 30-day
period without subsequent cure by the permit holder, the
Superintendent's office will notify the USCP to remove the
vehicle or alternate vehicle and process it as abandoned
property.
9.4 Owners of vehicles or alternate vehicles removed from
Senate garages should contact the USCP for information
regarding its abandoned property policy.
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