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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 805 

Providing for staff transition for a Senator if the results of the election 

for an additional term of office of the Senator have not been certified. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 17, 2020 

Mr. BLUNT submitted the following resolution; which was considered and 

agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for staff transition for a Senator if the results 

of the election for an additional term of office of the 

Senator have not been certified. 

1 Resolved, 

2 SECTION 1. STAFF TRANSITION IF ELECTION RESULTS NOT 

3 CERTIFIED. 

4 Section 6 of Senate Resolution 458 (98th Congress), 

5 agreed to October 4, 1984, is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (a)— 

7 (A) in paragraph (3)(A)— 

8 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

9 the end; 

10 (ii) in clause (ii)— 


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1 (I) by striking ‘‘but only’’; and 

2 (II) by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

3 and 

4 (iii) by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(iii) in an office of a Senator on the 

7 expiration of the term of office of such 

8 Senator as a Senator, if the Senator was 

9 a candidate in the general election for the 

10 next term of office and the office is not 

11 filled at the commencement of that next 

12 term,’’; and 

13 (B) in paragraph (4)— 

14 (i) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by strik15 ing ‘‘paragraph (3)(A)(ii)’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘clause (ii) or (iii) of paragraph (3)(A)’’; 

17 and 

18 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

19 ‘‘not later than 60 days after the date of 

20 the change or expiration of term of office, 

21 whichever is applicable,’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘not later than 60 days after the date of 

23 the change for an eligible staff member de24 scribed in clause (i) of paragraph (3)(A), 

25 or after the expiration of the term of office 


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1 of the supervising Senator for an eligible 

2 staff member described in clause (ii) or 

3 (iii) of paragraph (3)(A),’’; 

4 (2) in subsection (c)(1)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘not to exceed 60 days’’ 

6 and inserting the following: ‘‘not to exceed— 

7 ‘‘(A) in the case of a displaced staff member 

8 described in clause (i) or (ii) of subsection (a)(3)(A), 

9 60 days’’; 

10 (B) by striking the period at the end and 

11 inserting ‘‘, and’’; and 

12 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(B) in the case of a displaced staff member 

14 described in clause (iii) of subsection (a)(3)(A), the 

15 earliest of— 

16 ‘‘(i) 60 days following the staff member’s 

17 date of termination; 

18 ‘‘(ii) the date the staff member becomes 

19 otherwise gainfully employed; or 

20 ‘‘(iii) if the supervising Senator qualifies 

21 for the next term of office as a Senator not 

22 later than 60 days after the staff member’s 

23 date of termination, the date of such qualifica24 tion.’’; 


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1 (3) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub2 section (e); and 

3 (4) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(d)(1) Each displaced staff member described in 

6 clause (iii) of subsection (a)(3)(A) may, with the approval, 

7 direction, and supervision of the Secretary of the Senate, 

8 perform limited duties such as archiving and transferring 

9 case files. 

10 ‘‘(2) With respect to a Senator who was a candidate 

11 in the general election for the next term of office and for 

12 which the office is not filled at the commencement of that 

13 next term, during the 60-day period beginning on the first 

14 day of that next term of office, the official office and State 

15 office expenses relating to— 

16 ‘‘(A) archiving and transferring case files of the 

17 Senator, with prior approval by and upon vouchers 

18 approved and obligated by the Secretary of the Sen19 ate; and 

20 ‘‘(B) rent for office space upon vouchers ap21 proved and obligated by the Sergeant at Arms and 

22 Doorkeeper of the Senate, 

23 shall be paid from the account for Miscellaneous Items 

24 within the contingent fund of the Senate.’’. 

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