[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 17, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S10691]
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          SENATE RESOLUTION 294--TO PROVIDE FOR SEVERANCE PAY

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

                              S. Res. 294

       Resolved, (a) That the individual who was the Sergeant at 
     Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate on September 1, 1996, and 
     whose service as the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the 
     Senate terminated on or after September 1, 1996 but prior to 
     September 6, 1996, shall be entitled to one lump sum payment 
     consisting of severance pay in an amount equal to two months 
     of the individual's basic pay at the rate such individual was 
     paid on September 1, 1996.
       (b) The Secretary of the Senate shall make payments under 
     this resolution from funds appropriated for fiscal year 1996 
     from the appropriation account ``Miscellaneous Items'' within 
     the contingent fund of the Senate.
       (c) 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 of law.

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