[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 120 (Friday, September 20, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8985-S8986]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




AUTHORIZING SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF SENATE TO ASCERTAIN AND 
             SETTLE CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF ANTHRAX EXPOSURE

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the 
consideration of S. Res. 329 submitted earlier today by Senator Dodd.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 329) authorizing the Sergeant at Arms 
     and Doorkeeper of the Senate to ascertain and settle claims 
     arising out of anthrax exposure in the Senate complex.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, 
the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, en bloc, without 
intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 329) was agreed to as follows:

                              S. Res. 329

       Resolved, That (a) the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of 
     the Senate--
       (1) in accordance with such regulations as the Committee on 
     Rules and Administration may prescribe, may consider and 
     ascertain any claim incident to service by a Member, officer, 
     or employee of the Senate for any damage to, or loss of, 
     personal property, for which the Member, officer, or employee 
     has not been reimbursed, resulting from the anthrax incident 
     of October 15, 2001, or the related remediation efforts 
     undertaken from such date through March 15, 2002; and
       (2) may, with the approval of the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration and in accordance with the provisions of 
     section

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     3721 of title 31, United States Code, determine, compromise, 
     adjust, and settle such claim in an amount not exceeding 
     $4,000 per claimant.
       (b) Claimants shall file claims pursuant to this resolution 
     with the Sergeant at Arms not later than December 31, 2002.
       (c) Any compromise, adjustment, or settlement of any such 
     claim pursuant to this resolution shall be paid from the 
     contingent fund of the Senate on a voucher approved by the 
     chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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