103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 1779

AMENDMENTS
In the Senate of the United States,

August 19 (legislative day, August 18), 1994.

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 1779) entitled ‘‘An Act to designate the facility

of the United States Postal Service located at 401 South

Washington Street in Chillicothe, Missouri, as the ‘Jerry L.

Litton United States Post Office Building’ ’’, do pass with

the following

AMENDMENTS:

1 Page 2, after line 5, insert:

2 SEC. 3. TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES OF CER3 TAIN FEDERAL CAREER APPOINTEES.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5724(a)(3) of title 5,

5 United States Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘November

6 27, 1988’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘November 17,

7 1988’’.

8 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub9 section (a) shall take effect as if included in the Technical
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1 and Miscellaneous Civil Service Amendments Act of 1992

2 (Public Law 102–378; 106 Stat. 1346; 5 U.S.C. 1101 note).

3 SEC. 4. TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES FOR

4 FAMILY MEMBERS OF CAREER APPOINTEES.

5 Paragraph (3) of section 5724(a) of title 5, United

6 States Code, is amended to read as follows:

7 ‘‘(3) upon the separation (or death in service) of

8 a career appointee, as defined in section 3132(a)(4)

9 of this title, the travel expenses of that individual (if

10 applicable), the transportation expenses of the imme11 diate family of such individual, and the expenses of

12 moving (including transporting, packing, crating,

13 temporarily storing, draying, and unpacking) the

14 household goods of such individual and personal ef15 fects not in excess of eighteen thousand pounds net

16 weight, to the place where the individual will reside

17 (or, in the case of a career appointee who dies in serv18 ice or who dies after separating but before the travel,

19 transportation, and moving is completed, to the place

20 where the family will reside) within the United

21 States, its territories or possessions, the Common22 wealth of Puerto Rico, or the areas and installations

23 in the Republic of Panama made available to the

24 United States pursuant to the Panama Canal Treaty

25 of 1977 and related agreements, as described in sec-
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1 tion 3(a) of the Panama Canal Act of 1979, if such

2 individual—

3 ‘‘(A) during or after the five years proceed4 ing eligibility to receive an annuity under sub5 chapter III of chapter 83, or of chapter 84 of this

6 title, has been transferred in the interest of the

7 Government from one official station to another

8 for permanent duty as a career appointee in the

9 Senior Executive Service or as a director under

10 section 4103(a)(8) of title 38 (as in effect on No11 vember 17, 1988); and

12 ‘‘(B) is eligible to receive an annuity upon

13 such separation (or, in the case of death in serv14 ice, met the requirements for being considered el15 igible to receive an annuity, as of date of death)

16 under the provisions of subchapter III of chapter

17 83 or chapter 84 of this title.’’.

18 SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—This Act and the amendment made

20 by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 1994, or, if later,

21 the date of the enactment of this Act.

22 (b) SPECIAL RULE.—

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Under regulations prescribed

24 by the President or his designee, an agency shall, as

25 appropriate, pay or make reimbursement for any
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1 moving expenses which would be payable under the

2 provisions of section 5724(a)(3) of title 5, United

3 States Code, as amended by section 1 (but which

4 would not have been payable under such provisions,

5 as last in effect before being so amended).

6 (2) APPLICABILITY.—The moving expenses to

7 which this subsection applies are those incurred by

8 the family of an individual who died—

9 (i) before separating from Government serv10 ice; and

11 (ii) during the period beginning on Janu12 ary 1, 1994, and ending on the effective date of

13 this Act.

14 (3) CONDITION.—Payment or reimbursement

15 under this subsection may not be made except upon

16 appropriate written application submitted within 12

17 months after date on which the regulations referred to

18 in paragraph (1) take effect.

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to designate

the facility of the United States Postal Service located at

401 South Washington Street in Chillicothe, Missouri, as

the ‘Jerry L. Litton United States Post Office Building’,

and to authorize travel and transportation expenses for
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certain Federal career appointees, and for other purposes.’’.

Attest:

Secretary.