[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 134 (Friday, November 19, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S11663]
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         DISPLACED STAFF MEMBERS OF SENATORS AND SENATE LEADERS

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 478, introduced 
earlier today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will state the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 478) relating to displaced staff 
     members of the Senators and Senate leaders.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to 
reconsider be laid upon the table, and that any statements relating to 
this matter be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 478) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 478

       Resolved, That (a) paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 6(a) 
     of Senate Resolution 458, 98th Congress, agreed to October 4, 
     1984 (as amended by Senate Resolution 9, 103d Congress, 
     agreed to January 7, 1993) are amended to read as follows:
       ``(3) The term `eligible staff member' means an 
     individual--
       ``(A) who was an employee--
       ``(i) of a committee or subcommittee thereof or a Senate 
     leadership office described in subsection (b) of the first 
     section of this resolution, or
       ``(ii) in an office of a Senator on the expiration of the 
     term of office of such Senator as a Senator, but only if the 
     Senator is not serving as a Senator for the next term of 
     office and was a candidate in the general election for such 
     next term,
       ``(B) whose employment described in subparagraph (A) was at 
     least 183 days (whether or not service was continuous) before 
     the date of termination of employment described in paragraph 
     (4), and
       ``(C) whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the 
     Senate.
     The term `eligible staff member' shall not include an 
     employee to whom the first section of this resolution 
     applies.
       ``(4) The term `displaced staff member' means an eligible 
     staff member--
       ``(A) whose service as an employee of the Senate is 
     terminated solely and directly as a result of--
       ``(i) in the case of employment described in paragraph 
     (3)(A)(i), a change in the individual occupying the position 
     of Chairman or Ranking Minority Member of a committee or in 
     the individual occupying the Senate leadership office, and
       ``(ii) in the case of employment described in paragraph 
     (3)(A)(ii), the expiration of the term of office of the 
     Senator, and
       ``(B) who is certified, not later than 60 days after the 
     date of the change or expiration of term of office, whichever 
     is applicable, as a displaced staff member by the Chairman or 
     Ranking Minority Member of the committee, the Senator 
     occupying the Senate leadership office, or the Senator whose 
     term is expiring, whichever is applicable, to the Secretary 
     of the Senate.''.
       (b) Subsection (b) of the first section of such Senate 
     Resolution 458 is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``President pro tempore emeritus,'' after 
     ``Deputy President pro tempore,'';
       (2) by striking ``or'' before ``Secretary''; and
       (3) by inserting ``the Chairman of the Conference of the 
     Majority, the Chairman of the Conference of the Minority, the 
     Chairman of the Majority Policy Committee, or the Chairman of 
     the Minority Policy Committee,'' before ``the employees of 
     such office''.

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