ELIMINATION OF HONORARIA AND LIMITATIONS ON OUTSIDE EARNED INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT.

SEC. 804. ELIMINATION OF HONORARIA AND LIMITATIONS ON OUTSIDE EARNED INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT. (a) Honoraria and Outside Earned Income.—Clauses 1 and 2 of rule XLVII of the Rules of the House of Representatives are amended to read as follows: “1. (a)(1) Except as provided by subparagraph (2), in calendar year 1991 or thereafter, a Member or an officer or employee of the House may not— “(A) have outside earned income attributable to such calendar year which exceeds 15 percent of the annual rate of basic pay for level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code, as of January 1 of such calendar year; or “(B) receive any honorarium. “(2) In the case of any individual who becomes a Member or an officer or employee of the House during calendar year 1991 or thereafter, such individual may not have outside earned income attributable to the portion of that calendar year which occurs after such individual becomes a Member, officer or employee which exceeds 15 percent of the annual rate of basic pay for level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code, as of January 1 of such calendar year multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days such individual is a Member, officer, or employee during such calendar year and the denominator of which is 365. “(3) In calendar year 1991 or thereafter, any payment in lieu of an honorarium which is made to a charitable organization on behalf of a Member, officer or employee of the House may not be received by such individual. No such payment shall exceed $2,000 or be made to a charitable organization from which such individual or a parent, sibling, spouse, child, or dependent relative of such individual derives any financial benefit. “(b)(1) Except as provided by subparagraph (2), in calendar year 1990, a Member may not have outside earned income (including honoraria received in such calendar year) attributable to such calendar year which exceeds 30 percent of the annual pay as a Member to which the Member was entitled in 1989. “(2) In the case of any individual who becomes a Member during calendar year 1990, such individual may not have outside earned income (including honoraria) attributable to the portion of that calendar year which occurs after such individual becomes a Member which exceeds 30 percent of $89,500 multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days such individual is a Member during such calendar year and the denominator of which is 365.”. (b) Limitations on Outside Employment.—Rule XLVII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by inserting after clause 1 the following new clause: “2. On or after January 1, 1991, a Member or an officer or employee of the House shall not— “(1) affiliate with or be employed by a firm, partnership, association, corporation, or other entity to provide professional services which involves a fiduciary relationship for compensation; 103 STAT. 1777 “(2) permit that Member’s, officer’s, or employee’s name to be used by any such firm, partnership, association, corporation, or other entity; “(3) practice a profession which involves a fiduciary relationship for compensation; “(4) serve for compensation as an officer or member of the board of any association, corporation, or other entity; or “(5) receive compensation for teaching, without the prior notification and approval of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.”. (c) Definitions.—Clause 3 of rule XLVII is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (b) through (d) as paragraphs (c) through (e), respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (a) the following new paragraph: “(b)(1) Except as provided by paragraph (2), the term ‘officer or employee of the House’ means any individual (other than a Member) whose pay is disbursed by the Clerk and who is paid at a rate equal to or greater than the annual rate of basic pay in effect for grade GS–16 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, and so employed for more than 90 days in a calendar year. “(2) When used with respect to honoraria, the term ‘officer or employee of the House’ means any individual (other than a Member) whose salary is disbursed by the Clerk.”; (2) by striking paragraphs (c) and (d) (as redesignated) and by inserting the following: “(c) The term ‘honorarium’ means a payment of money or any thing of value for an appearance, speech or article by a Member or an officer or employee of the House, excluding any actual and necessary travel expenses incurred by such individual (and one relative) to the extent that such expenses are paid or reimbursed by any other person, and the amount otherwise determined shall be reduced by the amount of any such expenses to the extent that such expenses are not paid or reimbursed. “(d) The term ‘travel expenses’ means, with respect to a Member or an officer or employee of the House, or a relative of any such individual, the cost of transportation, and the cost of lodging and meals while away from his or her residence or principal place of employment.”. (3) in paragraph (e) (as redesignated)— (A) by striking “professional fees, honorariums,” and inserting “fees,”; (B) by striking “(other than copyright royalties)”; and (C) by striking “and” at the end of subparagraph (3), by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (4) and inserting “; and”, and by inserting after subparagraph (4) the following: (5) copyright royalties received from established publishers pursuant to usual and customary contractual terms.”; and (4) by inserting at the end the following: “(f) The term ‘charitable organization’ means an organization described in section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.”. (d) Title Change.—The title of rule XLVII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended to read as follows: “limitations on outside employment and earned income.”. 103 STAT. 1778 (e) Conforming Amendment.—Effective January 1, 1991, clause 5 of rule XLIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking everything after “activity” and inserting a period. (f) Effective Date.—Except as provided by subsection (e), the amendments made by this section shall take effect on January 1, 1990. The amendments made by this section shall cease to be effective if the provisions of section 703 are subsequently repealed, in which case the rules in effect before the amendments made by this section shall be deemed to be readopted.