§2063 — Title 2 The Congress | U.S. Code

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Workers at the Senate Employee Child Care Center (the Center) are treated as federal employees for health insurance under title 5, section 8901(1), starting August 14, 1991. People who worked there on August 14, 1991 could choose coverage during the 31-day period beginning that day. People hired after that date may enroll during times set by the Office of Personnel Management. The Center must keep records and, after consulting the Secretary of the Senate, withhold the insurance amounts set by title 5, section 8906 and send those deductions to the Secretary, who will forward them to OPM. The Secretary pays the government's share from the Senate’s contingent fund, “miscellaneous items.” OPM may make rules to carry this out.

Title 2, §2063

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(a)The provisions of this section shall apply to any individual who is employed by the Senate day care center (known as the “Senate Employee Child Care Center” and hereafter in this section referred to as the “Center”) established pursuant to Senate Resolution 269, Ninety-eighth Congress, and section 2061 of this title.

(b)Any individual described under subsection (a) who is employed by the Center on or after August 14, 1991, shall be deemed an employee under section 8901(1) of title 5 for purposes of health insurance coverage under chapter 89 of such title. An individual described under subsection (a) who is an employee of the Center on August 14, 1991, may elect coverage under this subsection during the 31-day period beginning on August 14, 1991, and during such periods as determined by the Office of Personnel Management for employees of the Center employed after August 14, 1991.

(c)The Center shall make such deductions and withholdings from the pay of an individual described under subsection (a) who is an employee of the Center in accordance with subsection (d) of this section.

(d)The Center shall—

(1)maintain records on all employees covered under this section in such manner as the Secretary of the Senate may require for administrative purposes; and

(2)after consultation with the Secretary of the Senate—

(A)make deductions from the pay of employees of amounts determined in accordance with section 8906 of title 5; and

(B)transmit such deductions to the Secretary of the Senate for deposit and remittance to the Office of Personnel Management.

(e)Government contributions for individuals receiving benefits under this section, as computed under section 8906 of title 5, shall be made by the Secretary of the Senate from the appropriations account, within the contingent fund of the Senate, “miscellaneous items”.

(f)The Office of Personnel Management may prescribe regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.

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For Senate Resolution 269, referred to in subsec. (a), see

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note set out under section 2061 of this title. Codification Section was classified to section 214c of former Title 40, prior to the enactment of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, by Pub. L. 107–217, § 1, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062.

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Source of Funds Used for Payment of Salaries and Expenses of Senate Employee Child Care Center Pub. L. 116–136, div. B, title IX, § 19001, Mar. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 577, as amended by Pub. L. 116–260, div. O, title XI, § 1101(a), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2156, provided that: “(a) Reimbursements.—During the period beginning on July 1, 2020 and ending on the termination date of the public health emergency declared pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) resulting from the COVID–19 pandemic, the Secretary of the Senate shall reimburse the Senate Employee Child Care Center for expenses, due to measures taken in the Capitol complex to combat coronavirus, as calculated under subsection (b) and from amounts in the appropriations account ‘Miscellaneous Items’ within the contingent fund of the Senate. “(b) Amount.—The amount of the reimbursement under this section for each month of the period described in subsection (a) shall be equal to the difference between—“(1) the lesser of—“(A) the amount of the operating costs (including payroll, general, and administrative expenses) of the Center for such month; or “(B) $105,000; and “(2) the amount of tuition payments collected by the Center for such month.” [For definition of “coronavirus” as used in section 19001 of Pub. L. 116–136, set out above, see section 23005 of Pub. L. 116–136, set out as a note under section 162b of this title.]

§2063 Senate Employee Child Care Center

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Title 2, §2063

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