[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 147 (Thursday, November 14, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S11148]
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            AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF A GRATUITY TO TRUDY LAPIC

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 356, submitted earlier today by 
Mr. Dayton.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will state the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 356) to authorize the payment of a 
     gratuity to Trudy Lapic, the widow of Thomas Lapic, who 
     perished in the plane crash which took the life of Senator 
     Wellstone and others.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
resolution be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table en bloc, with no intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 356) was agreed to, as follows:

                              S. Res. 356

       Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate is authorized 
     and directed to pay, from appropriations under the subheading 
     ``miscellaneous items'' under the heading ``Contingent 
     Expenses of the Senate'', to Trudy Lapic, widow of Thomas 
     Lapic, a loyal employee of the Senate for 9 years, a sum 
     equal to 8 months of compensation at the rate Thomas Lapic 
     was receiving by law during the last month of his Senate 
     service, that sum to be considered inclusive of funeral 
     expenses and all other allowances.

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