§4576 Availability of appropriated funds for payment to an individual of pay from more than one position; conditions

Summary

Allows a person to be paid from appropriated funds for more than one qualifying position, as long as the total gross pay from all those jobs does not go over the maximum listed in section 4575(d)(2). If one or more of the jobs are the kind named in subsection (d)(2)(B), the total pay limit instead is the maximum in section 4575(e)(3). Travel costs for official business must be paid by the office that approved the travel. Email for each official account may be sent to and from a single handheld device the office provides. For the Ethics in Government Act (5 U.S.C. App.), the basic pay rate is the total basic pay from all the positions. For Title II rights under the Congressional Accountability Act (2 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.), the pay rate is the rate paid by the employing office. If the job includes IT services, the person must follow the IT rules the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper sets. Employees in the Secretary of the Senate or Sergeant at Arms offices may only hold another qualifying job if that other job is in the other office or if the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration approves it. A “qualifying position” is a shared job that a Senator or office head designates. It includes four kinds: jobs in a Senator’s office paid by the Secretary of the Senate; jobs in Senate or certain joint committees paid from appropriations like “inquiries and investigations” or “Joint Economic Committee” or those for inaugural committees; jobs in other Senate offices (not the Vice President’s or the Chaplain’s) paid from “Salaries, Officers and Employees”; and jobs filled under section 6311 and paid from “miscellaneous items.”