[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 172 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

  1st Session
S. RES. 172

                      Providing for severance pay.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 15 (legislative day, September 5), 1995

 Mr. Dole submitted the following resolution; which was considered and 
                               agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
                      Providing for severance pay.
    Resolved, That (a) an individual who is an employee in the office 
of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, who was an 
employee in that office for at least 183 days (whether or not service 
was continuous) during fiscal year 1995, and whose service in that 
office is terminated on or after the date this resolution is agreed to, 
but prior to October 1, 1995, shall be entitled to one lump sum payment 
consisting of severance pay in an amount equal to 2 months of the 
individual's basic pay at the rate in effect on September 1, 1995.
    (b) The Secretary of the Senate shall make payments under this 
resolution from funds appropriated for fiscal year 1995 from the 
appropriation account ``Salaries, Officers and Employees'' for salaries 
of officers and employees in the office of the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate.
    (c) A payment may be made under this resolution only upon 
certification to the Disbursing Office by the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate of the individual's eligibility for the 
payment.
    (d) In the event of the death of an individual who is entitled to 
payment under this resolution, any such payment that is unpaid shall be 
paid to the widow or widower of the individual or, if there is no widow 
or widower of such deceased individual, to the heirs at law or next of 
kin of such deceased individual.
    (e) A payment under this resolution shall not be treated as 
compensation for purposes of any provision of title 5, United States 
Code, or of any other law relating to benefits accruing from employment 
by the United States, and the period of entitlement to such pay shall 
not be treated as a period of employment for purposes of any such 
provision or law.
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