#aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4   
#ejhf  ,,an ,,act  ,to allow ,senators1 
,senators-elect1 committees of the      
,senate1 leadership offices1 and other  
offices of the ,senate to share         
employees1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,senate ,shared ,employee ,act4  #b4
 ,allowing ,senators1 committees1       
leadership offices1 and other offices of
 the ,senate to share employees  7a7 ,in
 general ,section #aad of the           
,legislative ,branch ,appropriation     
,act1 #aigh 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #degf7 is     
amended-- 7#a7 by inserting 7a7 before  
,notwithstanding2  7#b7 by striking     
position1 each of and all that follows  
through the period at the end and       
inserting the following3 qualifying     
position if the aggregate gross pay from
 those positions does not exceed-- 7#a7 
the maximum rate specified in section   
#aje7;d77#b7 of the ,legislative ,branch
 ,appropriation ,act1 #aifh 7#b         
,u4,s4,c4 #dege7;d77#b771 as amended and

 modified2 or  7#b7 in a case where #a  
or more of the individual's qualifying  
positions are positions described in    
subsection 7d77#b77;,b71 the maximum    
rate specified in section #aje7;e77#c7  
of the ,legislative ,branch             
,appropriation ,act1 #aifh 7#b ,u4,s4,c4
 #dege7;e77#c771 as amended and         
modified4  2 and  7#c7 by adding at the 
end the following3  7b7 7#a7 ,for an    
individual serving in more than #a      
qualifying position under subsection    
7a71 the cost of any travel for official
 business shall be paid by the office   
authorizing the travel4  7#b7 ,messages 
for each electronic mail account used in
 connection with carrying out the       
official duties of an individual serving
 in more than #a qualifying position    
under subsection 7a7 may be delivered to
 and sent from a single handheld        
communications device provided to the   
individual for purposes of official     
business4  7#c7 7,a7 ,for purposes of   
the ,ethics in ,government ,act of #aigh

 7#e ,u4,s4,c4 ,app471 the rate of basic
 pay for an individual serving in more  
than #a qualifying position under       
subsection 7a7 shall be the total basic 
pay received by the individual from all 
such positions4  7,b7 ,for an individual
 serving in more than one qualifying    
position under subsection 7a71 for      
purposes of the rights and obligations  
described in1 or described in the       
provisions applied under1 title ,,ii of 
the ,congressional ,accountability ,act 
of #aiie 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #acaa et seq47   
related to practices used at a time when
 the individual is serving in such a    
qualifying position with an employing   
office1 the rate of pay for the         
individual shall be the individual rate 
of pay received from the employing      
office4  7c7 7#a7 ,if the duties of a   
qualifying position under subsection 7a7
 include information technology services
 and support1 an individual may only    
serve in the qualifying position and #a 
or more additional qualifying positions 

under such subsection if the individual 
is in compliance with each information  
technology standard and policy          
established for ,senate offices by the  
,office of the ,sergeant at ,arms and   
,doorkeeper of the ,senate4  7#b7       
,notwithstanding subsection 7a71 an     
employee serving in a qualifying        
position in the ,office of the          
,secretary of the ,senate or the ,office
 of the ,sergeant at ,arms and          
,doorkeeper of the ,senate may serve in 
an additional qualifying position only  
if-- 7,a7 the other qualifying position 
is with the other ,office2 or  7,b7 the 
,committee on ,rules and ,administration
 of the ,senate has approved the        
arrangement4  7d7 ,in this section1 the 
term qualifying position means a        
position that-- 7#a7 is designated as a 
shared position for purposes of this    
section by the ,senator or other head of
 the office in which the position is    
located2 and  7#b7 is one of the        
following3  7,a7 ,a position-- 7i7 that 

is in the office of a ,senator2 and     
7ii7 the pay of which is disbursed by   
the ,secretary of the ,senate4  7,b7 ,a 
position-- 7i7 that is in any committee 
of the ,senate 7including a select or   
special committee7 or a joint committee 
of ,congress2 and  7ii7 the pay of which
 is disbursed by the ,secretary of the  
,senate out of an appropriation under   
the heading ,inquiries and              
investigations or ,joint economic       
committee1 or a heading relating to a   
,joint ,congressional ,committee on     
,inaugural ,ceremonies4  7,c7 ,a        
position-- 7i7 that is in another office
 7excluding the ,office of the ,vice    
,president and the ,office of the       
,chaplain of the ,senate72 and  7ii7 the
 pay of which is disbursed by the       
,secretary of the ,senate out of an     
appropriation under the heading         
,salaries1 ,officers and ,employees4    
7,d7 ,a position-- 7i7 that is filled   
pursuant to section #aje of the ,second 
,supplemental ,appropriations ,act1     

#aigh 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #fcaa72 and  7ii7   
the pay of which is disbursed by the    
,secretary of the ,senate out of an     
appropriation under the heading         
,miscellaneous ,items4  4  7b7          
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
subsection 7a7 shall take effect        
beginning on the day that is #f months  
after the date of enactment of this     
,act4  ,passed the ,senate ,january #a1 
#bjba4,secretary