135 STAT. 259  PUBLIC LAW 117–10—APR. 23, 2021  Public Law 117–10  117th Congress  An Act  To allow Senators, Senators-elect, committees of the Senate, leadership offices,  and other offices of the Senate to share employees, and for other purposes.  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of  the United States of America in Congress assembled,  This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Senate Shared Employee Act’’.  (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 114 of the Legislative Branch Appro- priation Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C. 4576) is amended—  (1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘Notwithstanding’’;  (2) by striking ‘‘position, each of’’ and all that follows  through the period at the end and inserting the following:  ‘‘qualifying position if the aggregate gross pay from those posi- tions does not exceed—  ‘‘(1) the maximum rate specified in section 105(d)(2) of  the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C.  4575(d)(2)), as amended and modified; or  ‘‘(2) in a case where 1 or more of the individual’s qualifying  positions are positions described in subsection (d)(2)(B), the  maximum rate specified in section 105(e)(3) of the Legislative  Branch Appropriation Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 4575(e)(3)), as  amended and modified.’’; and  (3) by adding at the end the following:  ‘‘(b)(1) For an individual serving in more than 1 qualifying  position under subsection (a), the cost of any travel for official  business shall be paid by the office authorizing the travel.  ‘‘(2) Messages for each electronic mail account used in connec- tion with carrying out the official duties of an individual serving  in more than 1 qualifying position under subsection (a) may be  delivered to and sent from a single handheld communications device  provided to the individual for purposes of official business.  ‘‘(3)(A) For purposes of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978  (5 U.S.C. App.), the rate of basic pay for an individual serving  in more than 1 qualifying position under subsection (a) shall be  the total basic pay received by the individual from all such positions.  ‘‘(B) For an individual serving in more than one qualifying  position under subsection (a), for purposes of the rights and obliga- tions described in, or described in the provisions applied under,  title II of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C.  1311 et seq.) related to practices used at a time when the individual  SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.  SEC. 2. ALLOWING SENATORS, COMMITTEES, LEADERSHIP OFFICES,  AND OTHER OFFICES OF THE SENATE TO SHARE EMPLOYEES.  Apr. 23, 2021  [S. 422]  2 USC 4501 note.  Senate Shared  Employee Act. 