[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 223 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 223

  Amending rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives to 
permit the employing office of an employee of the House who serves in a 
  reserve component of the uniformed services to pay the employee an 
additional salary for any period during which the employee is on active 
                                 duty.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 2003

   Mr. Young of Alaska submitted the following resolution; which was 
                   referred to the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Amending rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives to 
permit the employing office of an employee of the House who serves in a 
  reserve component of the uniformed services to pay the employee an 
additional salary for any period during which the employee is on active 
                                 duty.

    Resolved, 

SECTION 1. AUTHORITY FOR PAYMENT OF ADDITIONAL SALARY FOR HOUSE 
              EMPLOYEES IN THE RESERVES OR NATIONAL GUARD DURING 
              PERIODS OF ACTIVE DUTY.

    Clause 8(a) of rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(a)'' and inserting ``(a)(1)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
            ``(2) Nothing in subparagraph (1) prohibits the employing 
        office of any employee who serves on active duty (other than 
        for training) as a member of a reserve component of the 
        uniformed services with respect to any pay period during the 
        One Hundred Eighth Congress from paying additional compensation 
        to that employee for that pay period, so long as the amount of 
        the additional compensation does not exceed the difference 
        between the compensation paid to the employee by the office for 
        the most recent pay period before the employee's active duty 
        service commenced and the amount of any compensation paid to 
        the employee as a member of the uniformed services for that pay 
        period.''.
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