miscellaneous items

miscellaneous items For an additional amount for “Miscellaneous Items”, fiscal year 1971, $250,000 to be derived by transfer from the appropriation “Salaries, Officers and Employees”, fiscal year 1971. For an additional amount for “Miscellaneous Items”, $275,000: Provided, That each Senator shall be entitled to office space suitable for his official use at not more than three places designated by him in the State he represents. The Sergeant at Arms shall secure for each Senator such suitable office space in post offices or other Federal buildings at the places designated by each Senator. In the event suitable space is not available in post offices or other Federal buildings at any place designated by a Senator within his State, the Senator may lease or rent other office space for the purpose at such place, and the Sergeant at Arms shall approve for payment from the contingent fund of the Senate vouchers covering bona fide statements of rentals due for such office. In addition, the Sergeant at Arms shall approve for payment from the contingent fund of the Senate to each Senator, upon his certification, the official office expenses incurred in his State, telephone services charges officially incurred outside Washington, District of Columbia, and charges incurred for subscriptions to newspapers, magazines, periodicals, or clipping or similar services. Payment of rentals due and such expenses and charges shall not exceed the amount of $7,800 each calendar year, of which amount not to exceed $3,600 shall be available for the payment of rentals due, except that in the case of a Senator holding his office as Senator for less than a full calendar year, such $7,800 and $3,600 shall be prorated for that portion of such year he has served as a Senator. The aggregate of payments to or on behalf of a Senator shall not exceed at any time the sum of $650 multiplied by the number of months (or fractions thereof) elapsing from (1) the first day of the calendar year in which the payment is made, or (2) the day during such year in which the Senator assumed the duties of his office, whichever day is applicable, to the date of payment, and the amounts included in such sum as pay-85 Stat. 635ment for rentals due shall not exceed $300 multiplied by the number of such months (or fractions thereof), except that nothing in this sentence shall preclude the payment of rentals at the beginning of the month for which they are due. In the case of the death of any Senator, the chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration may certify for such deceased Senator for any portion of such sum already obligated but not certified to at the time of such Senator’s death, and for any additional amount which may be reasonably needed for the purpose of closing such deceased Senator’s State office, for payment to the person or persons designated as entitled to such payment by such chairman. The proviso relating to strictly official telephone service charges incurred by Senators outside the District of Columbia appearing in the first paragraph of chapter VIII of the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1967 (2 U.S.C. 46d–3), is repealed, and the paragraphs relating to the securing of office space for Senators in post office or other Federal buildings in their States and to the payment of official office expenses incurred by Senators in their States appearing under the heading “Senate” in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1957, as amended (2 U.S.C. 52, 53), are repealed. The preceding seven sentences and the proviso preceding such sentences are effective January 1, 1972.