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           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 2002

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Public Law 107-68
107th Congress

                                 An Act


 
  Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
  ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes. <<NOTE: Nov. 12, 
                         2001 -  [H.R. 2647]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums 
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2002, and for other purposes, namely:

   TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS <<NOTE: Congressional Operations 
Appropriations Act, 2002. 2 USC 60a note.>> 

                                 SENATE

                           expense allowances

    For expense allowances of the Vice President, $10,000; the President 
Pro Tempore of the Senate, $10,000; Majority Leader of the Senate, 
$10,000; Minority Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Majority Whip of the 
Senate, $5,000; Minority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; and Chairmen of the 
Majority and Minority Conference Committees, $3,000 for each Chairman; 
and Chairmen of the
Majority and Minority Policy Committees, $3,000 for each Chair-
man; in all, $62,000.

     representation allowances for the majority and minority leaders

    For representation allowances of the Majority and Minority Leaders 
of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader; in all, $30,000.

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

    For compensation of officers, employees, and others as authorized by 
law, including agency contributions, $104,039,000, which shall be paid 
from this appropriation without regard to the below limitations, as 
follows:

                      office of the vice president

    For the Office of the Vice President, $1,867,000.

                   office of the president pro tempore

    For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $473,000.

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              offices of the majority and minority leaders

    For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $2,868,000.

               offices of the majority and minority whips

    For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $1,912,000.

                       committee on appropriations

    For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, $9,875,000.

                          conference committees

    For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of the 
Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the Chairman of each 
such committee, $1,250,000 for each such committee; in all, $2,500,000.

  offices of the secretaries of the conference of the majority and the 
                       conference of the minority

    For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the Majority and 
the Conference of the Minority, $618,000.

                            policy committees

    For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority 
Policy Committee, $1,275,000 for each such committee; in all, 
$2,550,000.

                         office of the chaplain

    For Office of the Chaplain, $301,000.

                         office of the secretary

    For Office of the Secretary, $15,424,000.

              office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper

    For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $39,082,000.

        offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority

    For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for 
the Minority, $1,350,000.

                agency contributions and related expenses

    For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized by 
law, and related expenses, $25,219,000.

             Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative
Counsel of the Senate, $4,306,000.

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                     Office of Senate Legal Counsel

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel, 
$1,109,000.

Expense Allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, Sergeant at Arms and 
                  Doorkeeper of the Senate, and Secre-
           taries for the Majority and Minority of the Senate

    For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, $3,000; 
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $3,000; Secretary for the 
Majority of the Senate, $3,000; Secretary for the Minority of the 
Senate, $3,000; in all, $12,000.

                    Contingent Expenses of the Senate

                      inquiries and investigations

    For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, 
or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth 
Congress, as amended, section 112 of Public Law 96-304 and Senate 
Resolution 281, agreed to March 11, 1980, $107,264,000.

 expenses of the united states senate caucus on international narcotics 
                                 control

    For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on International 
Narcotics Control, $520,000.

                         secretary of the senate

    For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, 
$8,571,000, of which $7,000,000 shall remain available until expended.

              sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the senate

    For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of 
the Senate, $95,904,000, of which $8,654,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2004, and of which $11,354,000 shall remain 
available until expended.

                           miscellaneous items

    For miscellaneous items, $14,274,000, of which not more than 
$3,000,000 may be made available for mailings of postal patron postcards 
by Senators for the purpose of providing notice of a town meeting by a 
Senator in a county (or equivalent unit of local government) that the 
Senator will personally attend: Provided, That no funds for the purpose 
of such mailings shall be made available until the date of enactment of 
a statute authorizing the expenditure of funds for such purpose.

         senators' official personnel and office expense account

    For Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account, 
$270,494,000.

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                           official mail costs

    For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the Senate, 
$300,000.

                        administrative provisions

    Sec. 101. (a) Section 101(a) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
1977 (2 U.S.C. 61h-6(a)) is amended in the first sentence by striking 
``four individual consultants'' and inserting ``six indi-
vidual consultants'', and is amended in the second sentence by
striking ``one consultant'' and inserting ``not more than two indi-
vidual consultants''.
    (b) <<NOTE: Applicability. 2 USC 61h-6 note.>>  This section shall 
apply with respect to fiscal year 2002 and each fiscal year thereafter.

