116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5086 

AN ACT 

To allow Senators, Senators-elect, committees of the Senate, 

leadership offices, and other offices of the Senate to 

share employees, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Senate Shared Em3 ployee Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. ALLOWING SENATORS, COMMITTEES, LEADERSHIP 

5 OFFICES, AND OTHER OFFICES OF THE SEN6 ATE TO SHARE EMPLOYEES. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 114 of the Legislative 

8 Branch Appropriation Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C. 4576) is 

9 amended— 

10 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘Notwith11 standing’’; 

12 (2) by striking ‘‘position, each of’’ and all that 

13 follows through the period at the end and inserting 

14 the following: ‘‘qualifying position if the aggregate 

15 gross pay from those positions does not exceed— 

16 ‘‘(1) the maximum rate specified in section 

17 105(d)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation 

18 Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 4575(d)(2)), as amended and 

19 modified; or 

20 ‘‘(2) in a case where 1 or more of the individ21 ual’s qualifying positions are positions described in 

22 subsection (d)(2)(B), the maximum rate specified in 

23 section 105(e)(3) of the Legislative Branch Appro24 priation Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 4575(e)(3)), as amend25 ed and modified.’’; and 

26 (3) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(b)(1) For an individual serving in more than 1 

2 qualifying position under subsection (a), the cost of any 

3 travel for official business shall be paid by the office au4 thorizing the travel. 

5 ‘‘(2) Messages for each electronic mail account used 

6 in connection with carrying out the official duties of an 

7 individual serving in more than 1 qualifying position under 

8 subsection (a) may be delivered to and sent from a single 

9 handheld communications device provided to the individual 

10 for purposes of official business. 

11 ‘‘(3)(A) For purposes of the Ethics in Government 

12 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), the rate of basic pay for 

13 an individual serving in more than 1 qualifying position 

14 under subsection (a) shall be the total basic pay received 

15 by the individual from all such positions. 

16 ‘‘(B) For an individual serving in more than one 

17 qualifying position under subsection (a), for purposes of 

18 the rights and obligations described in, or described in the 

19 provisions applied under, title II of the Congressional Ac20 countability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) related 

21 to practices used at a time when the individual is serving 

22 in such a qualifying position with an employing office, the 

23 rate of pay for the individual shall be the individual rate 

24 of pay received from the employing office. 
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1 ‘‘(c)(1) If the duties of a qualifying position under 

2 subsection (a) include information technology services and 

3 support, an individual may only serve in the qualifying po4 sition and 1 or more additional qualifying positions under 

5 such subsection if the individual is in compliance with each 

6 information technology standard and policy established for 

7 Senate offices by the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and 

8 Doorkeeper of the Senate. 

9 ‘‘(2) Notwithstanding subsection (a), an employee 

10 serving in a qualifying position in the Office of the Sec11 retary of the Senate or the Office of the Sergeant at Arms 

12 and Doorkeeper of the Senate may serve in an additional 

13 qualifying position only if— 

14 ‘‘(A) the other qualifying position is with the 

15 other Office; or 

16 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Rules and Administra17 tion of the Senate has approved the arrangement. 

18 ‘‘(d) In this section, the term ‘qualifying position’ 

19 means a position that— 

20 ‘‘(1) is designated as a shared position for pur21 poses of this section by the Senator or other head 

22 of the office in which the position is located; and 

23 ‘‘(2) is one of the following: 

24 ‘‘(A) A position— 
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1 ‘‘(i) that is in the office of a Senator; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(ii) the pay of which is disbursed by 

4 the Secretary of the Senate. 

5 ‘‘(B) A position— 

6 ‘‘(i) that is in any committee of the 

7 Senate (including a select or special com8 mittee) or a joint committee of Congress; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(ii) the pay of which is disbursed by 

11 the Secretary of the Senate out of an ap12 propriation under the heading ‘INQUIRIES

13 AND INVESTIGATIONS’ or ‘JOINT ECO14 NOMIC COMMITTEE’, or a heading relating 

15 to a Joint Congressional Committee on In16 augural Ceremonies. 

17 ‘‘(C) A position— 

18 ‘‘(i) that is in another office (exclud19 ing the Office of the Vice President and 

20 the Office of the Chaplain of the Senate); 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(ii) the pay of which is disbursed by 

23 the Secretary of the Senate out of an ap24 propriation under the heading ‘SALARIES, 

25 OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES’. 
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1 ‘‘(D) A position— 

2 ‘‘(i) that is filled pursuant to section 

3 105 of the Second Supplemental Appro4 priations Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C. 6311); and 

5 ‘‘(ii) the pay of which is disbursed by 

6 the Secretary of the Senate out of an ap7 propriation under the heading ‘MISCELLA8 NEOUS ITEMS’.’’. 

9 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

10 subsection (a) shall take effect beginning on the day that 

11 is 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act. 

Passed the Senate January 1, 2021. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5086 

AN ACT 

To allow Senators, Senators-elect, committees of 

purposes. of the Senate to share employees, and for other the Senate, leadership offices, and other offices