To provide for the replacement of lost income for employees of the House of Representatives who are members of a reserve component of the armed forces who are on active duty for a period of more than 30 days, and for other purposes.

Summary: House Reservists Pay Adjustment Act - Requires the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of the House of Representatives to pay an eligible House employee, who is also a member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces, for each active duty month the amount by which the employee's regular compensation from the House would have exceeded (if at all) the total monthly military compensation paid to the employee for the active duty month by the Secretary of Defense.

Limits employee eligibility for such adjusted compensation to those employed by the House each day of the 90 days ending on the day on which the employee reports for active duty under an involuntary mobilization order.

Requires the CAO to reduce the amount of any payment to such employee for an active duty month by the amount of any pay and allowances received by the individual from any other source as replacement of lost income.

Prohibits the CAO from making a required payment under this Act unless the payment, taking into account any reduction, is at least $50.

Authorizes appropriations.

Amends Rule XXIII (Code of Official Conduct) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to declare that nothing in such Rule may be construed to prohibit the disbursement or receipt of any payment authorized under this Act.

Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1955 to declare that nothing in the Act may be construed to prohibit the CAO from paying a gratuity to the widow, widower, or heirs-at-law of a House employee who dies during an active duty month.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``House Reservists Pay Adjustment Act 
of 2008''.

SEC. 2. REPLACEMENT OF LOST INCOME FOR HOUSE EMPLOYEES ON ACTIVE DUTY 
              UNDER INVOLUNTARY MOBILIZATION ORDER.

    (a) Payment.--
            (1) In general.--For each active duty month of an eligible 
        employee of the House of Representatives who is also a member 
        of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces, the Chief 
        Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives shall 
        pay to the employee the amount by which--
                    (A) the amount of regular compensation the employee 
                would have received from the House of Representatives 
                if the month had not been an active duty month, exceeds 
                (if at all)
                    (B) the total monthly military compensation paid to 
                the employee for the month by the Secretary of Defense.
            (2) Eligibility.--An employee of the House of 
        Representatives is eligible for purposes of paragraph (1) with 
        respect to an active duty month if the employee was an employee 
        of the House of Representatives during each day of the 90-day 
        period which ends on the day on which the employee reports for 
        active duty under an involuntary mobilization order.
    (b) Determination of Compensation Employee Would Have Received.--
            (1) In general.--For purposes of subsection (a)(1), the 
        amount of regular compensation an employee would have received 
        from the House of Representatives for a month shall be equal to 
        the amount of compensation the employee received from the House 
        of Representatives for the base month (excluding any bonus or 
        incentive payment made during the month), increased (in a 
        compound manner) by any cost-of-living adjustments applicable 
        to the compensation of employees of the Office of the Chief 
        Administrative Officer for months occurring after the base 
        month.
            (2) Base month defined.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the 
        term ``base month'' means, with respect to an employee, the 
        most recent month for which the employee received compensation 
        from the House of Representatives which precedes the active 
        duty month.
    (c) Special Rules Regarding Amount of Payment.--
            (1) Reduction for amounts paid from other sources as 
        replacement of lost income.--The Chief Administrative Officer 
        shall reduce the amount of any payment made to any individual 
        under subsection (a) with respect to an active duty month by 
        the amount of any payment received by the individual under 
        section 910 of title 37, United States Code, or any other 
        source that is provided to replace income lost by the 
        individual during the month.
            (2) Minimum amount required for payment.--The Chief 
        Administrative Officer shall not make a payment otherwise 
        required under this section if the amount of the payment (as 
        determined under subsection (a), taking into account the 
        reduction made under paragraph (1)) is not greater than $50.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``active duty month'' means, with respect to 
        an employee of the House of Representatives who is also a 
        member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces, any month 
        during which the employee is not able to perform duties for the 
        office of the employee's employing authority because the 
        employee is on active duty under an involuntary mobilization 
        order for a period of more than 30 days;
            (2) the terms ``Armed Forces'', ``active duty for a period 
        of more than 30 days'', and ``Reserve component'' have the 
        meaning given such terms in section 101 of title 37, United 
        States Code; and
            (3) the term ``total monthly military compensation'' has 
        the meaning given such term in section 910(e)(2) of title 37, 
        United States Code.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated from the applicable accounts of the House of 
Representatives such sums as may be necessary for payments under this 
section.
    (f) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to 
active duty months beginning on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.

SEC. 3. ENSURING CONSISTENCY WITH CODE OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT.

    Clause 8 of rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(d) Nothing in this clause may be construed to prohibit the 
disbursement or receipt of any payment authorized under section 2 of 
the House Reservists Pay Adjustment Act of 2008.''.

SEC. 4. CLARIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY OF SURVIVORS FOR HOUSE GRATUITY.

    The last undesignated paragraph under the center heading ``House of 
Representatives'' and the center subheading ``Contingent Expenses of 
the House'' in the first section of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriation Act, 1955 (2 U.S.C. 125), is amended by adding at the end 
the following: ``Nothing in this paragraph may be construed to prohibit 
the Chief Administrative Officer from paying a gratuity to the widow, 
widower, or heirs-at-law of an employee of the House who dies during an 
active duty month (as defined in section 2(d) of the House Reservists 
Pay Adjustment Act of 2008).''.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 11, 2008.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.