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105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 5

For the approval of regulations of the Office of Compliance under the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 relating to the application of chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 7, 1997

Mr. SHAYS (for himself and Mr. MCHALE) submitted the following concurrent

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on House Oversight, and

in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

For the approval of regulations of the Office of Compliance

under the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 relating to the application of chapter 71 of title 5, United

States Code.

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring),

3 SECTION 1. APPROVAL.

4 The following regulations issued by the Office of

5 Compliance on August 16, 1996, are hereby approved:
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1 ‘‘§ 2472 Specific regulations regarding certain offices

2 of Congress

3 ‘‘§ 2472.1 Purpose and scope

4 ‘‘The regulations contained in this section implement

5 the provisions of chapter 71 as applied by section 220 of

6 the CAA to covered employees in the following employing

7 offices:

8 ‘‘(A) the personal office of any Member of the

9 House of Representatives or of any Senator;

10 ‘‘(B) a standing select, special, permanent, tem11 porary, or other committee of the Senate or House

12 of Representatives, or a joint committee of Congress;

13 ‘‘(C) the Office of the Vice President (as Presi14 dent of the Senate), the Office of the President pro

15 tempore of the Senate, the Office of the Majority

16 Leader of the Senate, the Office of the Minority

17 Leader of the Senate, the Office of the Majority

18 Whip of the Senate, the Office of the Minority Whip

19 of the Senate, the Conference of the Majority of the

20 Senate, the Conference of the Minority of the Sen21 ate, the Office of the Secretary of the Conference of

22 the Majority of the Senate, the Office of the Sec23 retary of the Conference of the Minority of the Sen24 ate, the Office of the Secretary for the Majority of

25 the Senate, the Office of the Secretary for the Mi26 nority of the Senate, the Majority Policy Committee
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1 of the Senate, the Minority Policy Committee of the

2 Senate, and the following offices within the Office of

3 the Secretary of the Senate: Offices of the Par4 liamentarian, Bill Clerk, Legislative Clerk, Journal

5 Clerk, Executive Clerk, Enrolling Clerk, Official Re6 porters of Debate, Daily Digest, Printing Services,

7 Captioning Services, and Senate Chief Counsel for

8 Employment;

9 ‘‘(D) the Office of the Speaker of the House of

10 Representatives, the Office of the Majority Leader of

11 the House of Representatives, the Office of the Mi12 nority Leader of the House of Representatives, the

13 Offices of the Chief Deputy Majority Whips, the Of14 fices of the Chief Deputy Minority Whips, and the

15 following offices within the Office of the Clerk of the

16 House of Representatives: Offices of Legislative Op17 erations, Official Reporters of Debate, Official Re18 porters to Committees, Printing Services, and Legis19 lative Information;

20 ‘‘(E) the Office of the Legislative Counsel of

21 the Senate, the Office of the Senate Legal Counsel,

22 the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House

23 of Representatives, the Office of the General Counsel

24 of the House of Representatives, the Office of the
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1 Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives,

2 and the Office of the Law Revision Counsel;

3 ‘‘(F) the offices of any caucus or party organi4 zation;

5 ‘‘(G) the Congressional Budget Office, the Of6 fice of Technology Assessment, and the Office of

7 Compliance; and

8 ‘‘(H) the Executive Office of the Secretary of

9 the Senate, the Office of Senate Security, the Senate

10 Disbursing Office, the Administrative Office of the

11 Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, the Office of the

12 Majority Whip of the House of Representatives, the

13 Office of the Minority Whip of the House of Rep14 resentatives, the Office of House Employment Coun15 sel, the Immediate Office of the Clerk of the House

16 of Representatives, the Immediate Office of the

17 Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep18 resentatives, the Office of Legislative Computer Sys19 tems of the House of Representatives, the Office of

20 Finance of the House of Representatives, and the

21 Immediate Office of the Sergeant at Arms of the

22 House of Representatives.
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1 ‘‘§ 2472.2 Application of chapter 71

2 ‘‘(a) The requirements and exemptions of chapter 71

3 of title 5, United States Code, as made applicable by sec4 tion 220 of the CAA, shall apply to covered employees who

5 are employed in the offices listed in section 2472.1 in the

6 same manner and to the same extent as those require7 ments and exemptions are applied to other covered em8 ployees.

9 ‘‘(b) The regulations of the Office, as set forth at sec10 tions 2420–29 and 2470–71, shall apply to the employing

11 offices listed in section 2472.1, covered employees who are

12 employed in those offices and representatives of those em13 ployees.’’

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