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§ 43d. —  Organizational expenses of Senatorelect.



[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC43d]

 
                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
            CHAPTER 3--COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS
 
Sec. 43d. Organizational expenses of Senator-elect


(a) Appointment of employees by Secretary of Senate to assist; 
        termination of employment

    Upon the recommendation of a Senator-elect (other than an incumbent 
Senator or a Senator elected to fill a vacancy), the Secretary of the 
Senate shall appoint two employees to assist such Senator-elect. Any 
employee so appointed shall serve through the day before the date on 
which the Senator-elect recommending his appointment commences his 
service as a Senator, except that his employment may be terminated 
before such day upon recommendation of such Senator-elect.

(b) Payment of salaries of appointed employees; funding; maximum amount

    (1) Salaries of employees appointed under subsection (a) of this 
section shall be paid from the appropriation for ``Administrative, 
Clerical, and Legislative Assistance to Senators''.
    (2) Salaries paid to employees appointed upon recommendation of a 
Senator-elect under subsection (a) of this section shall be charged 
against the amount of compensation which may be paid to employees in his 
office under section 61-1(d) of this title (hereinafter referred to as 
the ``clerk-hire allowance''), for the fiscal year in which his service 
as a Senator commences. The total amount of salaries paid to employees 
so appointed upon recommendation of a Senator-elect shall be charged 
against his clerk-hire allowance for each month in such fiscal year 
beginning with the month in which his service as a Senator commences 
(until the total amount has been charged) by whichever of the following 
amounts is greater: (1) one-ninth of the amount of salaries so paid, or 
(2) the amount by which the aggregate amount of his clerk-hire allowance 
which may be paid as of the close of such month under section 61-
1(d)(1)(B) of this title exceeds the aggregate amount of his clerk-hire 
allowance actually paid as of the close of such month.

(c) Payment of transportation and per diem expenses of Senator-elect and 
        appointed employees for one round trip from home State to 
        Washington, D.C. for business of impending Congress; funding; 
        maximum amount

    Each Senator-elect and each employee appointed under subsection (a) 
of this section is authorized one round trip from the home State of the 
Senator-elect to Washington, D.C., and return, for the purposes of 
attending conferences, caucuses, or organizational meetings, or for any 
other official business connected with the impending Congress. In 
addition, each Senator-elect and each such employee is authorized per 
diem for not more than seven days while en route to and from Washington, 
D.C., and while in Washington, D.C. Such transportation and per diem 
expenses shall be in the same amounts as are payable to Senators and 
employees in the office of a Senator under section 58(e) of this title, 
and shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate upon itemized 
vouchers certified by the Senator-elect concerned and approved by the 
Secretary of the Senate.

(d) Payment of telegrams, telephone services, and stationery expenses

    (1) Each Senator-elect is authorized to be reimbursed for expenses 
incurred for telegrams, telephone services, and stationery related to 
his position as a Senator-elect in an amount not exceeding one-twelfth 
of the total amount of expenses authorized to be paid to or on behalf of 
a Senator from the State which he will represent under section 58 of 
this title. Reimbursement to a Senator-elect under this subsection shall 
be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate upon itemized vouchers 
certified by such Senator-elect and approved by the Secretary of the 
Senate.
    (2) Amounts reimbursed to a Senator-elect under this subsection 
shall be charged against the amount of expenses which are authorized to 
be paid to him or on his behalf under section 58 of this title, for each 
of the twelve months beginning with the month in which his service as a 
Senator commences (until all of such amounts have been charged) by 
whichever of the following amounts is greater: (1) one-twelfth of the 
amounts so reimbursed, or (2) the amount by which the aggregate amount 
authorized to be so paid under section 58(c) of this title as of the 
close of such month exceeds the aggregate amount actually paid under 
such section 58 as of the close of such month.

(e) Effective Date

    This section shall take effect on October 1, 1978.

(Pub. L. 95-355, title I, Sec. 105, Sept. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 534; Pub. L. 
104-197, title I, Sec. 2, Sept. 16, 1996, 110 Stat. 2397.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 104-197 substituted ``, telephone 
services, and stationery'' for ``and telephone services''.


         Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account

    References in any law, rule, regulation, or order to Senate 
appropriation account for Administrative, Clerical, and Legislative 
Assistance Allowance to Senators deemed references to the ``Senators' 
Official Personnel and Office Expense Account'', see section 58c(2) of 
this title.



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