An original bill to combine the Senators' Clerk Hire Allowance Account and the Senators' Official Office Expense Account into a combined single account to be known as the "Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account", and for other purposes.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Establishes, effective January 1, 1988, a separate appropriation account in the contingent fund of the Senate to be known as the Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account (Senators' Account). Transfers to the Senators' Account all moneys available under accounts known as the Senators' Clerk Hire Allowance Account and the Senators' Official Office Expense Account. Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973 to modify provisions relating to authorized payments from the contingent fund. Includes as new provisions authorization of payments for the following: (1) telecommunications equipment and services subject to regulations as may be promulgated by the Committee on Rules and Administration; (2) reimbursement for costs incurred in the preparation of required official reports, and the acquisition of mailing lists to be used for official purposes, and in the mailing, delivery, or transmitting of matters relating to official business; (3) reimbursement for expenses incurred for publications printed or recorded in any way for auditory and visual use, including subscriptions to books, newspapers, magazines, clipping, and other information services; (4) reimbursement for …