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(B) the date on which the departing Senator or Vice President will retire or resign.
The term "departing Senator or Vice President" means a Senator or Vice President who will not serve in the next term due to retirement, resignation, a decision to not seek reelection, or a failure to secure reelection.
(B) whose rate of pay as an employee of the Senate, on the date on which such eligibility is determined, does not exceed the rate of basic pay payable for a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5.
(B) includes any employee of the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
(B) includes the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services with respect to employees of that office whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Senate.
(B) a health education assistance loan made or insured under part A of title VII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 292 et seq.), or under part E of title VIII of such Act (42 U.S.C. 297a et seq.).
(ii) the eligible employee shall agree to complete the required period of employment described in subsection (c)(1) with the employing office in exchange for the student loan payments.
(VI) any other terms prescribed by the Secretary.
The Secretary shall establish standard service agreements for employing offices to use in carrying out this section.
On entering into a service agreement under this section, the employing office shall submit a copy of the service agreement to the Secretary.
Notwithstanding section 5379 of title 5, an employee of the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services may not participate in the student loan repayment program through an agreement under that section and participate in the student loan repayment program through a service agreement under this section at the same time.
Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term of the required period of employment under a service agreement under this section shall be 1 year. On completion of the required period of employment under such a service agreement, the eligible employee and the employing office may enter into additional service agreements for successive 1-year periods of employment.
(ii) shall end on the last day of the last full pay period ending on or before the departure date of the departing Senator or Vice President.
(ii) a total of $40,000.
Any student loan payment made under this section in any month may not result in the sum of the payment and the compensation of an employee for that month exceeding 1/12th of the applicable annual maximum gross compensation limitation under section 4575(d)(2), (e), or (f) of this title.
Student loan payments made under this section under a service agreement shall begin the first day of the pay period after the date on which the agreement is signed and received by the Secretary, and shall be made on a monthly basis.
(C) the employee violates any condition of the agreement.
(D) the employee separates from service with the office of a departing Senator or Vice President.
An employing office who hires an eligible employee during a required period of employment (including a required period of employment described in subsection (c)(1)(B)) under such a service agreement may assume the remaining obligations (as of the date of the hiring) of the employee's prior employing office under the agreement.
(B) under other applicable provisions of law if the eligible employee is not employed by any other office of the Senate or agency of the Federal Government.
Any amount repaid by, or recovered from, an eligible employee under this section shall be credited to the subaccount for the employing office from which the amount involved was originally paid. Any amount so credited shall be merged with other sums in such subaccount for the employing office and shall be available for the same purposes, and subject to the same limitations (if any), as the sums with which such amount is merged.
(iii) any other information determined to be relevant by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate or the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
Such report shall not include any information which is considered confidential or could disclose the identity of individual employees or employing offices. Information required to be contained in the report of the Secretary under section 4108 of this title shall not be considered to be personal information for purposes of this paragraph.
The Secretary shall establish and maintain a central account from which student loan payments available under this section shall be paid on behalf of eligible employees.
The Secretary shall ensure that, within the account established under subparagraph (A), a separate subaccount is established for each employing office to be used by each such office to make student loan payments under this section. Such student loan payments shall be made from any funds available to the employing office for student loan payments that are contained in the subaccount for the office.
Amounts in each subaccount established under this paragraph shall not be made available for any purpose other than to make student loan payments under this section.
(B) verification by the Secretary with the holder of the loan that the eligible employee has an outstanding student loan balance that qualifies for payment under this section.
Student loan payments may be made under this section only with respect to the amount of student loan indebtedness of the eligible employee that is outstanding on the date on which the employee and the employing office enter into a service agreement under this section. Such payments may not be made under this section on a student loan that is in default or arrears.
Student loan payments may be made under this section with respect to more than 1 student loan of an eligible employee at the same time or separately, if the total payments on behalf of such employee do not exceed the limits under subsection (c)(2)(A).
Student loan payments made on behalf of an eligible employee under this section shall be in addition to any basic pay and other forms of compensation otherwise payable to the eligible employee, and shall be subject to withholding for income and employment tax obligations as provided for by law.
An agreement to make student loan payments under this section shall not exempt an eligible employee from the responsibility or liability of the employee with respect to the loan involved and the eligible employee shall continue to be responsible for making student loan payments on the portion of any loan that is not covered under the terms of the service agreement.
Notwithstanding the terms of a service agreement under this section, the head of an employing office may reduce the amount of student loan payments made under the agreement if adequate funds are not available to such office.
(II) not later than 30 days after the date of the concurrent notice, the eligible employee may terminate the service agreement.
(iii) the total amount of the loan payments to be made (including such increase) during the remainder of the required period of employment does not exceed the amount of student loan indebtedness of the eligible employee as of the date of the increase.
A service agreement under this section shall not be construed to create a right to, promise of, or entitlement to the continued employment of the eligible employee.
A student loan payment under this section shall not be construed to be an entitlement for any eligible employee.
(B) shall not be included in Federal wages for purposes of chapter 85 of such title (relating to unemployment compensation).
(B) in the case of an employing office described in subsection (h)(1)(B), the amount described in that subsection for that fiscal year.
