[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 20]
[Senate]
[Pages 27623-27624]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              EXTENDING AUTHORITY FOR RELOCATION EXPENSES

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 196, S. 1825.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1825) to extend the authority for relocation 
     expenses test programs for Federal employees, and for other 
     purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Lieberman 
amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be 
read a third time, passed, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, with no intervening action or debate, and that any statements 
relating to the bill be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 2768) was agreed to, as follows:

                (Purpose: To modify the effective date)

       On page 3, line 5, strike ``October 31, 2009'' and insert 
     ``December 18, 2009''.

  The bill (S. 1825), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 1825

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. RELOCATION EXPENSES TEST PROGRAMS.

       (a) In General.--Section 5739 of title 5, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (3);
       (2) in subsection (b)--
       (A) by inserting ``or extended'' after ``approved''; and
       (B) by inserting ``or extension'' after ``of the program'';
       (3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
       ``(c)(1) An agency authorized to conduct a test program 
     under subsection (a) shall annually submit a report on the 
     results of the program to date to the Administrator.
       ``(2) Not later than 3 months after completion of a test 
     program, the agency conducting the program shall submit a 
     final report on the results of the program to the 
     Administrator and the appropriate committees of Congress.'';
       (4) in subsection (d), by striking ``10'' and inserting 
     ``12''; and
       (5) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:
       ``(e)(1) The Administrator may not approve any test program 
     for an initial period of more than 4 years.
       ``(2)(A) Upon the request of the agency administering a 
     test program, the Administrator may extend the program.
       ``(B) An extension under subparagraph (A) may not exceed 4 
     years.

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       ``(C) The Administrator may exercise more than 1 extension 
     under subparagraph (A) with respect to any test program.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on 
     December 18, 2009.

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