[United States Senate Manual, 112th Congress]
[S. Doc. 112-1]
[Standing Rules of the Senate]
[Pages 86-88]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


        41                            RULE XLI

                        POLITICAL FUND ACTIVITY; DEFINITIONS

      41.1      1. No officer or employee of the Senate may receive, 
            solicit, be a custodian of, or distribute any funds in 
            connection with any campaign for the nomination for 
            election, or the election, of any individual to be a Member 
            of the Senate or to any other Federal office. This 
            prohibition does not apply to three \86\ assistants to a 
            Senator, at least one of whom is in Washington, District of 
            Columbia, who have been designated by that Senator to 
            perform any of the functions described in the first sentence 
            of this paragraph and who are compensated at an annual rate 
            in excess of $10,000 if such designation has been made in 
            writing and filed with the Secretary of the Senate and if 
            each such assistant files a financial statement in the form 
            provided under rule XXXIV for each year during which he is 
            designated under this rule. The Majority Leader and the 
            Minority Leader may each designate an employee of their 
            respective leadership office staff as one of the 3 designees 
            referred to in the second sentence.\87\ The Secretary of the 
            Senate shall make the designation available for public 
            inspection.
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                \86\ As amended by S. Res. 258, 100-1, Oct. 1, 1987.
                \87\ Pursuant to S. Res. 236, 101-2, Jan. 30, 1990.

      41.2      2. For purposes of the Senate Code of Official Conduct--
     41.2a
                      
                        (a) an employee of the Senate includes any 
                    employee whose salary is disbursed by the Secretary 
                    of the Senate; and

     41.2b
                      
                        (b) the compensation of an officer or employee 
                    of the Senate who is a reemployed annuitant shall 
                    include amounts received by such officer or employee 
                    as an annuity, and such amounts shall be treated as 
                    disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

      41.3      3. Before approving the utilization by any committee of 
            the Senate of the services of an officer or employee of the 
            Government in accordance with paragraph 4 \88\ of rule XXVII 
            or with an authorization provided by Senate resolution, the 
            Committee on Rules and Administration shall require such 
            officer or employee to agree in writing to comply with the 
            Senate Code of Official Conduct in the same manner and to 
            the same extent as an employee of the Senate. Any such 
            officer or employee shall, for purposes of such

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            Code, be treated as an employee of the Senate receiving 
            compensation disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate in an 
            amount equal to the amount of compensation he is receiving 
            as an officer or employee of the Government.
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                \88\ Reference corrected by S. Res. 192, 102-1, Oct. 31, 
            1991.

      41.4      4. No Member, officer, or employee of the Senate shall 
            utilize the full-time services of an individual for more 
            than ninety days in a calendar year in the conduct of 
            official duties of any committee or office of the Senate 
            (including a Member's office) unless such individual--
     41.4a
                      
                        (a) is an officer or employee of the Senate,
     41.4b
                      
                        (b) is an officer or employee of the Government 
                    (other than the Senate), or
     41.4c
                      
                        (c) agrees in writing to comply with the Senate 
                    Code of Official Conduct in the same manner and to 
                    the same extent as an employee of the Senate.

            Any individual to whom subparagraph (c) applies shall, for 
            purposes of such Code, be treated as an employee of the 
            Senate receiving compensation disbursed by the Secretary of 
            the Senate in an amount equal to the amount of compensation 
            which such individual is receiving from any source for 
            performing such services.
      41.5      5. In exceptional circumstances for good cause shown, 
            the Select Committee on Ethics may waive the applicability 
            of any provision of the Senate Code of Official Conduct to 
            an employee hired on a per diem basis.
     41.6a      6. (a) The supervisor of an individual who performs 
            services for any Member, committee, or office of the Senate 
            for a period in excess of four weeks and who receives 
            compensation therefor from any source other than the United 
            States Government shall report to the Select Committee on 
            Ethics with respect to the utilization of the services of 
            such individual.
     41.6b      (b) A report under subparagraph (a) shall be made with 
            respect to an individual--
                        (1) when such individual begins performing 
                    services described in such subparagraph;
                        (2) at the close of each calendar quarter while 
                    such individual is performing such services; and
                        (3) when such individual ceases to perform such 
                    services. Each such report shall include the 
                    identity of the source of the compensation received 
                    by such individual and the amount or rate of 
                    compensation paid by such source.

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     41.6c      (c) No report shall be required under subparagraph (a) 
            with respect to an individual who normally performs services 
            for a Member, committee, or office for less than eight hours 
            a week.
     41.6d      (d) For purposes of this paragraph, the supervisor of an 
            individual shall be determined under paragraph 12 of rule 
            XXXVII.\89\
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                \89\ Redesignated pursuant to S. Res. 236, 101-2, Jan. 
            30, 1990 and S. Res. 299, 106-2, Apr. 27, 2000.