    [United States Senate Manual, 112th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 112-1]
    [Non-statutory Standing Orders and Regulations Affecting the Business of the Senate]
    [Pages 175-176]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

            96   PAY OF COMMITTEE STAFF DISPLACED BY CHANGE OF CHAIRMAN OR
                                 RANKING MINORITY MEMBER \1\
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                    \1\ S. Res. 9 established these provisions by amendment
                to S. Res. 458 (Sec. 95 above).
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                    Sec. 6. (a) For purposes of this section:
                            (1) The term ``committee'' means a standing,
                        select or special committee, or commission of the
                        Senate, or a joint committee of the Congress whose
                        funds are disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
                            (2) The terms ``Chairman'' and ``Ranking
                        Minority Member'' mean the Chairman, Vice Chairman,
                        Cochairman and Ranking Minority Member of a
                        committee.
                            (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

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                                      (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) The Secretary of the Senate shall notify the
                Committee on Rules and Administration of the name of each
                displaced staff member.
                    (c)(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Committee on
                Rules and Administration each displaced staff member shall,
                upon application to the Secretary of the Senate and approval
                by the Committee on Rules and Administration, continue to be
                paid at their respective salaries for a period not to exceed
                60 days following the staff member's date of termination or
                until the staff member becomes otherwise gainfully employed,
                whichever is earlier.
                    (2) A statement in writing by any such employee that he
                was not gainfully employed during such period or the portion
                thereof for which payment is claimed shall be accepted as
                prima facie evidence that he was not so employed.
                    (d) Funds necessary to carry out the provisions of this
                section shall be available as set forth in section 1(d).

                  [S. Res. 9, 103-1, Jan. 7, 1993; S. Res. 478, 108-2, Nov.
                                                                  19, 2004.]