2 U.S.C. § 43d : US Code - Section 43D: Organizational expenses of Senator-elect

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(a) Appointment of employees by Secretary of Senate to assist;
termination of employment
Upon the recommendation of a Senator-elect (other than an
incumbent Senator or a Senator elected to fill a vacancy), the
Secretary of the Senate shall appoint two employees to assist such
Senator-elect. Any employee so appointed shall serve through the
day before the date on which the Senator-elect recommending his
appointment commences his service as a Senator, except that his
employment may be terminated before such day upon recommendation of
such Senator-elect.
(b) Payment of salaries of appointed employees; funding; maximum
amount
(1) Salaries of employees appointed under subsection (a) of this
section shall be paid from the appropriation for "Administrative,
Clerical, and Legislative Assistance to Senators".
(2) Salaries paid to employees appointed upon recommendation of a
Senator-elect under subsection (a) of this section shall be charged
against the amount of compensation which may be paid to employees
in his office under section 61-1(d) of this title (hereinafter
referred to as the "clerk-hire allowance"), for the fiscal year in
which his service as a Senator commences. The total amount of
salaries paid to employees so appointed upon recommendation of a
Senator-elect shall be charged against his clerk-hire allowance for
each month in such fiscal year beginning with the month in which
his service as a Senator commences (until the total amount has been
charged) by whichever of the following amounts is greater: (1) one-
ninth of the amount of salaries so paid, or (2) the amount by
which the aggregate amount of his clerk-hire allowance which may be
paid as of the close of such month under section 61-1(d)(1)(B) of
this title exceeds the aggregate amount of his clerk-hire allowance
actually paid as of the close of such month.
(c) Payment of transportation and per diem expenses of Senator-
elect and appointed employees for one round trip from home State
to Washington, D.C. for business of impending Congress; funding;
maximum amount
Each Senator-elect and each employee appointed under subsection
(a) of this section is authorized one round trip from the home
State of the Senator-elect to Washington, D.C., and return, for the
purposes of attending conferences, caucuses, or organizational
meetings, or for any other official business connected with the
impending Congress. In addition, each Senator-elect and each such
employee is authorized per diem for not more than seven days while
en route to and from Washington, D.C., and while in Washington,
D.C. Such transportation and per diem expenses shall be in the same
amounts as are payable to Senators and employees in the office of a
Senator under section 58(e) of this title, and shall be paid from
the contingent fund of the Senate upon itemized vouchers certified
by the Senator-elect concerned and approved by the Secretary of the
Senate.
(d) Payment of telegrams, telephone services, and stationery
expenses
(1) Each Senator-elect is authorized to be reimbursed for
expenses incurred for telegrams, telephone services, and stationery
related to his position as a Senator-elect in an amount not
exceeding one-twelfth of the total amount of expenses authorized to
be paid to or on behalf of a Senator from the State which he will
represent under section 58 of this title. Reimbursement to a
Senator-elect under this subsection shall be paid from the
contingent fund of the Senate upon itemized vouchers certified by
such Senator-elect and approved by the Secretary of the Senate.
(2) Amounts reimbursed to a Senator-elect under this subsection
shall be charged against the amount of expenses which are
authorized to be paid to him or on his behalf under section 58 of
this title, for each of the twelve months beginning with the month
in which his service as a Senator commences (until all of such
amounts have been charged) by whichever of the following amounts is
greater: (1) one-twelfth of the amounts so reimbursed, or (2) the
amount by which the aggregate amount authorized to be so paid under
section 58(c) of this title as of the close of such month exceeds
the aggregate amount actually paid under such section 58 as of the
close of such month.
(e) Effective Date
This section shall take effect on October 1, 1978.