[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 131 (Monday, September 19, 1994)]
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           JERRY L. LITTON UNITED STATES POST OFFICE BUILDING

  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the 
Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 1779) to designate the facility of the 
U.S. Postal Service located at 401 South Washington Street in 
Chillicothe, MO, as the ``Jerry L. Litton United States Post Office 
Building,'' with Senate amendments thereto, and concur in the Senate 
amendments with amendments.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The text of the Senate amendments is as follows:

       Senate amendments: Page 2, after line 5, insert:

     SEC. 3. TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES OF CERTAIN FEDERAL 
                   CAREER APPOINTEES.

       (a) In General.--Section 5724(a)(3) of title 5, United 
     States Code, is amended by striking out ``November 27, 1988'' 
     and inserting in lieu thereof ``November 17, 1988''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect as if included in the Technical and 
     Miscellaneous Civil Service Amendments Act of 1992 (Public 
     Law 102-378; 106 Stat. 1346; 5 U.S.C. 1101 note).

     SEC. 4. TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES FOR FAMILY MEMBERS 
                   OF CAREER APPOINTEES.

       Paragraph (3) of section 5724(a) of title 5, United States 
     Code, is amended to read as follows:
       ``(3) upon the separation (or death in service) of a career 
     appointee, as defined in section 3132(a)(4) of this title, 
     the travel expenses of that individual (if applicable), the 
     transportation expenses of the immediate family of such 
     individual, and the expenses of moving (including 
     transporting, packing, crating, temporarily storing, draying, 
     and unpacking) the household goods of such individual and 
     personal effects not in excess of eighteen thousand pounds 
     net weight, to the place where the individual will reside 
     (or, in the case of a career appointee who dies in service or 
     who dies after separating but before the travel, 
     transportation, and moving is completed, to the place where 
     the family will reside) within the United States, its 
     territories or possessions, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
     or the areas and installations in the Republic of Panama made 
     available to the United States pursuant to the Panama Canal 
     Treaty of 1977 and related agreements, as described in 
     section 3(a) of the Panama Canal Act of 1979, if such 
     individual--
       ``(A) during or after the five years proceeding eligibility 
     to receive an annuity under subchapter III of chapter 83, or 
     of chapter 84 of this title, has been transferred in the 
     interest of the Government from one official station to 
     another for permanent duty as a career appointee in the 
     Senior Executive Service or as a director under section 
     4103(a)(8) of title 38 (as in effect on November 17, 1988); 
     and
       ``(B) is eligible to receive an annuity upon such 
     separation (or, in the case of death in service, met the 
     requirements for being considered eligible to receive an 
     annuity, as of date of death) under the provisions of 
     subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of this title.''.

     SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       (a) In General.--This Act and the amendment made by this 
     Act shall take effect on October 1, 1994, or, if later, the 
     date of the enactment of this Act.
       (b) Special Rule.--
       (1) In general.--Under regulations prescribed by the 
     President or his designee, an agency shall, as appropriate, 
     pay or make reimbursement for any moving expenses which would 
     be payable under the provisions of section 5724(a)(3) of 
     title 5, United States Code, as amended by section 1 (but 
     which would not have been payable under such provisions, as 
     last in effect before so amended).
       (2) Applicability.--The moving expenses to which this 
     subsection applies are those incurred by the family of an 
     individual who died--
       (i) before separating from Government service; and
       (ii) during the period beginning on January 1, 1994, and 
     ending on the effective date of this Act.
       (3) Condition.--Payment or reimbursement under this 
     subsection may not be made except upon appropriate written 
     application submitted within 12 months after date on which 
     the regulations referred to in paragraph (1) take effect.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendments.
  The Clerk read the proposed amendments to the Senate amendments, as 
follows:

       Page 3, lines 3 and 4, strike ``proceeding'' and insert 
     ``preceding'' in lieu thereof.
       Page 4, line 3, strike ``section 1'' and insert ``section 
     4'' in lieu thereof.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from the District of Columbia?
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I wish to 
state that the minority has no objections to approval of H.R. 1779 as 
amended by the Senate. H.R. 1779 honors our former colleague from 
Missouri, the late Jerry Litton, by renaming a post office in his home 
town of Chillicothe, MO, after him. The Senate amended his measure by 
attaching provisions of House-passed H.R. 4549 which provided for 
reimbursement to members of the Senior Executive Service expenses 
incurred as a result of their last move home following separation from 
Federal employment. H.R. 4549 fell under the jurisdiction of the 
Committee on Government Operations and I understand that the committee 
has no objection.
  Mr. Speaker, continuing my reservation, I yield to the gentlewoman 
from the District of Columbia [Ms. Norton].
  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1779, a bill to designate the U.S. Post 
Office located at 401 South Washington Street, Chillicothe, MO, as the 
Jerry L. Litton United States Post Office Building, passed the House on 
May 24, 1993 under suspension of the rules. On July 12, 1994, H.R. 
4549, a bill to provide for travel and transportation expenses for the 
family of a career appointee in the Senior Executive Service [SES] who 
dies after transferring in the interest of the Government to an 
official duty station and who was eligible for an annuity at the time 
of death, and for other purposes, passed the House under suspension of 
the rules.
  On August 2, 1994, the Senate amended H.R. 1779 by adding the text of 
H.R. 4549. The bill as amended passed the Senate on August 19, 1994 by 
voice vote. The Post Office and Civil Service Committee has no 
objection to this amendment. I have two amendments at the desk which 
make purely technical changes to the Senate amendment. In the drafting 
of the Senate amendment, the word ``preceding'' was inadvertently 
changed to ``proceeding'' on line 3 of page 3. The first amendment 
would correct this. Likewise, in the drafting of the Senate amendment, 
reference to ``section 4'' was inadvertently changed to ``section 1'' 
on line 3 of page 4. The second amendment corrects this.
  Mr. GILNAN. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the original request 
of the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia?
  There was no objection.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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