Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 1.djvu/588

 92 STAT. 534

2 USC 43cl.

2 USC 42a and note, 43b and note, 46a and note, 4 6 a - l note, 46a-3 note, 46d-4 note, 46e note, 52 note, 53 note, 58.

PUBLIC LAW 95-355—SEPT. 8, 1978 during each fiscal year one-twelfth of the amount specified in paragraph (1) multiplied by the number of months (counting a fraction of a month as a month) which have elapsed during that fiscal year. (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as abolishing the seventeen statutory positions designated for the Stationery Room, but in no event shall such positions be available during a period in which the Secretary is utilizing his authority under subsection (a) of this section. SEC. 105. (a) Upon the recommendation of a Senator-elect (other than an incumbent Senator or a Senator elected to fill a vacancy), the Secretary of the Senate shall appoint two employees to assist such Senator-elect. Any employee so appointed shall serve through the day before the date on which the Senator-elect recommending his appointment commences his service as a Senator, except that his employment may be terminated before such day upon recommendation of such Senator-elect. (b)(1) Salaries of employees appointed under subsection (a) shall be paid from the appropriation for "Administrative, Clerical, and Legislative Assistance to Senators". (2) Salaries paid to employees appointed upon recommendation of a Senator-elect under subsection (a) shall be charged against the amount of compensation which may be paid to employees in his oiRce under section 105(d) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1968, as amended and modified (2 U.S.C. 61-1 (d)) (hereinafter referred to as the "clerk-hire allowance"), for the fiscal year in which his service as a Senator commences. The total amount of salaries paid to employees so appointed upon recommendation of a Senator-elect shall be charged against his clerk-hire allowance for each month in such fiscal year begmning with the month in which his service as a Senator commences (until the total amount has been charged) by whichever of the following amounts is greater: (1) one-ninth of the amount of salaries so paid, or (2) the amount by which the aggregate amount of his clerk-hire allowance which may be paid as of the close of such month under section 105(d)(1)(B) of such Act exceeds the aggregate amount of his clerk-hire allowance actually paid as of the close of such month. (c) Each Senator-elect and each employee appointed under subsection (a) is authorized one round trip from the home State of the Senator-elect to Washington, D.C., and return, for the purposes of attending conferences, caucuses, or organizational meetings, or for any other official business connected with the impending Congress. In addition, each Senator-elect and each such employee is authorized per diem for not more than seven days while en route to and from "Washington, D.C., and while in Washington, D.C. Such transportation and per diem expenses shall be in the same amounts as are payable to Senators and employees in the office of a Senator under section 506(e) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 58), and shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate upon itemized vouchers certified by the Senator-elect concerned and approved by the Secretary of the Senate. (d)(1) Each Senator-elect is authorized to be reimbursed for expeiises incurred for telegrams and telephone services related to his position as a Senator-elect in an amount not exceeding one-twelfth of the total amount of expenses authorized to be paid to or on behalf of a Senator from the State which he will represent under section 506 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973. Reimbursement to a Senator-elect under this subsection shall be paid from the contingent

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