§2168 Memorandum of Understanding for Provision of Services of the United States Capitol Telephone Exchange for the House

Summary

The Chief Administrative Officer of the House and the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate may agree that the Sergeant at Arms will run all services of the United States Capitol telephone exchange for the House. For as long as that agreement is in effect, the jobs and workers who were under the Chief Administrative Officer move to the Sergeant at Arms, who becomes their employer. The Sergeant at Arms must keep each transferred worker’s pay rate and leave accrual at least as high as it was in the most recent pay period before the move, unless the worker changes jobs or the pay or leave is cut for cause. Any unused leave also moves with the worker and can be used under the same rules as before. The House may be required to pay back the Sergeant at Arms for expenses in a fiscal year, using House funds. Reimbursements for salaries or agency contributions must be put in the account titled "Office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper" or "agency contributions and related expenses" under "Salaries, Officers and Employees." Other expense reimbursements must be put in the account titled "sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the senate" under "Contingent Expenses of the Senate." Money put into those accounts can be used the same way as the other funds there. These rules apply starting with fiscal year 2005 and every fiscal year after.