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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. RES. 180

Reauthorizing the John Heinz Senate Fellowship Program.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 9, 1999

Mr. SPECTER (for himself and Mr. SANTORUM) submitted the following

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration

RESOLUTION

Reauthorizing the John Heinz Senate Fellowship Program.

1 Resolved,

2 SECTION 1. JOHN HEINZ SENATE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.

3 Senate Resolution 356, 102d Congress, agreed to Oc4 tober 7, 1992, is amended by striking sections 2 through

5 6 and inserting the following:

6 ‘‘SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 ‘‘The Senate makes the following findings:

8 ‘‘(1) Senator John Heinz believed that Con9 gress has a special responsibility to serve as a

10 guardian for those persons who cannot protect them11 selves.
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1 ‘‘(2) Senator Heinz dedicated much of his ca2 reer in Congress to improving the lives of senior citi3 zens.

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

5 memory of Senator Heinz through the creation of a

6 Senate fellowship program to encourage the identi7 fication and training of new leadership in aging pol8 icy and to bring experts with firsthand experience of

9 aging issues to the assistance of Congress in order

10 to advance the development of public policy in issues

11 that affect senior citizens.

12 ‘‘SEC. 3. FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to encourage the identi14 fication and training of new leadership in issues affecting

15 senior citizens and to advance the development of public

16 policy with respect to such issues, there is established a

17 John Heinz Senate Fellowship Program.

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

19 Foundation, in consultation with the Secretary of the Sen20 ate, is authorized to select Senate fellowship participants.

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

22 Foundation shall—

23 ‘‘(1) publicize the availability of the fellowship

24 program;
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1 ‘‘(2) develop and administer an application

2 process for Senate fellowships;

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

4 fellowship program; and

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

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

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

8 PLACEMENT.

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

10 is authorized, from funds made available under section 5,

11 to appoint and fix the compensation of each eligible partic12 ipant selected under this resolution for a period deter13 mined by the Secretary.

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

15 fellowship participants shall be so employed. Any indi16 vidual appointed pursuant to this resolution shall be sub17 ject to all laws, regulations, and rules in the same manner

18 and to the same extent as any other employee of the Sen19 ate.

20 ‘‘(c) PLACEMENT.—The Secretary of the Senate,

21 after consultation with the Majority Leader and Minority

22 Leader of the Senate, shall place eligible participants in

23 positions in the Senate that are, within practical consider24 ations, supportive of the fellowship participants’ areas of

25 expertise.
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1 ‘‘SEC. 5. FUNDS.

2 ‘‘The funds necessary to compensate eligible partici3 pants under this resolution for fiscal year 1999 shall be

4 paid from the contingent fund of the Senate. Such funds

5 shall not exceed, for fiscal year 1999, $71,000. There are

6 authorized to be appropriated $71,000 for each of the fis7 cal years 2000 through 2004 to carry out the provisions

8 of this resolution.’’.

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