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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, Mr. SANTORUM, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. HAGEL, and

Mrs. BOXER) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to

the Committee on Rules and Administration

SEPTEMBER 30, 1999

Committee discharged; considered and agreed to

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
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1 guardian for those persons who cannot protect them2 selves.

3 ‘‘(2) Senator Heinz dedicated much of his ca4 reer in Congress to improving the lives of senior citi5 zens.

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

7 memory of Senator Heinz through the creation of a

8 Senate fellowship program to encourage the identi9 fication and training of new leadership in aging pol10 icy and to bring experts with firsthand experience of

11 aging issues to the assistance of Congress in order

12 to advance the development of public policy in issues

13 that affect senior citizens.

14 ‘‘SEC. 3. FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.

15 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to encourage the identi16 fication and training of new leadership in issues affecting

17 senior citizens and to advance the development of public

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

19 John Heinz Senate Fellowship Program.

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

21 Foundation, in consultation with the Secretary of the Sen22 ate, is authorized to select Senate fellowship participants.

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

24 Foundation shall—
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1 ‘‘(1) publicize the availability of the fellowship

2 program;

3 ‘‘(2) develop and administer an application

4 process for Senate fellowships;

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

6 fellowship program; and

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

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

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

10 PLACEMENT.

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

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

13 to appoint and fix the compensation of each eligible partic14 ipant selected under this resolution for a period deter15 mined by the Secretary.

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

17 fellowship participants shall be so employed. Any indi18 vidual appointed pursuant to this resolution shall be sub19 ject to all laws, regulations, and rules in the same manner

20 and to the same extent as any other employee of the Sen21 ate.

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

23 after consultation with the Majority Leader and Minority

24 Leader of the Senate, shall place eligible participants in

25 positions in the Senate that are, within practical consider-
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1 ations, supportive of the fellowship participants’ areas of

2 expertise.

3 ‘‘SEC. 5. FUNDS.

4 ‘‘The funds necessary to compensate eligible partici5 pants under this resolution for fiscal year 1999 shall be

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

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

8 authorized to be appropriated $71,000 for each of the fis9 cal years 2000 through 2004 to carry out the provisions

10 of this resolution.’’.

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