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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2555
To amend chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, to include employees
of the legislative branch in the program established under such chapter
under which Federal agencies may agree to repay student loans of
their employees, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 18, 2001
Ms. LEE (for herself and Mr. HOYER) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to
the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, to
include employees of the legislative branch in the pro-
gram established under such chapter under which Fed-
eral agencies may agree to repay student loans of their
employees, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. INCLUSION OF LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOY-
EES IN STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT PRO-
GRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5379 of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(i) This section shall apply with respect to any office
in the legislative branch which is not an agency under sub-
section (a)(1)(A), and the employees of such an office, in
the same manner as it applies to an agency and the em-
ployees of an agency, except as follows:
‘‘(1) For purposes of this subsection, a Senator
or Member of the House of Representatives (includ-
ing a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the
Congress) shall not be considered to be an employee
of any office in the legislative branch.
‘‘(2) Subsection (a)(2) (relating to the exclusion
of any employee who occupies a position that is ex-
cepted from the competitive service because of its
confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or
policy-advocating character) shall not apply.
‘‘(3) Subsection (c)(1)(A) (relating to the min-
imum period of service the employee is required to
remain in the service of the agency) shall apply as
if the reference to ‘3 years’ were a reference to ‘1
year’.
‘‘(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, any amounts paid under this section on behalf
of the employee shall be paid out of one of the fol-
lowing accounts:
‘‘(A) In the case of an employee of the
House of Representatives, an account of the
House of Representatives established by the
Chief Administrative Officer of the House of
Representatives for purposes of making pay-
ments pursuant to this subsection on behalf of
such employees, which shall be segregated from
the Member’s Representational Allowance or
other applicable account of the employee’s em-
ploying authority.
‘‘(B) In the case of an employee of the
Senate, an account of the Senate established by
the Secretary of the Senate for purposes of
making payments pursuant to this subsection
on behalf of such employees, which shall be seg-
regated from any other applicable account of
the employee’s employing authority.
‘‘(C) In the case of any other employee
covered by this subsection, an account estab-
lished in the Treasury of the United States
jointly by the Chief Administrative Officer of