[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 422 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
S.422
One Hundred Seventeenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Sunday,
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty one
An Act
To allow Senators, Senators-elect, committees of the Senate, leadership
offices, and other offices of the Senate to share employees, and for
other purposes.
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.
``(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.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.