8 (v) The ranking minority Member of a subcommittee with respect to the minority staff members of the subcommittee. (vi) The Majority and Minority Leaders of the House of Representatives and the Majority and Minority Whips with respect to the re search, clerical, and other assistants to their respective offices. (vii) The other officers of the House of Representatives with respect to the employees of such officers. (C) The Architect of the Capitol with respect to the employees of the Architect of the Capitol. (D) The Director of the Congressional Budget Office with respect to the employees of such office. (E) The Comptroller General with respect to the employees of the General Accounting Office. (F) The Public Printer with respect to the employees of the Government Printing Office. (G) The Librarian of Congress with re spect to the employees of the Library of Con gress. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 (H) The Director of the Office of Technology Assessment with respect to employees of such office. (I) The Director of the United States Botanic Gardens with respect to the employees of such gardens. (2) The term "congressional employee" means an employee who is employed by, or an applicant for employment with, a congressional employer. (3) The term "similarly situated complaining party" means (A) in the case of a party seeking to enforce a provision with a separate enforcement mechanism for governmental complaining parties, a governmental complaining party, or (B) in the case of a party seeking to enforce a provision with no such separate mechanism, a complaining party. 19 SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE. 20 This Act shall take effect one hundred and twenty 21 days after the date of its enactment. п 103D CONGRESS 2D SESSION Calendar No. 503 S. 1824 [Report No. 103-297] To improve the operations of the legislative branch of the Federal IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES FEBRUARY 3 (legislative day, JANUARY 25), 1994 Mr. BOREN (for himself and Mr. DOMENICI) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration JULY 1 (legislative day, JUNE 7), 1994 Reported by Mr. FORD, with an amendment [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 1 A BILL To improve the operations of the legislative branch of the Federal Government, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE, TABLE OF CONTENTS. 4 (a) SHORT TITLE. This Act may be eited as the 5 "Legislative Reorganization Act of 1994". 6 7 Act". This title may be cited as the "Congressional Coverage 8 SEC. 302. FINDINGS AND IMPACT STUDY. (a) FINDINGS.-The Senate finds that— (1) employees of Senate offices are entitled to basic rights and protections in their workplaces; (2) the Senate has made substantial progress in ensuring such rights and protections by extending to employees of Senate offices the provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993; (3) the Senate should expand upon the base of rights and protections established under such Acts by extending fair employment standards and safety and health provisions to employees of Senate offices; (4) the extension of the rights and protections established under such standards and provisions must be accomplished in a manner consistent with fun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 94 damental constitutional principles and the Senate's unique history, status, and function in the United States system of representational democracy; and (5) the extension of the rights and protections provided by this title affecting the members of the Capitol Police force must be accomplished in a manner that ensures that police assigned to either the House of Representatives or the Senate are treated in a consistent manner. (b) IMPACT STUDY.-Not later than January 1, 1995, 11 the General Accounting Office, in consultation with the 12 Congressional Budget Office, shall prepare and submit to 13 the Senate a study of the impact of implementing this title. 14 This title shall not take effect until 90 days after the date 15 the study is submitted to the Senate. 16 SEC. 303. DEFINITIONS. 17 As used in this title: (1) DIRECTOR.-The term "Director" means the Director of the Office. (2) EMPLOYEE.-The term "employee" means— (A) any individual whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and who is em ployed by (i) the personal office of a Senator; |