§ 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.