; or (2) in the case of any other office, any applicable provision of law or any rule or regulation which imposes a limit on the number of employees of the office. (h) Funding for positions; adherence to rules (1) Sense of the Senate It is the sense of the Senate that— (A) the amount of financial assistance provided to a Congressional Clerk under paragraph (3) should, if practicable, be comparable to the compensation and benefits provided for similar clerkships offered through the Federal judiciary and executive branches; and (B) any financial assistance provided to a Congressional Clerk under such paragraph should not result in a net increase in the amounts appropriated for the legislative branch for any fiscal year. (2) Determination The amount of any financial assistance provided under paragraph (3) for a Congressional Clerk shall be— (A) determined or approved by the office hiring the Congressional Clerk