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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 14 

To provide funding for Senate staff transition. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 15, 2009 

Mr. MCCONNELL (for himself and Mr. REID) submitted the following 

resolution; which was considered and agree to 

RESOLUTION 

To provide funding for Senate staff transition. 

1 Resolved, That (a) for purposes of this section, the 

2 term ‘‘eligible staff member’’ means an individual— 

3 (1) whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of 

4 the Senate and was an employee as of January 2, 

5 2009; and 

6 (2) who was an employee of a Senator who 

7 stood for an additional term for the office of Senator 

8 but the office is not filled at the commencement of 

9 that term. 

10 (b)(1) With respect to an eligible staff member who 

11 is being treated as a displaced staff member under section 

12 6 of Senate Resolution 458 (98th Congress), as amended 


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1 by Senate Resolution 9 (103d Congress), the period re2 ferred to in section 6(c)(1) of such resolution shall be 90 

3 days. 

4 (2)(A) Each eligible staff member may, with the ap5 proval, direction, and supervision of the Secretary of the 

6 Senate, perform limited duties such as archiving and 

7 transferring case files. 

8 (B) The Secretary of the Senate may hire 2 addi9 tional eligible staff members to perform the duties de10 scribed in subparagraph (A) subject to subparagraph (C). 

11 Such employees shall be treated as displaced staff mem12 bers under section 6 of Senate Resolution 458 (98th Con13 gress), as amended by Senate Resolution 9 (103d Con14 gress), after the expiration of the period described in sub15 paragraph (C). Expenses for such employees shall be paid 

16 from the Contingent Fund of the Senate. 

17 (C) Subparagraph (A) shall apply for the period from 

18 January 2, 2009 through February 4, 2009 unless the eli19 gible staff member becomes otherwise employed. 

20 (3) A statement in writing by an eligible staff mem21 ber that he or she was not gainfully employed during such 

22 period or the portion thereof for which payment is claimed 

23 under this subsection shall be accepted as prima facie evi24 dence that he or she was not so employed. 


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1 (c) The Secretary of the Senate shall notify the Com2 mittee on Rules and Administration of the name of each 

3 eligible staff member. 

4 (d)(1) During the period described in paragraph (2), 

5 the official office and State office expenses relating to 

6 archiving and transferring case files of a Senator who 

7 stood for an additional term for the office of Senator but 

8 whose office is not filled at the commencement of that 

9 term shall be paid from the account for Miscellaneous 

10 Items within the contingent fund of the Senate upon 

11 vouchers approved and obligated by the Secretary of the 

12 Senate or the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the 

13 Senate, as appropriate. 

14 (2) The period described in paragraph (1) is the pe15 riod from January 2, 2009 through February 4, 2009. 

16 (e) Except as provided in subsection (b)(2)(B), funds 

17 necessary to carry out the provisions of this section shall 

18 be available as set forth in section 1(d) of Senate Resolu19 tion 458, agreed to October 4, 1984 (98th Congress). 

20 (f) This section shall expire 90 days after January 

21 3, 2009. 

22 SEC. 2. (a) For purposes of section 6(a)(4)(A)(i) of 

23 Senate Resolution 458 (98th Congress), as amended by 

24 Senate Resolution 9 (103d Congress), the term committee 

25 shall include subcommittee. 


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1 (b) This section shall take effect on January 2, 2009 

2 and expire 120 days after such date. 

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