- § 6131. Appointment of employees by Senate Majority and Minority Leaders; compensation
- § 6132. Assistants to Senate Majority and Minority Leaders for Floor Operations; establishment of positions; appointment; compensation
- § 6133. Chiefs of Staff for Senate Majority and Minority Leaders; appointment; compensation
- § 6134. Compensation and appointment of employees by Senate Majority and Minority Whips
- § 6135. Representation Allowance Account for Majority and Minority Leaders of Senate
- § 6136. Transfer of funds from representation allowance of Majority and Minority Leaders of Senate to expense allowance; availability; definitions
- § 6137. Transfer of funds from appropriations account of Majority and Minority Leaders of Senate to appropriations account, Miscellaneous Items, within Senate contingent fund
- § 6138. Transfer of funds from appropriations account of Majority and Minority Whips of Senate to appropriations account, Miscellaneous Items, within Senate contingent fund
§ 6131. Appointment of employees by Senate Majority and Minority Leaders; compensation
Effective April 1, 1977, the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader are each authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of such employees as they deem appropriate: Provided, That the gross compensation paid to such employees shall not exceed $191,700 each fiscal year for each Leader.
(Pub. L. 95–26, title I, May 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 80.)
§ 6132. Assistants to Senate Majority and Minority Leaders for Floor Operations; establishment of positions; appointment; compensation
Effective October 1, 1983, there is established within the Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders the positions of Assistant to the Majority Leader for Floor Operations and Assistant to the Minority Leader for Floor Operations, respectively. Individuals appointed to such positions by the Majority Leader and Minority Leader, respectively, shall receive compensation at a rate fixed by the appropriate Leader not to exceed the maximum annual rate of gross compensation of the Assistant Secretary of the Senate.
(Pub. L. 98–51, title I, § 101(a), July 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 265.)
§ 6133. Chiefs of Staff for Senate Majority and Minority Leaders; appointment; compensation
(a) There is established within the Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders the positions of Chief of Staff for the Majority Leader and Chief of Staff for the Minority Leader, respectively. Individuals appointed to such positions by the Majority Leader and Minority Leader, respectively, shall receive compensation at a rate fixed by the appropriate Leader.
(b) Gross compensation for employees filling positions established by subsection (a) for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987, shall be paid out of any funds available in the Senate appropriation for such year under the item “Salaries, Officers and Employees”.
(Pub. L. 101–163, title I, § 9, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1046; Pub. L. 116–94, div. E, title II, § 212(a)(3)(F), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2776.)
§ 6134. Compensation and appointment of employees by Senate Majority and Minority Whips
Effective April 1, 1977, the Majority Whip and the Minority Whip are each authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of such employees as they deem appropriate: Provided, That the gross compensation paid to such employees shall not exceed $111,100 each fiscal year for each Whip.
(Pub. L. 95–26, title I, May 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 80.)
§ 6135. Representation Allowance Account for Majority and Minority Leaders of Senate
(a) Establishment; purpose
(b) Payments; allotment; reimbursement for actual expenses; taxability
(c) Authorization of appropriations
(Pub. L. 99–88, title I, § 197, Aug. 15, 1985, 99 Stat. 350.)
§ 6136. Transfer of funds from representation allowance of Majority and Minority Leaders of Senate to expense allowance; availability; definitions
(a) The Secretary of the Senate shall, upon the written request of the Majority or Minority Leader of the Senate, transfer from any available funds in such Leader’s allotment in the Leader’s Representation Allowance (as defined in subsection (b)(1)) for any fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year ending September 30, 1985) to such Leader’s Expense Allowance (as defined in subsection (b)(2)) to such year such amount as is specified in the request. Any funds so transferred for any fiscal year at the request of either such Leader shall be available to such Leader for such year for the same purposes as, and in like manner and subject to the same conditions as, are other funds which are available to him for such year as his expense allowance as Majority or Minority Leader.
(b)
(1) The term “Leader’s Representation Allowance” means the Representation Allowance Account for the Majority and Minority Leaders established by section 6135 of this title.
(2) The term “Leader’s Expense Allowance”, when used in reference to the Majority or Minority Leader of the Senate, refers to the moneys available, for any fiscal year, to such Leader as an expense allowance and the appropriation account from which such moneys are funded.
(Pub. L. 100–71, title I, § 1, July 11, 1987, 101 Stat. 422.)
§ 6137. Transfer of funds from appropriations account of Majority and Minority Leaders of Senate to appropriations account, Miscellaneous Items, within Senate contingent fund
(a) Requests for transfers
(b) Authority to incur expenses
(c) Authority to advance sums
(Pub. L. 102–27, title II, Apr. 10, 1991, 105 Stat. 144.)
§ 6138. Transfer of funds from appropriations account of Majority and Minority Whips of Senate to appropriations account, Miscellaneous Items, within Senate contingent fund
(a) Requests for transfers
(b) Authority to incur expenses
(c) Authority to advance sums
(Pub. L. 105–55, title I, § 2, Oct. 7, 1997, 111 Stat. 1180.)