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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4549
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for travel and transportation
expenses for the family of a career appointee in the Senior Executive
Service who dies after transferring in the interest of the Government
to an official duty station and who was eligible for an annuity at
the time of death, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 8, 1994
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Government Operations
A BILL
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for travel
and transportation expenses for the family of a career
appointee in the Senior Executive Service who dies after
transferring in the interest of the Government to an
official duty station and who was eligible for an annuity
at the time of death, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES
FOR 
FAMILY 
MEMBERS 
OF 
CAREER 
AP-
POINTEES.
Paragraph (3) of section 5724(a) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(3) upon the separation (or death in service)
of a career appointee, as defined in section
3132(a)(4) of this title, the travel expenses of that
individual (if applicable), the transportation ex-
penses of the immediate family of such individual,
and the expenses of moving (including transporting,
packing, crating, temporarily storing, draying, and
unpacking) the household goods of such individual
and personal effects not in excess of eighteen thou-
sand pounds net weight, to the place where the indi-
vidual will reside (or, in the case of a career ap-
pointee who dies in service or who dies after separat-
ing but before the travel, transportation, and moving
is completed, to the place where the family will re-
side) within the United States, its territories or pos-
sessions, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the
areas and installations in the Republic of Panama
made available to the United States pursuant to the
Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and related agree-
ments, as described in section 3(a) of the Panama
Canal Act of 1979, if such individual—
‘‘(A) during or after the five years preced-
ing eligibility to receive an annuity under sub-
chapter III of chapter 83, or of chapter 84 of
this title, has been transferred in the interest of
the Government from one official station to an-
other for permanent duty as a career appointee
in the Senior Executive Service or as a director
under section 4103(a)(8) of title 38 (as in ef-
fect on November 17, 1988); and
‘‘(B) is eligible to receive an annuity upon
such separation (or, in the case of death in
service, met the requirements for being consid-
ered eligible to receive an annuity, as of date of
death) under the provisions of subchapter III of
chapter 83 or chapter 84 of this title.’’.
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—This Act and the amendment
made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 1994,
or, if later, the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) SPECIAL RULE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Under regulations prescribed
by the President or his designee, an agency shall, as
appropriate, pay or make reimbursement for any
moving expenses which would be payable under the
provisions of section 5724(a)(3) of title 5, United
States Code, as amended by section 1 (but which
would not have been payable under such provisions,
as last in effect before being so amended).
(2) APPLICABILITY.—The moving expenses to
which this subsection applies are—
(A) those incurred by the family of an in-
dividual who died—
(i) before separating from Govern-
ment service; and
(ii) during the period beginning on
January 1, 1994, and ending on the effec-
tive date of this Act; and
(B) those incurred, in the case of an indi-
vidual who would have met the requirements for
being considered a director under section
4103(a)(8) of title 38, United States Code (as
in effect on November 17, 1988), with respect
to a move that occurred during the period be-
ginning on October 1, 1992, and ending on the
effective date of this Act.
(3) CONDITION.—Payment or reimbursement
under this subsection may not be made except upon
appropriate written application submitted within 12
months after date on which the regulations referred
to in paragraph (1) take effect.