Standing Rules of the Senate
RULE XLI
POLITICAL FUND ACTIVITY; DEFINITIONS
1. No officer or employee of the Senate may receive, solicit,
be a custodian of, or distribute any funds in connection with any campaign for
the nomination for election, or the election, of any individual to be a Member
of the Senate or to any other Federal office. This prohibition does not apply
to three assistants to a Senator, at least one of whom is in Washington, District
of Columbia, who have been designated by that Senator to perform any of the
functions described in the first sentence of this paragraph and who are compensated
at an annual rate in excess of $10,000 if such designation has been made in
writing and filed with the Secretary of the Senate and if each such assistant
files a financial statement in the form provided under rule XXXIV for each year
during which he is designated under this rule. The Majority Leader and the Minority
Leader may each designate an employee of their respective leadership office
staff as one of the 3 designees referred to in the second sentence. The Secretary
of the Senate shall make the designation available for public inspection.
2. For purposes of the Senate Code of Official Conduct -
(a) an employee of the Senate includes any employee whose salary
is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate; and
(b) the compensation of an officer or employee of the Senate who
is a reemployed annuitant shall include amounts received by such officer or
employee as an annuity, and such amounts shall be treated as disbursed by the
Secretary of the Senate.
3. Before approving the utilization by any committee of the Senate
of the services of an officer or employee of the Government in accordance with
paragraph 4 of rule XXVII or with an authorization provided by Senate resolution,
the Committee on Rules and Administration shall require such officer or employee
to agree in writing to comply with the Senate Code of Official Conduct in the
same manner and to the same extent as an employee of the Senate. Any such officer
or employee shall, for purposes of such Code, be treated as an employee of the
Senate receiving compensation disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate in an
amount equal to the amount of compensation he is receiving as an officer or
employee of the Government.
4. No Member, officer, or employee of the Senate shall utilize
the fulltime services of an individual for more than ninety days in a calendar
year in the conduct of official duties of any committee or office of the Senate
(including a Member's office) unless such individual
(a) is an officer or employee of the Senate,
(b) is an officer or employee of the Government (other than the
Senate), or
(c) agrees in writing to comply with the Senate Code of Official
Conduct in the same manner and to the same extent as an employee of the Senate.
Any individual to whom subparagraph (c) applies shall, for purposes of such
Code, be treated as an employee of the Senate receiving compensation disbursed
by the Secretary of the Senate in an amount equal to the amount of compensation
which such individual is receiving from any source for performing such services.
5. In exceptional circumstances for good cause shown, the Select
Committee on Ethics may waive the applicability of any provision of the Senate
Code of Official Conduct to an employee hired on a per diem basis.
6. (a) The supervisor of an individual who performs services for
any Member, committee, or office of the Senate for a period in excess of four
weeks and who receives compensation therefor from any source other than the
United States Government shall report to the Select Committee on Ethics with
respect to the utilization of the services of such individual.
(b) A report under subparagraph (a) shall be made with respect
to an individual
(1) when such individual begins performing services described
in such subparagraph;
(2) at the close of each calendar quarter while such individual
is performing such services; and
(3) when such individual ceases to perform such services.
Each such report shall include the identity of the source of the
compensation received by such individual and the amount or rate of compensation
paid by such source.
(c) No report shall be required under subparagraph (a) with respect
to an individual who normally performs services for a Member, committee, or
office for less than eight hours a week.
(d) For purposes of this paragraph, the supervisor of an individual
shall be determined under paragraph 11 of rule XXXVII.
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