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 91 STAT. 664

Limitation. 2 USC 58.

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2 USC 431.

PUBLIC LAW 95-94—AUG. 5, 1977 of itemized vouchers for expenses incurred and, in the case of expenses reimbursed under paragraph (9), only upon presentation of detailed itemized vouchers for such expenses. The reports of the Secretary of the Senate under section 105 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1965 (2 U.S.C. 104a) shall contain a separate section setting forth, in detail, all expenses reimbursed under paragraph (9) to each Senator. No reimbursement shall be made under paragraph (5) or (9) for any expense incurred for entertainment or meals.". (b) Section 506(b)(1) of such Act is amended to read as follows: "(1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the total amount of expenses authorized to be paid to or on behalf of a Senator under this section shall not exceed for calendar year 1977 or any calendar year thereafter an amount equal to one-half of the sum of the amounts authorized to be paid under this section on the day before the date of the enactment of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978, to or on behalf of both of the Senators from the State which he represents, increased by an amount equal to ten percent thereof and rounded to the next higher multiple of $1,000.". (c) Section 506(e) of such Act is amended to read as follows: "(e) A Senator and the employees in his office shall be reimbursed under this section only for actual transportation expenses and per diem expenses (but not exceeding actual travel expenses) incurred by the Senator or employee while traveling on official business within the United States. In the case of an employee, reimbursement shall be made only for trips which begin and end in Washington, District of Columbia, or, in the case of an employee assigned to an office of a Senator in the Senator's home State, on trips which begin and end at the place where such office is located. However, a Senator or an employee in the office of a Senator shall not be reimbursed for any per diem expenses or actual travel expenses (other than actual transportation expenses) for any travel occurring during the sixty days immediately before the date of any primary or general election (whether regular, special, or runoff) in which the Senator is a candidate for public office (within the meaning of section 301(b) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971), unless his candidacy in such election is uncontested. Reimbursement of per diem expenses under this subsection shall be at the rates in effect under section 5702 of title 5, United States Code, for employees of agencies. For purposes of this subsection and subsection (a)(8), an employee in the Office of the Majority Leader, Minority Leader, Majority Whip, or Minority Whip shall be considered to be an employee in the office of the Senator holding such Office.". (d) Section 3(c)(2) under the heading "Administrative Provisions" in the appropriation for the Senate in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1975 (2 U.S.C. 59(c)(2)) is amended by striking out "$20,500" and inserting in lieu thereof "$22,550", and by striking out "$500" and inserting in lieu thereof "$550". (e) The seventh paragraph under the heading "Administrative Provisions" in the appropriation for the Senate in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 68b) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "This paragraph shall not apply with respect to per diem or actual travel expenses incurred by Senators and employees in the office of a Senator which are reimbursed under section 506 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 58).".

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