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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6216 
To establish the Daniel Webster Congressional Fellowship Program for quali-
fied graduates of law schools to serve in temporary positions in offices 
of the House of Representatives and Senate, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 27, 2006 
Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California (for himself and Ms. ZOE LOFGREN 
of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To establish the Daniel Webster Congressional Fellowship 
Program for qualified graduates of law schools to serve 
in temporary positions in offices of the House of Rep-
resentatives and Senate, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Daniel Webster Con-
gressional Fellowship Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DANIEL WEBSTER CONGRESSIONAL FELLOWSHIP 
PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established 
the Daniel Webster Congressional Fellowship Program 
(hereafter referred to as the ‘‘Program’’), under which up 
to 40 eligible law school graduates shall be selected as 
Daniel Webster Congressional Fellows (hereafter referred 
to as ‘‘Fellows’’) for each Congress. 
(b) SELECTION BY JOINT CONGRESSIONAL LEADER-
SHIP.—The Fellows for a Congress shall be selected joint-
ly from among eligible individuals by the Speaker and Mi-
nority Leader of the House of Representatives and the 
Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate, or their des-
ignees. 
(c) EMPLOYMENT WITH PARTICIPATING OFFICE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An individual selected as a 
Fellow shall be appointed to serve as an employee in 
a participating office of the House of Representa-
tives or Senate during the Congress for which the 
Fellow is selected. 
(2) 
COMPENSATION.—Notwithstanding 
any 
other authority regarding the salaries of employees 
of the House of Representatives or Senate, for each 
session of a Congress during which a Fellow is em-
ployed in a participating office under the Program, 
the individual shall receive compensation at an an-
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nual rate established by the Committee on House 
Administration of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Rules and Administration of the 
Senate, except that the rate established by the Com-
mittees may not be less than the average annual 
rate of compensation for pay periods during that 
session for judicial clerks of the United States Dis-
trict Court for the District of Columbia. 
SEC. 3. CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBILITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—An individual is eligible to serve 
as a Fellow under the Program if the individual— 
(1) meets the criteria for eligibility described in 
subsection (b); and 
(2) submits the application materials described 
in subsection (c) at such time and in such form as 
the Committees on House Administration of the 
House of Representatives and Rules and Adminis-
tration of the Senate may require. 
(b) CRITERIA SPECIFIED.—An individual meets the 
criteria described in this subsection if— 
(1) the individual received a juris doctor degree 
from an accredited law school; 
(2) the individual provides evidence of a record 
of exceptional academic achievement in law school; 
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(3) the individual demonstrates a commitment 
to public service and a strong interest in public pol-
icy; 
(4) the individual possesses the professional 
knowledge and skills necessary to contribute success-
fully to the legislative process; and 
(5) the individual meets such other criteria as 
the Committees referred to in subsection (a)(2) may 
establish. 
(c) APPLICATION MATERIALS.—The application ma-
terials described in this subsection are as follows: 
(1) A Program application prepared by the 
Committees referred to in subsection (a)(2). 
(2) A resume highlighting academic, profes-
sional, and personal achievements. 
(3) 2 writing samples. 
(4) A brief essay describing why the individual 
seeks to become a Fellow. 
(5) Such other materials as the Committees 
may require. 
SEC. 4. ASSIGNMENT OF FELLOWS TO PARTICIPATING OF-
FICES. 
(a) ASSIGNMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Committees on House 
Administration of the House of Representatives and 
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Rules and Administration of the Senate shall assign 
the individuals selected as Fellows to be appointed 
as employees with participating offices of the House 
and Senate on the basis of such criteria as the Com-
mittees shall establish, taking into consideration the 
background and interest of each Fellow and the 
needs of the participating office, except that— 
(A) the number of Fellows assigned to of-
fices of the House of Representatives may not 
be less than the number of Fellows assigned to 
offices of the Senate; and 
(B) the number of Fellows assigned to of-
fices of a House of Congress which are affili-
ated with the majority political party of that 
House shall be equal to the number of Fellows 
assigned to offices of that House of Congress 
which are affiliated with the minority political 
party of that House. 
(2) TREATMENT
OF
COMMITTEES.—For pur-
poses of paragraph (1)— 
(A) a Fellow who is assigned to a joint 
committee of the Congress shall be considered 
to be assigned both to an office of the House 
and an office of the Senate; and 
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(B) a Fellow who is assigned to a com-
mittee shall be considered to be assigned to an 
office affiliated with the majority political party, 
except that if the assignment specifies that the 
Fellow is to work under the direction of the 
ranking minority member of the committee, the 
Fellow shall be considered to be assigned to an 
office affiliated with the minority political 
party. 
(b) PARTICIPATING OFFICES.—For purposes of this 
Act, a ‘‘participating office’’ of the House of Representa-
tives or Senate is any office of the House or Senate, in-
cluding the office of a Member, committee, joint com-
mittee, or any other entity, which enters into an agree-
ment with the Committee on House Administration of the 
House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and 
Administration of the Senate (as the case may be) to par-
ticipate in the Program. 
SEC. 5. NO EFFECT ON NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES OR AL-
LOWANCE FOR PARTICIPATING OFFICES. 
The employment of a Fellow by an office of the 
House of Representatives or Senate during a year, and 
the payment of a salary to such a Fellow by an office dur-
ing a year, shall be in addition to all personnel and allow-
ances otherwise made available to the office during the 
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year under other provisions of law, rule, or other author-
ity. 
SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATION; REGULATIONS. 
The Program shall be operated and administered 
jointly by the Committee on House Administration of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules 
and Administration of the Senate, and each such Com-
mittee is authorized to promulgate such regulations as 
may be necessary to carry out the Program. 
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out the Program such sums as may 
be necessary for fiscal year 2007 and each succeeding fis-
cal year. 
(b) AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—Amounts appro-
priated in any fiscal year pursuant to the authorization 
under this section shall remain available until expended. 
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