[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 35 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 35

    Providing for payment of a lump sum for accrued annual leave to 
       eligible former employees of the House of Representatives.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 17, 1995

 Mr. Thomas submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on House Oversight

                            January 17, 1995

   Committee on House Oversight discharged; considered, amended, and 
                               agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Providing for payment of a lump sum for accrued annual leave to 
       eligible former employees of the House of Representatives.

    Resolved, 

SECTION 1. LUMP-SUM PAYMENT FOR ACCRUED ANNUAL LEAVE.

    (a) In General.--An eligible employee of the House of 
Representatives--
            (1) who is separated from employment involuntarily;
            (2) whose last day of employment is during the period 
        beginning on January 3, 1995, and ending on June 30, 1995; and
            (3) who is not reemployed by the House of Representatives, 
        the Senate, or an agency of the legislative branch within 30 
        days after such last day of employment;
shall be paid a lump sum for the accrued annual leave of the employee.
    (b) Payment.--The lump sum--
            (1) shall be paid, as certified under subsection (c), in an 
        amount equal to the value of the total accrued annual leave of 
        the employee or the value of 30 days of the accrued annual 
        leave of the employee, whichever is less;
            (2) shall be paid--
                    (A) for clerk hire employees, from the clerk hire 
                allowance of the Member for calendar year 1995;
                    (B) for committee employees, from amounts 
                appropriated for committees; and
                    (C) for other employees, from amounts appropriated 
                to the employing authority for fiscal year 1995; and
            (3) shall be computed using the rate of pay in effect with 
        respect to the employee on the last day of employment of the 
        employee.
    (c) Certification.--For purposes of this resolution, accrued annual 
leave of an employee shall be certified by the appropriate employing 
authority--
            (1) as of December 31, 1994, in the case of an employee 
        whose last day of employment is January 3, 1995; and
            (2) as of the last day of employment of the employee, in 
        the case of an employee whose last day of employment is after 
        January 3, 1995, and before July 1, 1995.

SEC. 2. REGULATIONS.

    The Committee on House Oversight shall have authority to prescribe 
regulations to carry out this resolution.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this resolution--
            (1) the term ``eligible employee'' means, with respect to 
        the House of Representatives, an employee whose pay is 
        disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the 
        Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, 
        as applicable, except that such term does not include--
                    (A) an employee under the clerk hire allowance 
                whose appointing Member is not a Member of the House of 
                Representatives in the One Hundred Fourth Congress; or
                    (B) a uniformed or civilian support employee under 
                the Capitol Police Board; and
            (2) the term ``agency of the legislative branch'' means the 
        Office of the Architect of the Capitol, the Botanic Garden, the 
        General Accounting Office, the Government Printing Office, the 
        Library of Congress, the Office of Technology Assessment, and 
        the Congressional Budget Office.
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