administrative provisions

administrative provisions Section 1. (a) Section 1 of the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 61g–6a), is amended by deleting “$75,000” and inserting in lieu thereof “$275,000”. (b) Subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 1991. Sec. 2. Section 4(c) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1990 (2 U.S.C. 121c(c)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: “On or before December 31 of each year, the Secretary of the Senate shall withdraw from the fund and deposit in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts all moneys in excess of $5,000 in the fund at the close of the preceding fiscal year.”. Sec. 3. Section 101 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 61h–6) is amended— (1) by inserting immediately after the second sentence thereof the following new sentence: “The Legislative Counsel of the Senate (subject to the approval of the President pro tempore) is authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of not more than 2 consultants, on a temporary or intermittent basis, at a daily rate of compensation not in excess of that specified in the first sentence of this section.”, and (2) in the last sentence of such section, by striking out “and the Secretary of the Senate, respectively” and inserting in lieu thereof “, Secretary of the Senate, or Legislative Counsel of the Senate, as the case may be”. Sec. 4. Subsection (a) of section 2 of Public Law 100–71 is amended by— (1) striking “$25,000” and inserting “$50,000”, and (2) striking “The Secretary of the Senate is authorized” and inserting “Hereafter the Secretary of the Senate is authorized”. Sec. 5. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 105(d)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61–1(d)(l)), and except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (C) of such subsection (d)(D, the aggregate of gross compensation paid employees in the office of a Senator shall not exceed during each fiscal year $1,012,083 if the population of his State is less than 5,000,000. (b) Subsection (a) shall take effect October 1, 1991. Sec. 6. (a) The rate of pay for the offices referred to under section 703(a)(2)(B) of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5318 note) shall be the rate of pay that would be payable for each such office if the provisions of sections 703(a)(2)(B) and 1101(a)(1)(A) of such Act (5 U.S.C. 5318 note and 5305 note) had not been enacted. (b) The Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— (1) in section 503(1)(B) by striking out “legislative branch officers and employees other than Senators, officers, and employees of the Senate and” and inserting in lieu thereof “Senators and legislative branch officers and employees”; (2) in section 505(1) by inserting “a Senator in,” before “a Representative”; and (3) in section 505(2) by striking out “(A)” through “(B)”. 105 STAT. 451 (c) Section 908 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1983 (2 U.S.C. 31–1) is repealed. (d) Section 323 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441i) is repealed. (e) (1) Of the funds appropriated under the heading “SENATE” in any appropriations Act or joint resolution making funds available to the Senate before fiscal year 1992, and which (except for the provisions of this paragraph) would remain available until expended, of the remaining balances, $3,040,000, are rescinded. (2) In addition to funds rescinded under the preceding paragraph, of the funds appropriated under the heading “salaries, officers and employees” Under the heading “SENATE” of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991, and which (except for the provisions of this paragraph) would remain available until expended, of the remaining balances, $250,000, are rescinded effective on the date of the enactment of this Act. (f) (1) Except for the provisions of subsection (e)(1), the provisions of this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) The provisions of subsection (e)(1) shall take effect on October 1, 1991. Sec. 7. (a) Section 506(a) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 58(a)) is amended as follows: (1) in the material preceding clause (1), delete “payment” and insert in lieu thereof “payment (including reimbursement)”; (2) in clauses (3), (4), (5), (7), (8), and (9), delete “reimbursement to each Senator for”; (3) in the material following clause (9), delete “Reimbursement to a Senator and his employees” and insert in lieu thereof “Payment”; (4) in the material following clause (9), delete “reimbursed” and insert in lieu thereof “paid or reimbursed”; and (5) in the last sentence, delete “reimbursement” and insert in lieu thereof “payment”. (b) Section 3(f) under the heading “Administrative Provisions” in the appropriations for the Senate in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1975 (2 U.S.C. 59(e)) is amended as follows: (1) in the first sentence of paragraph (1), delete “shall be reimbursed from the contingent fund of the Senate for the rental payments” and insert in lieu thereof “the contingent fund of the Senate is available for the rental payments (including by way of reimbursement)”; (2) in paragraph (2), delete “reimbursed” and insert in lieu thereof “paid”; (3) in paragraph (3), delete “reimbursement” and insert in lieu thereof “pa3mient“; (4) in paragraph (4), delete “reimbursement” and insert in lieu thereof “payment”; and (5) in paragraph (5), delete “Reimbursement” and insert in lieu thereof “Payment”. (c) The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect October 1, 1991. Sec. 8. (a) Effective October 1, 1991, the jurisdiction and control of the Senate chamber public address system is transferred from the Architect of the Capitol to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate. In the case of any employee of the Architect of the105 STAT. 452 Capitol transferred during fiscal year 1992 to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate as an audio operator— (1) in the case of days of annual leave to the credit of any such employee as of the date such employee is transferred, the Architect of the Capitol is authorized to make payment to each such employee for that annual leave, and no such payment shall be considered a payment or compensation within the meaning of any law relating to dual compensation; and (2) for purposes of section 8339(m) of title 5, United States Code, the days of unused sick leave to the credit of any such employee as of the date such employee is transferred shall be included in the total service of such employee in connection with the computation of any annuity under subsections (a) through (e), (n), and (q) of such section. (b) The Architect of the Capitol shall provide the maintenance of the Senate chamber public address system until such system is replaced by a combined public address and audio broadcast system. Sec. 9. (a) Subject to subsection (b), those employees of the Architect of the Capitol engaged in operating elevators in that part of the United States Capitol Building under the control and jurisdiction of the United States Senate, together with the elevator operating functions performed by such employees, effective October 1, 1991, shall be transferred to the jurisdiction of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate. (b) The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is authorized to enter into an agreement or other arrangement with the Architect of the Capitol regarding the supervision of such employees.