(B) if the total amount is not sufficient to provide the maximum amount to each employing office, an amount that bears the same relationship to the total amount as the maximum amount for that employing office for that fiscal year bears to the total of the maximum amounts for all employing offices for that fiscal year.
In the case of an employing office that is a Committee of the Senate, the funds allocated under this subsection shall be apportioned between the majority and minority staff of the committee in the same manner as amounts are apportioned between the staffs for salaries.
(A) For each employing office that is the personal office of a Senator, an amount equal to 2 percent of the total sums appropriated for the fiscal year involved for administrative and clerical salaries for such office.
(B) For each other employing office, an amount equal to 2 percent of the total sums appropriated for the fiscal year involved for salaries for such office.
Amounts provided under this section shall be subject to annual appropriations.
This section shall apply to fiscal year 2002 and each fiscal year thereafter.
The Higher Education Act of 1965, referred to in subsec. (a)(5)(A), is Pub. L. 89–329, Nov. 8, 1965, 79 Stat. 1219 . Parts B, D, and E of title IV of the Act are classified to parts B (§1071 et seq.), D (§1087a et seq.), and E (§1087aa et seq.), respectively, of subchapter IV of chapter 28 of Title 20, Education. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1001 of Title 20 and Tables.
The Public Health Service Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(5)(B), is act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, 58 Stat. 682 . Part A of title VII of the Act is classified generally to part A (§292 et seq.) of subchapter V of chapter 6A of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. Part E of title VIII of the Act is classified generally to part E (§297a et seq.) of subchapter VI of chapter 6A of Title 42. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 201 of Title 42 and Tables.
Section 6568(c) of this title, referred to in subsec. (d)(4)(A), was in the original "section 104(c) of the Legislative Appropriation Act, 1977", and was translated as reading "section 104(c) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1977", to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Section 4108 of this title, referred to in subsec. (e)(2), was in the original "section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch Act, 1965", and was translated as reading "section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1965", to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Section was formerly classified to section 60c–5 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 2002, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002.
2018-Subsec. (a)(1), (2). Pub. L. 115–141, §103(a)(1)(B), added pars. (1) and (2). Former pars. (1) and (2) redesignated (3) and (4), respectively.
Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 115–141, §103(a)(1)(A), redesignated par. (1) as (3). Former par. (3) redesignated (5).
Subsec. (a)(3)(B). Pub. L. 115–141, §103(a)(1)(C), substituted "rate of basic pay payable for a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5." for "rate of basic pay for an employee for a position at ES–1 of the Senior Executive Schedule as provided for in subchapter VIII of chapter 53 of title 5 (including any locality pay adjustment applicable to the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore Maryland consolidated metropolitan statistical area)."
Subsec. (a)(4) to (7). Pub. L. 115–141, §103(a)(1)(A), redesignated pars. (2) to (5) as (4) to (7), respectively.
Subsec. (b)(1)(A)(ii). Pub. L. 115–141, §103(a)(2), struck out "1-year" before "required period".
Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 115–141, §103(a)(3), designated existing provisions as subpar. (A), inserted heading, substituted "Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term" for "The term", and added subpar. (B).
Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 115–141, §103(a)(4)(A), struck out "or" at end of subpar. (A), substituted a semicolon for "under subsection (f)(7)." at end of subpar. (B), and added subpars. (C) and (D).
Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 115–141, §103(a)(4)(B), inserted "(including a required period of employment described in subsection (c)(1)(B))" after "required period of employment".
Subsec. (f)(7). Pub. L. 115–141, §103(a)(5), added par. (7) and struck out former par. (7). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "Notwithstanding the terms of a service agreement under this section, the head of an employing office may reduce the amount of student loan payments made under the agreement if adequate funds are not available to such office. If the head of the employing office decides to reduce the amount of student loan payments for an eligible employee, the head of the office and the employee may mutually agree to terminate the service agreement."
2011-Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 112–74, §1001(a)(1), inserted ", except as provided under subsection (b)(3)" after "means an individual" in introductory provisions.
"(2) Employee of the senate.-The term 'employee of the Senate' has the meaning given the term in section 1301 of this title.
"(3) Employing office.-The term 'employing office' means the employing office, as defined in section 1301 of this title, of an employee of the Senate."
Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 112–74, §1001(b), added par. (3).
2002-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–117, §916(1), redesignated pars. (2) to (6) as (1) to (5), respectively, and struck out heading and text of former par. (1). Text read as follows: "The term 'Committee' means the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate."
Subsec. (g)(1). Pub. L. 107–117, §916(2), substituted "subsection (h)(1)(A)" for "subsection (i)(1)(A)" in subpar. (A) and "subsection (h)(1)(B)" for "subsection (i)(1)(B)" in subpar. (B).
"(2) apply to a service agreement under section 102 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 4579) that is in effect on the date of enactment of this Act or entered into on or after the date of enactment of this Act."
Pub. L. 112–74, div. G, title I, §1001(c), Dec. 23, 2011, 125 Stat. 1124 , provided that: "The amendments made by this section [amending this section] shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 23, 2011] and apply to service agreements entered into under section 102 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 60c–5) [now 2 U.S.C. 4579] or section 5379 of title 5, United States Code, on or after that date."

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