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 PUBLIC LAW 106-554—APPENDIX B 114 STAT. 2763A-97 (b) The Architect of the Capitol shall deposit in the revolving fund— (1) any amounts received as dues or other assessments for use of the Senate Health and Fitness Facility, and (2) any amounts received from the operation of the Senate waste recycling program. (c) Subject to the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, amounts in the revolving fund shall be available to the Architect of the Capitol, without fiscal year limitation, for payment of costs of the Senate Health and Fitness Facility. (d) The Architect of the Capitol shall withdraw from the revolving fund and deposit in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts all moneys in the revolving fund that the Architect determines are in excess of the current and reasonably foreseeable needs of the Senate Health and Fitness Facility. (e) Subject to the approval of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, the Architect of the Capitol may issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. SEC. 5. For each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001), there is authorized an expense allowance for the Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy Committees which shall not exceed $3,000 each fiscal year for each such Chairman; and amounts from such allowance shall be paid to either of such Chairmen only as reimbursement for actual expenses incurred by him and upon certification and documentation of such expenses, and amounts so paid shall not be reported as income and shall not be allowed as a deduction under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. SEC. 6. (a) The head of the employing office of an employee of the Senate may, upon termination of employment of the employee, authorize payment of a lump sum for the accrued annual leave of that employee if— (1) the head of the employing office— (A) has approved a written leave policy authorizing employees to accrue leave and establishing the conditions upon which accrued leave may be psiid; and (B) submits written certification to the Financial Clerk of the Senate of the number of days of annual leave accrued by the employee for which pa5Tnent is to be made under the written leave policy of the employing office; and (2) there are sufficient funds to cover the lump sum pay- ment. (b)(1) A lump sum payment under this section shall not exceed the lesser of— (A) twice the monthly rate of pay of the employee; or (B) the product of the daily rate of pay of the employee and the number of days of accrued annual leave of the employee. (2) The Secretary of the Senate shall determine the rates of pay of an employee under paragraph (1)(A) and (B) on the basis of the annual i*ate of pay of the employee in effect on the date of termination of employment. (c) Any payment under this section shall be paid from the appropriation account or fund used to pay the employee. (d) If an individual who received a lump sum payment under this section is reemployed as an employee of the Senate before

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