[United States Senate Manual, 107th Congress]
[S. Doc. 107-1]
[Non-statutory Standing Orders and Regulations Affecting the Business of the Senate]
[Pages 103-104]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]
73 PAY OF COMMITTEE STAFF DISPLACED BY CHANGE OF CHAIRMAN OR
RANKING MINORITY MEMBER \1\
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\1\ S. Res. 9 established these provisions by amendment
to S. Res. 458 (Sec. 72 above).
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Sec. 6. (a) For purposes of this section:
(1) The term ``committee'' means a standing,
select or special committee, or commission of the
Senate, or a joint committee of the Congress whose
funds are disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
(2) The terms ``Chairman'' and ``Ranking
Minority Member'' means the Chairman, Vice Chairman,
Cochairman and Ranking Minority Member of a
committee.
(3) The term ``eligible staff member'' means an
individual who was an employee of a committee, or
subcommittee thereof, for at least one hundred and
eighty-three days (whether or not service was
continuous) prior to the termination of employment
as described in paragraph (4), and whose pay is
disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
(4) The term ``displaced staff member'' means an
eligible staff member whose service as an employee
of the Senate is terminated solely and directly as a
result of a change of the individual occupying the
position of Chairman or Ranking Minority Member of a
committee and who is certified as a displaced staff
member by the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member
of the committee to the Secretary of the Senate.
Such certification shall be made no later than 60
days from the date of such change.
(b) The Secretary of the Senate shall notify the
Committee on Rules and Administration of the name of each
displaced staff member.
(c)(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Committee on
Rules and Administration each displaced staff member shall,
upon application to the Secretary of the Senate and approval
by the Committee on Rules and Administration, continue to be
paid at their respective salaries for a period not to exceed
60 days following the staff member's date of termination or
until the staff member becomes otherwise gainfully employed,
whichever is earlier.
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(2) A statement in writing by any such employee that he
was not gainfully employed during such period or the portion
thereof for which payment is claimed shall be accepted as
prima facie evidence that he was not so employed.
(d) Funds necessary to carry out the provisions of this
section shall be available as set forth in section 1(d).
[S. Res. 9, 103-1, Jan. 7, 1993.]