Compensation for Federal interns

(a) Federal agency interns Section 3111 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting before the semicolon the following:, but only insofar as the institution provides academic credit to the student for the voluntary service; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (f) An agency may provide reimbursement for transportation and subsistence expenses for any student who provides voluntary service under subsection (b), pursuant to regulations issued by the Office of Personnel Management.. (b) Legislative branch interns Part 3 of title IV of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 4101) is amended by adding at the end the following: 432. Interns in the legislative branch (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Intern The term intern means, with respect to a legislative branch office, an individual who serves in the legislative branch office for not more than 120 days in a 12-month period and whose service is primarily for the educational experience of the individual. (2) Legislative branch office The term legislative branch office means each of the following: (A) An employing office, as defined in section 101 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301). (B) The Government Accountability Office. (C) The Government Publishing Office. (b) In general The head of each legislative branch office shall pay an intern who serves in the legislative branch office not less than the minimum wage rate established under section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206), unless— (1) the intern is a student who is participating in a program established by the institution at which the intern is enrolled; and (2) the institution provides academic credit to the student for the voluntary service of the intern. (3) Benefit exclusion Interns compensated under this subsection shall be excluded from the operation of the following provisions of title 5, United States Code: (A) Chapter 84 (relating to the Federal Employees Retirement System). (B) Chapter 87 (relating to life insurance). (C) Chapter 89 (relating to health insurance). (c) Senate allowance There is established for the Senate an allowance which shall be available for the compensation of interns who serve in the offices of Senators during a calendar year.. (c) Federal judiciary interns (1) Compensation The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall issue regulations to provide for the compensation of all interns serving in the judicial branch. (2) Intern defined In this subsection, the term intern means an individual— (A) who serves in a court of the United States or the Administrative Office of the United States Courts for not more than 120 days during a 12-month period; and (B) whose service is primarily for the educational experience of the individual. (d) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section and the amendments made by this section.