110 STAT. 2398
PUBLIC LAW 104-197—SEPT. 16, 1996
Regulations.
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2 USC 123e.
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2 USC 60p.
to any reimbursement under this section. Reimbursements under
this section shall be made from the appropriations account "MIS-
CELLANEOUS ITEMS" within the contingent fund of the Senate
on vouchers approved by the Secretary of the Senate.
(c) Reimbursements under this section shall be subject to the
regulations and limitations prescribed by the Committee on Rules
and Administration of the Senate for travel and related expenses
for which payment is authorized to be made from the contingent
fund of the Senate.
(d) This section shall be effective on and after October 1,
1996.
SEC. 7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds
received during fiscal year 1996 by the Sergeant at Arms and
Doorkeeper of the Senate in settlement of a contract claim or
dispute, but not to exceed $1,450,000, shell be deposited into the
appropriation account for fiscal year 1997 for the Sergeant at Arms
and Doorkeeper of the Senate within the contingent fund of the
Senate and shall be available in a like manner and for the same
purposes as are the other funds in that account.
SEC. 8. (a) The Secretary of the Senate, with the oversight
and approval of the Committee on Rules and Administration of
the Senate, shall oversee the development and implementation of
a comprehensive Senate legislative information system.
(b) In carrying out this section, the Secretary of the Senate
shall consult and work with officers and employees of the House
of Representatives. Legislative branch agencies and departments
and agencies of the executive branch shall provide cooperation,
consultation, and assistance as requested by the Secretary of the
Senate to carry out this section.
(c) Any funds that were appropriated under the heading "Secretary of the Senate" for expenses of the Office of the Secretary
of the Senate by the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1995,
to remain available until September 30, 1998, and that the Secretary determines are not needed for development of a financial
management system for the Senate may, with the approval of
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, be used to carry
out the provisions of this section, and such funds shall be available
through September 30, 2000.
(d) The Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate
may prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out
the provisions of this section.
(e) This section shall be effective for fiscal years beginning
on or after October 1, 1996.
SEC. 9. PAYMENT FOR UNACCRUED LEAVE.—
(a) IN GENERAL.— The Financial Clerk of the Senate is authorized to accept from an individual whose pay is disbursed by the
Secretary of Senate a payment representing pay for any period
of unaccrued annual leave used by that individual, as certified
by the head of the employing office of the individual making the
payment.
(b) WITHHOLDING.— The Financial Clerk of the Senate is authorized to withhold the amount referred to in subsection (a) from
any amount which is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate
and which is due to or on behalf of the individual described in
subsection (a).
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