[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
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[S. Res. 805 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 805

  Providing for staff transition for a Senator if the results of the 
election for an additional term of office of the Senator have not been 
                               certified.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 17, 2020

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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Providing for staff transition for a Senator if the results of the 
election for an additional term of office of the Senator have not been 
                               certified.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. STAFF TRANSITION IF ELECTION RESULTS NOT CERTIFIED.

    Section 6 of Senate Resolution 458 (98th Congress), agreed to 
October 4, 1984, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (3)(A)--
                            (i) in clause (i), by striking ``or'' at 
                        the end;
                            (ii) in clause (ii)--
                                    (I) by striking ``but only''; and
                                    (II) by adding ``or'' at the end; 
                                and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) in an office of a Senator on the 
                        expiration of the term of office of such 
                        Senator as a Senator, if the Senator was a 
                        candidate in the general election for the next 
                        term of office and the office is not filled at 
                        the commencement of that next term,''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (4)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking 
                        ``paragraph (3)(A)(ii)'' and inserting ``clause 
                        (ii) or (iii) of paragraph (3)(A)''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``not 
                        later than 60 days after the date of the change 
                        or expiration of term of office, whichever is 
                        applicable,'' and inserting ``not later than 60 
                        days after the date of the change for an 
                        eligible staff member described in clause (i) 
                        of paragraph (3)(A), or after the expiration of 
                        the term of office of the supervising Senator 
                        for an eligible staff member described in 
                        clause (ii) or (iii) of paragraph (3)(A),'';
            (2) in subsection (c)(1)--
                    (A) by striking ``not to exceed 60 days'' and 
                inserting the following: ``not to exceed--
            ``(A) in the case of a displaced staff member described in 
        clause (i) or (ii) of subsection (a)(3)(A), 60 days'';
                    (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
                ``, and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(B) in the case of a displaced staff member described in 
        clause (iii) of subsection (a)(3)(A), the earliest of--
                    ``(i) 60 days following the staff member's date of 
                termination;
                    ``(ii) the date the staff member becomes otherwise 
                gainfully employed; or
                    ``(iii) if the supervising Senator qualifies for 
                the next term of office as a Senator not later than 60 
                days after the staff member's date of termination, the 
                date of such qualification.'';
            (3) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
            (4) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
    ``(d)(1) Each displaced staff member described in clause (iii) of 
subsection (a)(3)(A) may, with the approval, direction, and supervision 
of the Secretary of the Senate, perform limited duties such as 
archiving and transferring case files.
    ``(2) With respect to a Senator who was a candidate in the general 
election for the next term of office and for which the office is not 
filled at the commencement of that next term, during the 60-day period 
beginning on the first day of that next term of office, the official 
office and State office expenses relating to--
            ``(A) archiving and transferring case files of the Senator, 
        with prior approval by and upon vouchers approved and obligated 
        by the Secretary of the Senate; and
            ``(B) rent for office space upon vouchers approved and 
        obligated by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate,
shall be paid from the account for Miscellaneous Items within the 
contingent fund of the Senate.''.
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