IV
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 5
For the approval of regulations of the Office of Compliance under the Con-
gressional Accountability Act of 1995 relating to the application of chap-
ter 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 pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the commit-
tee concerned
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
For the approval of regulations of the Office of Compliance
under the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 re-
lating to the application of chapter 71 of title 5, United
States Code.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring),
SECTION 1. APPROVAL.
The following regulations issued by the Office of
Compliance on August 16, 1996, are hereby approved:
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‘‘§ 2472 Specific regulations regarding certain offices
of Congress
‘‘§ 2472.1 Purpose and scope
‘‘The regulations contained in this section implement
the provisions of chapter 71 as applied by section 220 of
the CAA to covered employees in the following employing
offices:
‘‘(A) the personal office of any Member of the
House of Representatives or of any Senator;
‘‘(B) a standing select, special, permanent, tem-
porary, or other committee of the Senate or House
of Representatives, or a joint committee of Congress;
‘‘(C) the Office of the Vice President (as Presi-
dent of the Senate), the Office of the President pro
tempore of the Senate, the Office of the Majority
Leader of the Senate, the Office of the Minority
Leader of the Senate, the Office of the Majority
Whip of the Senate, the Office of the Minority Whip
of the Senate, the Conference of the Majority of the
Senate, the Conference of the Minority of the Sen-
ate, the Office of the Secretary of the Conference of
the Majority of the Senate, the Office of the Sec-
retary of the Conference of the Minority of the Sen-
ate, the Office of the Secretary for the Majority of
the Senate, the Office of the Secretary for the Mi-
nority of the Senate, the Majority Policy Committee
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of the Senate, the Minority Policy Committee of the
Senate, and the following offices within the Office of
the Secretary of the Senate: Offices of the Par-
liamentarian, Bill Clerk, Legislative Clerk, Journal
Clerk, Executive Clerk, Enrolling Clerk, Official Re-
porters of Debate, Daily Digest, Printing Services,
Captioning Services, and Senate Chief Counsel for
Employment;
‘‘(D) the Office of the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, the Office of the Majority Leader of
the House of Representatives, the Office of the Mi-
nority Leader of the House of Representatives, the
Offices of the Chief Deputy Majority Whips, the Of-
fices of the Chief Deputy Minority Whips, and the
following offices within the Office of the Clerk of the
House of Representatives: Offices of Legislative Op-
erations, Official Reporters of Debate, Official Re-
porters to Committees, Printing Services, and Legis-
lative Information;
‘‘(E) the Office of the Legislative Counsel of
the Senate, the Office of the Senate Legal Counsel,
the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House
of Representatives, the Office of the General Counsel
of the House of Representatives, the Office of the
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Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives,
and the Office of the Law Revision Counsel;
‘‘(F) the offices of any caucus or party organi-
zation;
‘‘(G) the Congressional Budget Office, the Of-
fice of Technology Assessment, and the Office of
Compliance; and
‘‘(H) the Executive Office of the Secretary of
the Senate, the Office of Senate Security, the Senate
Disbursing Office, the Administrative Office of the
Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, the Office of the
Majority Whip of the House of Representatives, the
Office of the Minority Whip of the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Office of House Employment Coun-
sel, the Immediate Office of the Clerk of the House
of Representatives, the Immediate Office of the
Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Office of Legislative Computer Sys-
tems of the House of Representatives, the Office of
Finance of the House of Representatives, and the
Immediate Office of the Sergeant at Arms of the
House of Representatives.
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‘‘§ 2472.2 Application of chapter 71
‘‘(a) The requirements and exemptions of chapter 71
of title 5, United States Code, as made applicable by sec-
tion 220 of the CAA, shall apply to covered employees who
are employed in the offices listed in section 2472.1 in the
same manner and to the same extent as those require-
ments and exemptions are applied to other covered em-
ployees.
‘‘(b) The regulations of the Office, as set forth at sec-
tions 2420–29 and 2470–71, shall apply to the employing
offices listed in section 2472.1, covered employees who are
employed in those offices and representatives of those em-
ployees.’’
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