[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2876 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2876


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               August 6 (legislative day, June 30), 1993

    Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 AN ACT


 
   To promote and support management reorganization of the National 
                 Aeronautics and Space Administration.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration Management Reorganization Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. SEPARATION PAY.

    (a) For the purpose of this section--
            (1) the term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of 
        the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and
            (2) the term ``employee'' means an employee of the National 
        Aeronautics and Space Administration serving under an 
        appointment without time limitation, who has been currently 
        employed for a continuous period of at least 12 months, except 
        that such term does not include--
                    (A) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter III of 
                chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States 
                Code, or another retirement system for employees of the 
                Government; or
                    (B) an employee having a disability on the basis of 
                which such employee is or would be eligible for 
                disability retirement under any of the retirement 
                systems referred to in subparagraph (A).
    (b) In order to avoid or minimize the need for involuntary 
separations due to a reduction in force, installation closure, 
reorganization, transfer of function, or other similar action affecting 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Administrator 
shall establish a program under which separation pay may be offered to 
encourage eligible employees to separate from service voluntarily 
(whether by retirement or resignation).
    (c) Under the program, separation pay may be offered only--
            (1) with the prior written consent of the Administrator; 
        and
            (2) to employees within such occupational groups or 
        geographic locations, or subject to such other similar 
        limitations or conditions, as the Administrator may require.
    (d) Such separation pay--
            (1) shall be paid in a lump sum; and
            (2) shall be equal to the lesser of--
                    (A) an amount equal to the amount the employee 
                would be entitled to receive under section 5595(c) of 
                title 5, United States Code, if the employee were 
                entitled to payment under such section; or
                    (B) $25,000;
            (3) shall not be a basis for payment, and shall not be 
        included in the computation, of any other type of Government 
        benefit; and
            (4) shall not be taken into account for purposes of 
        determining the amount of any severance pay to which an 
        individual may be entitled under section 5595 of title 5, 
        United States Code, based on any other separation.
    (e)(1) No amount shall be payable under this section based on any 
separation occurring after September 30, 1995.
    (2) No amount shall be payable under this section for any member in 
the Senior Executive Service based on any separation occurring after 
September 30, 1993.
    (f) An employee who receives separation pay under such program may 
not be reemployed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
for the 12-month period beginning on the effective date of the 
employee's separation, unless the employee agrees to repay to the 
United States an amount equal to such separation pay multiplied by the 
proportion of such 12-month period during which the employee will be so 
reemployed.
    (g) The Administrator shall prescribe such regulations as may be 
necessary to carry out this section.

SEC. 3. AMOUNTS TO REMAIN AVAILABLE.

    Amounts appropriated after August 1, 1993, for carrying out this 
Act shall be from sums otherwise authorized to be appropriated for 
research and program management for the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, and may remain available until expended.

            Passed the House of Representatives August 6, 1993.

            Attest:

                                           DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

                                                                 Clerk.