S. 422 · 117th Congress

Senate Shared Employee Act

Introduced on Feb 24, 2021 by Amy Klobuchar (D-MN). Became Public Law 117-10.

Stage
Became law
Public Law 117-10
Introduced
Feb 24, 2021
Cosponsors
0
Policy area
Congress
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Sent to the President
  6. Became law

Official title

A bill to allow Senators, Senators-elect, committees of the Senate, leadership offices, and other offices of the Senate to share employees, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Computers and information technology
  • Congressional committees
  • Congressional officers and employees
  • Congressional operations and organization
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Members of Congress
  • Senate
  • Transportation costs

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Public Law, Apr 23, 2021). Public domain.

Senate Shared Employee Act

This bill authorizes Senators and Senate committees, leadership offices, and other offices to share employees, and it establishes certain rules to govern this procedure.

These rules include (1) requiring the office that authorizes any travel for official business to pay for the cost of the travel, and (2) setting the basic rate of pay for an individual serving in more than one of certain qualifying positions to be the total basic pay received by the individual from all such positions.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Amy KlobucharD-MNSponsor

No cosponsors.

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Feb 24, 2021Introduced in Senate
  2. Feb 24, 2021Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S868-869; text: CR S868-869)
  3. Feb 24, 2021 · SenateIntroduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S868-869; text: CR S868-869)
  4. Mar 1, 2021 · SenateMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
  5. Mar 1, 2021 · HouseReceived in the House.
  6. Mar 1, 2021 · HouseHeld at the desk.
  7. Apr 16, 2021 · HouseConsidered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H1873-1874)
  8. Apr 16, 2021 · HouseMs. Scanlon asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
  9. Apr 16, 2021Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H1873-1874)
  10. Apr 16, 2021 · HouseOn passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H1873-1874)
  11. Apr 16, 2021 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  12. Apr 22, 2021Presented to President.
  13. Apr 22, 2021 · HousePresented to President.
  14. Apr 23, 2021Signed by President.
  15. Apr 23, 2021Signed by President.
  16. Apr 23, 2021Became Public Law No: 117-10.
  17. Apr 23, 2021Became Public Law No: 117-10.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.