    Sec. 102. <<NOTE: 2 USC 60c-5.>>  Student Loan Repayment Program. 
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Committee.--The term ``Committee'' means the Com-
        mittee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.
            (2) Eligible employee.--The term ``eligible employee'' means 
        an individual--
                    (A) who is an employee of the Senate; and
                    (B) whose rate of pay as an employee of the Senate, 
                on the date on which such eligibility is determined, 
                does not exceed the rate of basic pay for an employee 
                for a position at ES-1 of the Senior Executive Schedule 
                as provided for in subchapter VIII of chapter 53 of 
                title 5, United States Code (including any locality pay 
                adjustment applicable to the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore 
                Maryland consolidated metropolitan statistical area).
            (3) Employee of the senate.--The term ``employee of the 
        Senate'' has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the 
        Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301).
            (4) Employing office.--The term ``employing office'' means 
        the employing office, as defined in section 101 of the 
        Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301), of an 
        employee of the Senate.
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Senate.
            (6) Student loan.--The term ``student loan'' means--
                    (A) a loan made, insured, or guaranteed under part 
                B, D, or E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 
                1965 (20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq., 1087a et seq., or 1087aa 
                et seq.); and
                    (B) a health education assistance loan made or 
                insured under part A of title VII of the Public Health 
                Service Act (42 U.S.C. 292 et seq.), or under part E of 
                title VIII of such Act (42 U.S.C. 297a et seq.).

    (b) Senate Student Loan Repayment Program.--
            (1) Service agreements.--
                    (A) In general.--The head of an employing office and 
                an eligible employee may enter into a written service 
                agreement under which--
                          (i) the employing office shall agree to repay, 
                      by direct payments on behalf of the eligible 
                      employee, any student loan indebtedness of the 
                      eligible employee that is outstanding at the time 
                      the eligible employee

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                      and the employing office enter into the agreement, 
                      subject to this section; and
                          (ii) the eligible employee shall agree to 
                      complete the 1-year required period of employment 
                      described in subsection (c)(1) with the employing 
                      office in exchange for the student loan payments.
                    (B) Contents of service agreements.--
                          (i) Contents.--A service agreement under this 
                      paragraph shall contain--
                                    (I) the start and end dates of the 
                                required period of employment covered by 
                                the agreement;
                                    (II) the monthly amount of the 
                                student loan payments to be provided by 
                                the employing office;
                                    (III) the employee's agreement to 
                                reimburse the Senate under the 
                                conditions set forth in subsection 
                                (d)(1);
                                    (IV) disclosure of the program 
                                limitations provided for in subsection 
                                (d)(4) and paragraphs (2), (3), (6), and 
                                (7) of subsection (f);
                                    (V) other terms to which the 
                                employing office and employee agree 
                                (such as terms relating to job 
                                responsibilities or job performance 
                                expectations); and
                                    (VI) any other terms prescribed by 
                                the Secretary.
                          (ii) Standard service agreements.--The 
                      Secretary shall establish standard service 
                      agreements for employing offices to use in 
                      carrying out this section.
            (2) Submission of agreements.--On entering into a
        service agreement under this section, the employing office shall 
        submit a copy of the service agreement to the Secretary.

    (c) Program Conditions.--
            (1) Period of employment.--The term of the required period 
        of employment under a service agreement under this section shall 
        be 1 year. On completion of the required period of employment 
        under such a service agreement, the eligible employee and the 
        employing office may enter into additional service agreements 
        for successive 1-year periods of employment.
            (2) Amount of payments.--
                    (A) In general.--The amount of student loan payments 
                made under service agreements under this section on 
                behalf of an eligible employee may not exceed--
                          (i) $500 in any month; or
                          (ii) a total of $40,000.
                    (B) Payments included in gross compensation 
                limitations.--Any student loan payment made under this 
                section in any month may not result in the sum of the 
                payment and the compensation of an employee for that 

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