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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 285 

To provide for the approval of final regulations relating to Federal service 

labor-management relations that are applicable to the Senate and the 

employees of the Senate, and that were issued by the Office of Compliance, now known as the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, on 

August 19, 1996, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 22, 2023 

Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. 

WARREN, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. WELCH, Ms. SMITH, Mr. BOOKER, Mrs. 

GILLIBRAND, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. PADILLA, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. FETTERMAN, Mr. PETERS, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms. HIRONO, 

Ms. BALDWIN, and Mr. CASEY) submitted the following resolution; which 

was referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration 

RESOLUTION 

To provide for the approval of final regulations relating 

to Federal service labor-management relations that are 

applicable to the Senate and the employees of the Senate, 

and that were issued by the Office of Compliance, now 

known as the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, 

on August 19, 1996, and for other purposes. 

1 Resolved, That the following regulations issued by the 

2 Office of Congressional Workplace Rights on August 19, 

3 1996, are hereby approved: 

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1 ADOPTED REGULATIONS 

2 Subchapter E—Covered Employees in 

3 Certain Employing Offices 

4 PART 2472—CERTAIN EMPLOYING OFFICES 

5 2472.1 Purpose and scope. 

6 The regulations contained in this subchapter imple7 ment the provisions of chapter 71 as applied by section 

8 220 of the CAA to covered employees in the following em9 ploying offices: 

10 (A) the personal office of any Senator; 

11 (B) a standing select, special, permanent, tem12 porary, or other committee of the Senate, or a joint 

13 committee of Congress that employs an employee of 

14 the Senate (with respect to such an employee); 

15 (C) the Office of the Vice President (as Presi16 dent of the Senate), the Office of the President pro 

17 tempore of the Senate, the Office of the Majority 

18 Leader of the Senate, the Office of the Minority 

19 Leader of the Senate, the Office of the Majority 

20 Whip of the Senate, the Office of the Minority Whip 

21 of the Senate, the Conference of the Majority of the 

22 Senate, the Conference of the Minority of the Sen23 ate, the Office of the Secretary of the Conference of 

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1 retary of the Conference of the Minority of the Sen2 ate, the Office of the Secretary for the Majority of 

3 the Senate, the Office of the Secretary for the Mi4 nority of the Senate, the Majority Policy Committee 

5 of the Senate, the Minority Policy Committee of the 

6 Senate, and the following offices within the Office of 

7 the Secretary of the Senate: Offices of the Parlia8 mentarian, Bill Clerk, Legislative Clerk, Journal 

9 Clerk, Executive Clerk, Enrolling Clerk, Official Re10 porters of Debate, Daily Digest, Printing Services, 

11 Captioning Services, and Senate Chief Counsel for 

12 Employment; 

13 (D the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the 

14 Senate and the Office of the Senate Legal Counsel; 

15 (E) the offices of any caucus or party organiza16 tion that employs an employee of the Senate (with 

17 respect to such an employee); and 

18 (F) the Executive Office of the Secretary of the 

19 Senate, the Office of Senate Security, the Senate 

20 Disbursing Office, and the Administrative Office of 

21 the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate. 

22 2472.2 Application of chapter 71. 

23 (a) The requirements and exemptions of chapter 71, 

24 as made applicable by section 220 of the CAA, shall apply 

25 to covered employees who are employed in the offices listed 


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1 in section 2472.1 in the same manner and to the same 

2 extent as those requirements and exemptions are applied 

3 to other covered employees. 

4 (b) The regulations of the Office, as set forth at parts 

5 2420–29 and 2470–71, shall apply to the employing of6 fices listed in section 2472.1, covered employees who are 

7 employed in those offices, and representatives of those em8 ployees. 

9 2472.3 Definitions. 

10 In this subchapter: 

11 (1) The terms ‘‘CAA’’, ‘‘chapter 71’’, and ‘‘em12 ploying office’’ have the meanings given the terms in 

13 sections 2421.1 through 2421.3, respectively. 

14 (2) The terms ‘‘covered employee’’ and ‘‘em15 ployee of the Senate’’ have the meanings given the 

16 terms in section 101 of the CAA (2 U.S.C. 1301). 

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