123STA T . 2 0 2 6PUBLIC LA W 111 – 6 8—O CT. 1 , 200 9SERG E ANT AT AR M SAN D D O OR K EE P ERO F T H E SENATE Forexp e ns eso fth e O ff ic eofthe S er g e a nt at A r m san dD oor -k eeper of the Senate ,$153 , 60 1,000, w hich sha l l remain a v aila b le u ntil September 30, 2 01 4. M I S C E L LANEO U S ITEMS For miscellaneous items, $1 9 ,145,000, of which up to $500,000 shall be made available for a pilot program for mailings of postal patron postcards b y Senators for the purpose of providing notice of a town meeting by a Senator in a county ( ore q uivalent unit of local government ) at which the Senator will personally attend
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d, T hat any amount allocated to a Senator for such mailing shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the mailing and the remaining cost shall be paid by the Senator from other funds available to the Senator. SENATORS ’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE E X PENSE ACCOUNT For Senators’ Official P ersonnel and Office E xpense Account, $422,000,000. OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the Senate, $300,000. ADMINISTRATI V E PROVISIONS GROSS RATE OF COMPENSATION IN OFFICES OF SENATORS SEC. 1. Effective on and after October 1, 2009, each of the dollar amounts contained in the table under section 105(d)(1)(A) of the L egislative B ranch Appropriations Act, 196 8 (2 U .S. C . 61 – 1(d)(1)(A)) shall be deemed to be the dollar amounts in that table, as ad j usted by law and in effect on September 30, 2009, increased by an additional $50,000 each. REPORTING RE Q UIREMENT SEC. 2. Section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act 1965 (Public Law 88–454
2 U.S.C. 104a) is amended — (1) in the last sentence of paragraph (1), by striking ‘ ‘shall’’ and inserting ‘‘may’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(6) Beginning with the report covering the first full semiannual period of the 112th Congress, the Secretary of the Senate— ‘‘(1) shall publicly post on-line on the website of the Senate each report in a searchable, itemi z ed format as required under this section; ‘‘(2) shall issue each report required under this section in electronic form; and ‘‘(3) may issue each report required under this section in other forms at the discretion of the Secretary of the Senate.’’. Webposting.Ef fe c ti v e da te. 26USC 6 1– 1 and note.
