[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 109 (Thursday, June 22, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2247]
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SENATE RESOLUTION 285--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

  Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Markey, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Sanders, Ms. 
Warren, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Welch, Ms. Smith, Mr. Booker, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Fetterman, 
Mr. Peters, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Baldwin, and Mr. Casey) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Rules and Administration:

                              S. Res. 285

       Resolved, That the following regulations issued by the 
     Office of Congressional Workplace Rights on August 19, 1996, 
     are hereby approved:
       

                          ADOPTED REGULATIONS



      Subchapter E--Covered Employees in Certain Employing Offices

                  PART 2472--CERTAIN EMPLOYING OFFICES

     2472.1  PURPOSE AND SCOPE.

        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:
       (A) the personal office of any Senator;
       (B) 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);
       (C) 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;
       (D the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate and 
     the Office of the Senate Legal Counsel;
       (E) the offices of any caucus or party organization that 
     employs an employee of the Senate (with respect to such an 
     employee); and
       (F) 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.

     2472.2  APPLICATION OF CHAPTER 71.

        (a) 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.
       (b) 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.

     2472.3  DEFINITIONS.

        In this subchapter:
       (1) The terms ``CAA'', ``chapter 71'', and ``employing 
     office'' have the meanings given the terms in sections 2421.1 
     through 2421.3, respectively.
       (2) The terms ``covered employee'' and ``employee of the 
     Senate'' have the meanings given the terms in section 101 of 
     the CAA (2 U.S.C. 1301).

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