[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 18324]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                  PAYING A GRATUITY TO MARY LYDA NANCE

  Mr. ROTH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now 
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 168 submitted earlier 
by Senators Helms and Biden.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 168) paying a gratuity to Mary Lyda 
     Nance.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. ROTH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution 
be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 168) was agreed to, as follows:

                              S. Res. 168

       Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate is authorized 
     and directed to pay, from the contingent fund of the Senate, 
     to Mary Lyda Nance, widow of Admiral James W. Nance, an 
     employee of the Senate at the time of his death, the sum of 
     $200,000, that sum to be considered inclusive of funeral 
     expenses and all other allowances.

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