[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 214 (Thursday, December 17, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7634-S7635]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




SENATE RESOLUTION 805--PROVIDING FOR STAFF TRANSITION FOR A SENATOR IF 
  THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION FOR AN ADDITIONAL TERM OF OFFICE OF THE 
                    SENATOR HAVE NOT BEEN CERTIFIED

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

                              S. Res. 805

       Resolved,

     SECTION 1. STAFF TRANSITION IF ELECTION RESULTS NOT 
                   CERTIFIED.

       Section 6 of Senate Resolution 458 (98th Congress), agreed 
     to October 4, 1984, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in paragraph (3)(A)--
       (i) in clause (i), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (ii) in clause (ii)--

       (I) by striking ``but only''; and
       (II) by adding ``or'' at the end; and

       (iii) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(iii) in an office of a Senator on the expiration of the 
     term of office of such Senator as a Senator, if the Senator 
     was a candidate in the general election for the next term of 
     office and the office is not filled at the commencement of 
     that next term,''; and
       (B) in paragraph (4)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ``paragraph 
     (3)(A)(ii)'' and inserting ``clause (ii) or (iii) of 
     paragraph (3)(A)''; and
       (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``not later than 60 
     days after the date of the change or expiration of term of 
     office, whichever is applicable,'' and inserting ``not later 
     than 60 days after the date of the change for an eligible 
     staff member described in clause (i) of paragraph (3)(A), or 
     after the expiration of the term of office of the supervising 
     Senator for an eligible staff member described in clause (ii) 
     or (iii) of paragraph (3)(A),'';
       (2) in subsection (c)(1)--

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       (A) by striking ``not to exceed 60 days'' and inserting the 
     following: ``not to exceed--
       ``(A) in the case of a displaced staff member described in 
     clause (i) or (ii) of subsection (a)(3)(A), 60 days'';
       (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``, 
     and''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) in the case of a displaced staff member described in 
     clause (iii) of subsection (a)(3)(A), the earliest of--
       ``(i) 60 days following the staff member's date of 
     termination;
       ``(ii) the date the staff member becomes otherwise 
     gainfully employed; or
       ``(iii) if the supervising Senator qualifies for the next 
     term of office as a Senator not later than 60 days after the 
     staff member's date of termination, the date of such 
     qualification.'';
       (3) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
       (4) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
       ``(d)(1) Each displaced staff member described in clause 
     (iii) of subsection (a)(3)(A) may, with the approval, 
     direction, and supervision of the Secretary of the Senate, 
     perform limited duties such as archiving and transferring 
     case files.
       ``(2) With respect to a Senator who was a candidate in the 
     general election for the next term of office and for which 
     the office is not filled at the commencement of that next 
     term, during the 60-day period beginning on the first day of 
     that next term of office, the official office and State 
     office expenses relating to--
       ``(A) archiving and transferring case files of the Senator, 
     with prior approval by and upon vouchers approved and 
     obligated by the Secretary of the Senate; and
       ``(B) rent for office space upon vouchers approved and 
     obligated by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the 
     Senate,
     shall be paid from the account for Miscellaneous Items within 
     the contingent fund of the Senate.''.

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