§6313 Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense Account

Summary

Creates a new Senate account called the "Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense Account" starting January 1, 1988. It replaces two older accounts (the clerk hire allowance and the official office expense account) and pays for the same staff, office, and related costs that those accounts used to cover. Money in the account can also pay employer contributions tied to staff pay, but money set aside for those contributions can only be used for that purpose. Any law or rule that mentions the old account names must be read as referring to the new account after January 1, 1988. On January 1, 1988, funds that were available for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1988, were moved into the new account from the clerk hire account, and funds available for January 1 through September 30, 1988, were moved from the official office expense account. The official office expense account stays open only to pay bills that were committed before the move, and any money already committed before the transfers can still be spent for those commitments. Also on January 1, 1988, money set aside under the "Agency Contributions" account for January 1–September 30, 1988, was moved in, and that money can only pay those agency contributions. No vouchers are required to pay salaries of a Senator’s office employees from the new account. Starting October 1, 1997, the account may also pay for franked mail.