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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2266 

To establish a fellowship program for the congressional hiring of disabled 

veterans. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 9, 2006 

Mr. SANTORUM introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To establish a fellowship program for the congressional 

hiring of disabled veterans. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Disabled Veterans Fel5 lowship Act of 2006’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FELLOWSHIPS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Senate and 

8 the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall establish 

9 a program to encourage the personal offices of Members 

10 of Congress, committee offices, and leadership offices to 
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1 hire disabled veterans for temporary staff positions under 

2 the fellowship program established by this Act. 

3 (b) EMPLOYMENT OF FELLOWS.—A disabled veteran 

4 congressional fellow hired under this Act shall be em5 ployed— 

6 (1) at a level of responsibility commensurate 

7 with the abilities of the fellow; 

8 (2) at a level of compensation appropriate to 

9 the level of responsibility but not in excess of the 

10 level of compensation authorized for other com11 parable employees of the Senate and the House of 

12 Representatives; and 

13 (3) for not more than a 12-month period of 

14 time. 

15 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

16 In this Act: 

17 (1) DISABLED VETERAN.—The term ‘‘disabled 

18 veteran’’ means a veteran with a service-connected 

19 disability (as defined in section 101 of title 38, 

20 United States Code) which was incurred or aggra21 vated in the line of duty during Operation Iraqi 

22 Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom or during 

23 such other operations as may be designated under 

24 regulations promulgated jointly by the Secretary of 

25 the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Represent-
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1 atives in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans 

2 Affairs. 

3 (2) DISABLED VETERAN CONGRESSIONAL FEL4 LOW.—The term ‘‘disabled veteran congressional fel5 low’’ means a fellow in the office of a Member of the 

6 Senate or the House of Representatives or the office 

7 of a committee or joint committee of the Senate or 

8 the House of Representatives or leadership office of 

9 the Senate or the House of Representatives who is 

10 a disabled veteran. 

11 (3) MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA12 TIVES.—The term ‘‘Member of the House of Rep13 resentatives’’ includes a Delegate or Resident Com14 missioner to the Congress. 

15 SEC. 4. EXCLUSION OF DISABLED VETERAN CONGRES16 SIONAL FELLOW FROM BUDGET OF EMPLOY17 ING OFFICE AND LIMITS ON NUMBER OF EM18 PLOYEES OF EMPLOYING OFFICE. 

19 (a) TREATMENT UNDER OFFICE BUDGET.— 

20 (1) SEPARATE AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA21 TIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated for 

22 fiscal year 2007 and each succeeding fiscal year 

23 from the applicable accounts of the House of Rep24 resentatives or the contingent fund of the Senate 

25 such amounts as may be necessary for the salaries 
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1 and related expenses of disabled veteran congres2 sional fellows during the fiscal year. 

3 (2) EXCLUSION OF AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED

4 FROM GENERAL BUDGETS OF EMPLOYING OF5 FICES.—To the extent that amounts are appro6 priated pursuant to this Act for the salary and re7 lated expenses of a disabled veteran congressional 

8 fellow for a fiscal year, such amounts shall not be 

9 paid from, and shall be excluded in determining the 

10 balance of— 

11 (A) in the case of a disabled veteran con12 gressional fellow of the office of a Member of 

13 the House of Representatives, the Member’s 

14 Representational Allowance for that office for 

15 the year; and 

16 (B) in the case of a disabled veteran con17 gressional fellow of any other office, any ac18 count of the Senate or the House of Represent19 atives from which the salaries and related ex20 penses of employees of the office is paid during 

21 the year. 

22 (b) EXCLUSION FROM LIMITS ON NUMBER OF POSI23 TIONS.—A disabled veteran congressional fellow shall be 

24 excluded in determining the number of employees of the 

25 office which employs the fellow for purposes of— 
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1 (1) in the case of the office of a Member of the 

2 House of Representatives, section 104 of Public Law 

3 104–186 (2 U.S.C. 92); and 

4 (2) in the case of any other office, any applica5 ble provision of law or any rule or regulation which 

6 imposes a limit on the number of employees of the 

7 office. 

8 SEC. 5. RULES GOVERNING DISABLED VETERAN CONGRES9 SIONAL FELLOWS. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Senate and 

11 the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall implement 

12 rules establishing fellowships for disabled veterans for 

13 service in the personal offices of Members of Congress, 

14 committee, offices, and leadership offices. 

15 (b) CONTENT.—The rules promulgated by this sec16 tion shall provide that the compensation of 1 disabled vet17 eran fellow for each personal office or any Member of Con18 gress and 1 disabled veteran fellow for each committee of19 fice and 1 disabled veteran fellow for each leadership office 

20 shall not count against the staff allowance of that Member 

21 of Congress, committee, or office. 

22 (c) AUTHORIZATIONS.—The Architect of the Capitol 

23 shall make whatever reasonable accommodation is nec24 essary to provide access to disabled veteran fellows hired 

25 pursuant to the provisions of this Act. 
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1 SEC. 6. COMPENSATION. 

2 Any compensation received by a disabled veteran pur3 suant to this Act shall not affect the benefits otherwise 

4 available to that disabled veteran under other provisions 

5 of law. 

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