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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. RES. 238

To modify certain provisions of Senate Resolution 356, relating to the John

Heinz Senate Fellowship Program.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 1 (legislative day, JUNE 7), 1994

Mr. MITCHELL (for himself, Mr. DOLE, Mr. WOFFORD, Mr. SPECTER, Mr.

STEVENS, and Mr. NUNN) submitted the following resolution; which was

considered and agreed to

RESOLUTION

To modify certain provisions of Senate Resolution 356,

relating to the John Heinz Senate Fellowship Program.

1 Resolved, That Senate Resolution 356, agreed to Oc2 tober 7, 1992 (102d Congress, 2d Session) is amended

3 by striking sections 2 through 5 and inserting the follow4 ing:

5 ‘‘SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

6 ‘‘The Senate finds that—

7 ‘‘(1) Senator John Heinz believed that Con8 gress has a special responsibility to serve as the

9 guardian for those who cannot protect themselves;
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1 ‘‘(2) Senator Heinz dedicated much of his con2 gressional career to improving the lives of senior citi3 zens and children;

4 ‘‘(3) it is especially appropriate to honor the

5 memory of Senator Heinz through the creation of a

6 Senate fellowship program which encourages the

7 identification and training of new leadership in child

8 protection, health, welfare, and education policy and

9 which brings experts having firsthand experience in

10 children’s issues to the assistance of Congress in

11 order to help advance the development of public pol12 icy in issues that affect children; and

13 ‘‘(4) as Senator Heinz was an outspoken advo14 cate for rights of the older Americans, it is fitting

15 to recognize his legacy by fostering the professional

16 development of those who, like Senator Heinz, seek

17 to enhance the quality of life for seniors and by

18 bringing experts with firsthand experience in issues

19 concerning the elderly to the assistance of Congress

20 to help formulate legislation affecting seniors.

21 ‘‘SEC. 3. FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.

22 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to encourage the identi23 fication and training of new leadership in issues affecting

24 children and seniors and to advance the development of

25 public policy with respect thereto, there is established a
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1 John Heinz Senate Fellowship Program (referred to in

2 this resolution as the ‘fellowship program’). The fellowship

3 program shall, in alternate years, provide for the selection

4 of fellows experienced in working with issues relating to

5 children or the elderly.

6 ‘‘(b) SENATE FELLOWSHIPS.—The Heinz Family

7 Foundation, a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, shall

8 select Senate fellowship program participants.

9 ‘‘(c) SELECTION PROCESS.—The Heinz Family

10 Foundation shall—

11 ‘‘(1) broadly publicize the availability of the fel12 lowship program;

13 ‘‘(2) develop and administer an application

14 process for Senate fellowships;

15 ‘‘(3) conduct a screening of applicants for the

16 fellowship program; and

17 ‘‘(4) select participants without regard to race,

18 color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability.

19 ‘‘SEC. 4. COMPENSATION; NUMBER OF FELLOWSHIPS;

20 PLACEMENT.

21 ‘‘(a) COMPENSATION.—The Secretary of the Senate

22 (referred to in this resolution as the ‘Secretary’) is author23 ized, from funds made available under section 5, to ap24 point and fix the compensation of each eligible participant

25 selected under section 3 for a period determined by the
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1 Secretary. The period of employment for each participant

2 shall not exceed 1 year.

3 ‘‘(b) NUMBER OF FELLOWSHIPS.—No more than 2

4 fellowship participants shall be so employed during each

5 calendar year. Any individual appointed pursuant to this

6 resolution shall be subject to all laws, regulations and

7 rules in the same manner and to the same extent as any

8 other employee whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary

9 of the Senate.

10 ‘‘(c) PLACEMENT.—The Secretary, after consultation

11 with the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the Sen12 ate, shall assist with the placement of eligible participants

13 in positions in the Senate that are, within practical consid14 erations, supportive of the fellowship participants’ areas

15 of expertise. Fellows shall be considered as employees of

16 the office or committee in which they are placed.

17 ‘‘SEC. 5. FUNDS.

18 ‘‘The funds necessary to compensate eligible partici19 pants under this resolution shall be made available for five

20 years to the Secretary and paid from the contingent fund

21 of the Senate, out of the account of Miscellaneous Items.

22 Not to exceed $71,000 shall be available for each year of

23 the fellowship program.
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1 ‘‘SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

2 ‘‘The fellowship program shall terminate 5 years

3 from the date of adoption of this section.’’.

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