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2 U.S.C. § 6311 — Organizational expenses of Senator-elect

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2 U.S.C. § 6311 — Organizational expenses of Senator-elect

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**(a) Appointment of employees by Secretary of Senate to assist; termination of employment** 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) Payment of salaries of appointed employees; funding; maximum amount** (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 office under [section 4575(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section4575/d&num=0&edition=prelim) (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 beginning 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 4575(d)(1)(B) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section4575/d/1/B&num=0&edition=prelim) exceeds the aggregate amount of his clerk-hire allowance actually paid as of the close of such month. **(c) Payment of transportation and per diem expenses of Senator-elect and appointed employees for one round trip from home State to Washington, D.C. for business of impending Congress; funding; maximum amount** 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 6314(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section6314/e&num=0&edition=prelim), 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) Payment of telegrams, telephone services, and stationery expenses** (1) Each Senator-elect is authorized to be reimbursed for expenses incurred for telegrams, telephone services, and stationery 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 6314 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section6314&num=0&edition=prelim). Reimbursement to a Senator-elect under this subsection shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate upon itemized vouchers certified by such Senator-elect and approved by the Secretary of the Senate. (2) Amounts reimbursed to a Senator-elect under this subsection shall be charged against the amount of expenses which are authorized to be paid to him or on his behalf under [section 6314 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section6314&num=0&edition=prelim), for each of the twelve months beginning with the month in which his service as a Senator commences (until all of such amounts have been charged) by whichever of the following amounts is greater: (1) one-twelfth of the amounts so reimbursed, or (2) the amount by which the aggregate amount authorized to be so paid under [section 6314(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section6314/c&num=0&edition=prelim) as of the close of such month exceeds the aggregate amount actually paid under such section 6314 as of the close of such month. **(e) Effective Date** This section shall take effect on October 1, 1978.

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2 U.S.C. § 43d — Transferred

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section 43d was editorially reclassified as [section 6311 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section6311&num=0&edition=prelim).

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2 U.S.C. § 6314 — Mail, telegraph, telephone, stationery, office supplies, and home State office and travel expenses for Senators

**(a) Authorization for payment from Senate contingent fund** The contingent fund of the Senate is made available for payment (including reimbursement) to or on behalf of each Senator, upon certification of the Senator, for the following expenses incurred by the Senator and his staff: (1) telecommunications equipment and services subject to such regulations as may be promulgated by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate; (2) (A) stationery and other office supplies procured for use for official business, and (B) metered charges for use of copying equipment provided by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate; (3) [(A) Repealed. Pub. L. 101–520, title I, § 11, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2260] (B) postage on, and fees and charges in connection with official mail matter sent through the mail other than the franking privilege upon certification by the Senate Sergeant at Arms and subject to such regulations as may be promulgated by the Committee on Rules and Administration, and (C) costs incurred in the preparation of required official reports, and the acquisition of mailing lists to be used for official purposes, and in the mailing, delivery, or transmitting of matters relating to official business; (4) official office expenses incurred (other than for equipment and furniture and expenses described in paragraphs (1) through (3)) for an office in his home State; (5) expenses incurred for publications printed or recorded in any way for auditory and visual use (including subscriptions to books, newspapers, magazines, clipping, and other information services); (6) subject to the provisions of subsection (e) of this section, reimbursement of travel expenses incurred by the Senator and employees in his office; (7) expenses incurred for addition

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2 U.S.C. § 4576 — Availability of appropriated funds for payment to an individual of pay from more than one position; conditions

**(a)** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, appropriated funds are available for payment to an individual of pay from more than one qualifying position if the aggregate gross pay from those positions does not exceed— (1) the maximum rate specified in [section 4575(d)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section4575/d/2&num=0&edition=prelim), as amended and modified; or (2) in a case where 1 or more of the individual’s qualifying positions are positions described in subsection (d)(2)(B), the maximum rate specified in [section 4575(e)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section4575/e/3&num=0&edition=prelim), as amended and modified. **(b)** (1) For an individual serving in more than 1 qualifying position under subsection (a), the cost of any travel for official business shall be paid by the office authorizing the travel. (2) Messages for each electronic mail account used in connection with carrying out the official duties of an individual serving in more than 1 qualifying position under subsection (a) may be delivered to and sent from a single handheld communications device provided to the individual for purposes of official business. (3) (A) For purposes of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.),11 See References in Text note below. the rate of basic pay for an individual serving in more than 1 qualifying position under subsection (a) shall be the total basic pay received by the individual from all such positions. (B) For an individual serving in more than one qualifying position under subsection (a), for purposes of the rights and obligations described in, or described in the provisions applied under, title II of the Congressional Accounta

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2 U.S.C. § 6311 — Organizational expenses of Senator-elect

Page 638 TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS § 6311 R.S. § 51. AMENDMENTS 1935—Act Feb. 13, 1935, inserted proviso as to com- mencement of salaries of Senators elected during a sine die adjournment on day following their election and provision as to commencement of salaries of Senators elected during a session to succeed appointees on day they qualify but that upon failure to qualify their sala- ries are to commence on day following sine die adjourn- ment of Senate and struck out provision that salaries of Senators elected to fill vacancies are to commence on day they qualify. 1934—Act June 19, 1934, made nonsubstantive changes in grammar and punctuation. 1931—Act Feb. 6, 1931, made nonsubstantive changes in grammar and punctuation and struck out ‘‘to fill such vacancies’’ after ‘‘When no appointments have been made’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS The first section of amendment XX to the Constitu- tion provides in part: ‘‘* * * the terms of Senators and Representatives [shall end] at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.’’ SUBCHAPTER II—EMPLOYEES, EXPENSES, AND ALLOWANCES § 6311. Organizational expenses of Senator-elect (a) Appointment of employees by Secretary of Senate to assist; termination of employment 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 ap- pointment commences his service as a Senator, except that his e

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