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Union Calendar No. 39 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1679 

[Report No. 111–85, Part I] 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 24, 2009 

Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. HARPER, and Mr. MCCARTHY of 

California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 

Standards of Official Conduct, for a period to be subsequently determined 

by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 

within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

APRIL 22, 2009 

Reported from the Committee on House Administration 

APRIL 22, 2009 

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct discharged; committed to the 

Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered 

to be printed 

A BILL 

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 


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active duty for a period of more than 30 days, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘House Reservists Pay 

5 Adjustment Act of 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REPLACEMENT OF LOST INCOME FOR HOUSE EM7 PLOYEES ON ACTIVE DUTY UNDER INVOLUN8 TARY MOBILIZATION ORDER. 

9 (a) PAYMENT.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—For each active duty month 

11 of an eligible employee of the House of Representa12 tives who is also a member of a reserve component 

13 of the armed forces, the Chief Administrative Officer 

14 of the House of Representatives shall pay to the em15 ployee the amount by which— 

16 (A) the amount of regular compensation 

17 the employee would have received from the 

18 House of Representatives if the month had not 

19 been an active duty month, exceeds (if at all) 

20 (B) the total monthly military compensa21 tion paid to the employee for the month by the 

22 Secretary of Defense. 

23 (2) ELIGIBILITY.—An employee of the House of 

24 Representatives is eligible for purposes of paragraph 


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1 (1) with respect to an active duty month if the em2 ployee was an employee of the House of Representa3 tives during each day of the 90-day period which 

4 ends on the day on which the employee reports for 

5 active duty under an involuntary mobilization order. 

6 (b) DETERMINATION OF COMPENSATION EMPLOYEE

7 WOULD HAVE RECEIVED.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection 

9 (a)(1), the amount of regular compensation an em10 ployee would have received from the House of Rep11 resentatives for a month shall be equal to the 

12 amount of compensation the employee received from 

13 the House of Representatives for the base month 

14 (excluding any bonus or incentive payment made 

15 during the month), increased (in a compound man16 ner) by any cost-of-living adjustments applicable to 

17 the compensation of employees of the Office of the 

18 Chief Administrative Officer for months occurring 

19 after the base month. 

20 (2) BASE MONTH DEFINED.—For purposes of 

21 paragraph (1), the term ‘‘base month’’ means, with 

22 respect to an employee, the most recent month for 

23 which the employee received compensation from the 

24 House of Representatives which precedes the active 

25 duty month. 


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1 (c) SPECIAL RULES REGARDING AMOUNT OF PAY2 MENT.— 

3 (1) REDUCTION FOR AMOUNTS PAID FROM

4 OTHER SOURCES AS REPLACEMENT OF LOST IN5 COME.—The Chief Administrative Officer shall re6 duce the amount of any payment made to any indi7 vidual under subsection (a) with respect to an active 

8 duty month by the amount of any payment received 

9 by the individual under section 910 of title 37, 

10 United States Code, or any other source that is pro11 vided to replace income lost by the individual during 

12 the month. 

13 (2) MINIMUM AMOUNT REQUIRED FOR PAY14 MENT.—The Chief Administrative Officer shall not 

15 make a payment otherwise required under this sec16 tion if the amount of the payment (as determined 

17 under subsection (a), taking into account the reduc18 tion made under paragraph (1)) is not greater than 

19 $50. 

20 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

21 (1) the term ‘‘active duty month’’ means, with 

22 respect to an employee of the House of Representa23 tives who is also a member of a reserve component 

24 of the armed forces, any month during which the 

25 employee is not able to perform duties for the office 


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1 of the employee’s employing authority because the 

2 employee is on active duty under an involuntary mo3 bilization order for a period of more than 30 days; 

4 (2) the terms ‘‘armed forces’’, ‘‘active duty for 

5 a period of more than 30 days’’, and ‘‘reserve com6 ponent’’ have the meaning given such terms in sec7 tion 101 of title 37, United States Code; and 

8 (3) the term ‘‘total monthly military compensa9 tion’’ has the meaning given such term in section 

10 910(e)(2) of title 37, United States Code. 

11 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

12 are authorized to be appropriated from the applicable ac13 counts of the House of Representatives such sums as may 

14 be necessary for payments under this section. 

15 (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

16 respect to active duty months beginning on or after the 

17 date of the enactment of this Act. 

18 SEC. 3. ENSURING CONSISTENCY WITH CODE OF OFFICIAL 

19 CONDUCT. 

20 Clause 8 of rule XXIII of the Rules of the House 

21 of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the 

22 following new paragraph: 

23 ‘‘(d) Nothing in this clause may be construed to pro24 hibit the disbursement or receipt of any payment authorVerDate Nov 24 2008 01:48 Apr 25, 2009 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1679.RH H1679

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1 ized under section 2 of the House Reservists Pay Adjust2 ment Act of 2009.’’. 

3 SEC. 4. CLARIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY OF SURVIVORS 

4 FOR HOUSE GRATUITY. 

5 The last undesignated paragraph under the center 

6 heading ‘‘House of Representatives’’ and the center sub7 heading ‘‘Contingent Expenses of the House’’ in the first 

8 section of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1955 

9 (2 U.S.C. 125), is amended by adding at the end the fol10 lowing: ‘‘Nothing in this paragraph may be construed to 

11 prohibit the Chief Administrative Officer from paying a 

12 gratuity to the widow, widower, or heirs-at-law of an em13 ployee of the House who dies during an active duty month 

14 (as defined in section 2(d) of the House Reservists Pay 

15 Adjustment Act of 2009).’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 39 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1679 

[Report No. 111–85, Part I] 

A BILL 

To provide for the replacement of lost income for 

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

APRIL 22, 2009 

Reported from the Committee on House Administration 

APRIL 22, 2009 

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct discharged; 

the State of the Union and ordered to be printed committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 


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