[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 29 (Wednesday, March 16, 1994)]
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CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 3345, FEDERAL WORKFORCE RESTRUCTURING ACT OF 
                                  1994

  Mr. CLAY submitted the following conference report and statement on 
the bill (H.R. 3345) to provide temporary authority to Government 
agencies relating to voluntary separation incentive payments, and for 
other purposes:

                  Conference Report (H. Rept. 103-435)

       The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the 
     two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the amendment 
     of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 
     3345), to provide temporary authority to Government agencies 
     relating to voluntary separation incentive payments, and for 
     other purposes, having met, after full and free conference, 
     have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective 
     Houses as follows:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendments of the Senate numbered 2, 3, and 4, and agree to 
     the same.
       Amendment numbered 1:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 1, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate 
     amendment, insert the following:

     SEC. 6. MONITORING AND REPORT RELATING TO VOLUNTARY 
                   SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.

       No later than December 31st of each fiscal year, the Office 
     of Personnel Management shall submit to the Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Post 
     Office and Civil Service of the House of Representatives a 
     report which, with respect to the preceding fiscal year, 
     shall include--
       (1) the number of employees who received a voluntary 
     separation incentive payment under section 3 during such 
     preceding fiscal year;
       (2) the agency from which each such employee separated;
       (3) at the time of separation from service by each such 
     employee--
       (A) such employee's grade or pay level; and
       (B) the geographic location of such employee's official 
     duty station, by region, State, and city (or foreign nation, 
     if applicable); and
       (4)(A) the number of waivers made (in the repayment upon 
     subsequent employment) by each agency or other authority 
     under section 3 or the amendments made by section 8; and
       (B) the title and the grade or pay level of the position 
     filled by the employee to whom such waiver applied.

     SEC. 7. DISLOCATION PAYMENTS FOR CERTAIN CONTRACTOR 
                   PERSONNEL.

       (a) Payment.--No later than October 31, 1994, the Director 
     of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall 
     pay $5,000 to each full-time contractor employee who--
       (1) was hired, under a contract relating to the Advanced 
     Solid Rocket Motor Program, by--
       (A) Lockheed Missiles and Space Company;
       (B) Aerojet Corporation, Advanced Solid Rocket Motor 
     Division; or
       (C) Rust Corporation;
       (2) was separated from employment in Yellow Creek, 
     Mississippi, as a result of the termination of the Advanced 
     Solid Rocket Motor Program; and
       (3)(A) had been hired locally at Yellow Creek, Mississippi; 
     or
       (B) based on the separation referred to in paragraph (2), 
     was eligible, but elected not, to be relocated.
       (b) Offset.--No payment made under this section shall be 
     offset against the severance costs of a contractor.
       (c) Source of Payments.--Payments under this section shall 
     be from funds appropriated under the subheading ``space 
     flight, control and data communications'' under the heading 
     ``National Aeronautics and Space Administration'' under title 
     III of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
     Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations 
     Act, 1994 (Public Law 103-124; 107 Stat. 1299).
       (d) Limitation on Payments.--The amount of total payments 
     made under this section may not exceed $1,000,000.
       And the Senate agree to the same.

     From the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service for 
     consideration of the Senate amendments to the House 
     amendment, and modifications committed to conference:
     William Clay,
     Frank McCloskey,
     Eleanor H. Norton,
     Constance Morella,
     From the Committee on the Judiciary, for consideration of 
     Senate amendment numbered 1 and modifications committed to 
     conference:
     Jack Brooks,
     From the Committee on Government Operations, for 
     consideration of Senate amendment numbered 1 and 
     modifications committed to conference:
     John Conyers,
     Edolphus Towns,
     From the Committee on Rules, for consideration of Senate 
     amendment numbered 1 and modifications committed to 
     conference:
     Butler Derrick,
     Anthony C. Beilenson,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     John Glenn,
     David Pryor,
     Jim Sasser,
                               Managers on the Part of the Senate.

       JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE

       The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at the 
     conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the 
     amendments of the Senate to the amendment of the House to the 
     amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 3345) to provide 
     temporary authority to Government agencies relating to 
     voluntary separation incentive payments, and for other 
     purposes, submit the following joint statement to the House 
     and the Senate in explanation of the effect of the action 
     agreed upon by the managers and recommended in the 
     accompanying conference report:


                      senate amendment numbered 1

       Senate amendment numbered 1 to the House amendment proposed 
     to insert a new section 6 and section 7 in the House 
     amendment. The proposed section 6 would establish a ``Violent 
     Crime Reduction Trust Fund'' as a separate account in the 
     Treasury. For each of fiscal years 1994 through 1998, 
     specific amounts would be deposited in the Fund representing 
     the savings achieved by the Federal employee workforce 
     reductions mandated under section 5 of the House amendment. 
     The amounts in the Fund would be appropriated only for the 
     purposes authorized in the Violent Crime Control and Law 
     Enforcement Act of 1993 and would not be subject to any 
     budget enforcement procedures under the Congressional Budget 
     Act of 1974 or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.
       The new section 7, proposed to be inserted by Senate 
     amendment numbered 1, would require the Director of the 
     Office of Management and Budget to reduce the discretionary 
     spending limits set forth in section 601(a)(2) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974 by $720,000,000 in new 
     budget authority and $314,000,000 in outlays in FY 1994; 
     $2,423,000,000 in new budget authority and $2,330,000,000 in 
     outlays in FY 1995; $4,267,000,000 in new budget authority 
     and $4,184,000,000 in outlays in FY 1996; $6,313,000,000 in 
     new budget authority and $6,221,000,000 in outlays in FY 
     1997; and $8,545,000,000 in new budget authority and 
     $8,443,000,000 in outlays in FY 1998.
       The conference agreement substitutes an entirely new text 
     for the text of sections 6 and 7 as proposed to be inserted 
     by Senate amendment numbered 1. In lieu of the matter 
     contained in the proposed section 6 of the Senate amendment, 
     the conference agreement substitutes a new section 6 which 
     requires the Office of Personnel Management to submit a 
     report, no later than December 31 of each fiscal year, to the 
     Congress relating to the voluntary separation incentive 
     payments authorized under section 3 of the Act. The annual 
     report must include information on the number of employees 
     who received a voluntary separation incentive payment under 
     section 3 of the Act; the agency from which each such 
     employee separated; the employee's grade or pay level at the 
     time of separation; the geographic location of the employee's 
     official duty station; the number of waivers granted in the 
     case of reemployment by the Government; and the title and pay 
     level of the position filled by the employee to whom such 
     waiver applied.
       In lieu of the matter contained in the proposed section 7 
     of the Senate amendment, the conference agreement substitutes 
     a new section 7 which authorizes ``dislocation pay'' for NASA 
     Advanced Solid Rocket Motor contractor employees hired 
     locally by Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Aerojet ASRM 
     Division, and the Rust Corporation at Yellow Creek, 
     Mississippi.
       Two major science/space programs, the Super Collider and 
     the Advanced Solid Rocket Motor Program (ASRM), were 
     terminated by the Congress last year. While Congress provided 
     Super Collider contractor employees with both relocation and 
     dislocation assistance, ASRM employees were allowed only 
     relocation assistance. This language would provide equity and 
     consistency with respect to how these contractor employees 
     are treated after program termination.
       The new section 7 authorizes dislocation payments of $5,000 
     to each of approximately 175 individuals who were full-time 
     ASRM contractor employees at Yellow Creek. Since the 
     dislocation pay would be funded from existing appropriations 
     for ASRM termination, the amendment has no budgetary impact.


                 senate amendments numbered 2, 3 and 4

       These are clerical amendments redesignating section 
     numbers. The House recedes.

     From the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service for 
     consideration of the Senate amendments to the House 
     amendment, and modifications committed to conference:
     William Clay,
     Frank McCloskey,
     Eleanor H. Norton,
     Constance Morella,
     From the Committee on the Judiciary, for consideration of 
     Senate amendment numbered 1 and modifications committed to 
     conference:
     Jack Brooks,
     From the Committee on Government Operations, for 
     consideration of Senate amendment numbered 1 and 
     modifications committed to conference:
     John Conyers,
     Edolphus Towns,
     From the Committee on Rules, for consideration of Senate 
     amendment numbered 1 and modifications committed to 
     conference:
     Butler Derrick,
     Anthony C. Beilenson,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     John Glenn,
     David Pryor,
     Jim Sasser,
     Managers on the Part of the Senate.

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