    [United States Senate Manual, 116th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 116-1]
    [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 \90\ 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
                des

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                ignated 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.\91\ \92\ The Secretary
                of the Senate shall make the designation available for
                public inspection.
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                    \90\ As amended by S. Res. 258, 100-1, Oct. 1, 1987.
                    \91\ Pursuant to S. Res. 326, 101-2, Jan. 30, 1990.
                    \92\ Pursuant to Pub. L. 116-94, Title XVII, sec. 1701,
                the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader may each
                designate up to 2 employees of their respective leadership
                office staff as designees; however, the Standing Rules of
                the Senate were not amended.

          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 \93\ 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 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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                    \93\ 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.

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                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.

         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.\94\
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                    \94\ Redesignated by S. Res. 236, 101-2, Jan. 30, 1990,
                and S. Res. 299, 106-2, Apr. 27, 2000.