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 98 STAT. 476

PUBLIC LAW 98-367—JULY 17, 1984

of three million but less than four million, the population of such State having exceeded three million inhabitants. 2 USC 72a-lf. SEC. 10. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, a Senator who is the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Ethics may designate one employee employed in his Senate office to perform part-time service for such Committee, and such Committee shall reimburse such Senator for such employee's services for the Committee by transferring from the contingent fund of the Senate, upon vouchers approved by the Chairman of such Committee, to such Senator's Administrative, Clerical, and Legislative Assistance Allowance, with respect to each pay period of such employee, an amount which bears the same ratio to such employee's salary (but not more than one-half of such salary) for such period, as the portion of the time spent (or to be spent) by such employee in performing services for such Committee during such period bears to the total time for which such employee worked (or will work) during such period (as determined by the Chairman of such Committee) for such Committee and in such Senator's office. Any funds transferred under authority of the preceding sentence to a Senator's Administrative, Clerical, and Legislative Assistance shall be available for the same purposes and in like manner as funds therein which were not transferred thereto under such authority. For purposes of any law of the United States, a State, a territory, or a political subdivision thereof, an employee designated by a Senator pursuant to this section shall be considered to be an employee of such Senator's Senate office and not an employee of the Senate Select Committee on Ethics. SEC. 11. (a) Section 110(a) of Public Law 97-12 (2 U.S.C. 58b) is amended— (1) by inserting, immediately after the first sentence thereof, the following new sentence: "Each Senator, at his election, may, during any fiscal year (but not earlier than August 1 thereof), transfer from his clerk hire allowance to such Senator's Official Office Expense Account such amounts in such clerk hire allowance as the Senator shall determine, but not in excess of the balance (or accrued surplus in case of transfers made prior to October 1, 1984) as of the end of the month which precedes the date of such transfer."; (2) in the second sentence thereof, by striking out "balance" and inserting in lieu thereof "amount"; and (3) in the third sentence thereof, by striking out "December 31," and all that follows, and inserting in lieu thereof "December 31 of the calendar year in which occurs the close of such fiscal year, and such transfer shall be made on such date (but not earlier than August 1 of such calendar year) as may be specified by the Senator.". Effectve date. (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall be effective in 2 USC 58b. note, the case of fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1983. SEC. 12. (a) The second sentence of paragraph (2) of section 105(d) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 611(d)(2)), is amended to read as follows: "The salary of an employee in a Senator's office shall not be fixed under this paragraph at a rate less than $1,251 or in excess of $68,172 per annum.". (b) The first sentence of paragraph (3) of section 105(e) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 61-l(e)) is amended to read as follows: "No employee of a committee of the Senate shall be paid at a gross rate in excess of $67,694, in case of an employee of a joint committee the expenses of

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