IV
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 35
Providing for payment of a lump sum for accrued annual leave to eligible
former employees of the House of Representatives.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 17, 1995
Mr. THOMAS submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on House Oversight
JANUARY 17, 1995
Committee on House Oversight discharged; considered, amended, and agreed
to
RESOLUTION
Providing for payment of a lump sum for accrued annual
leave to eligible former employees of the House of Rep-
resentatives.
Resolved,
SECTION 1. LUMP-SUM PAYMENT FOR ACCRUED ANNUAL
LEAVE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—An eligible employee of the House
of Representatives—
(1) who is separated from employment involun-
tarily;
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(2) whose last day of employment is during the
period beginning on January 3, 1995, and ending on
June 30, 1995; and
(3) who is not reemployed by the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Senate, or an agency of the legisla-
tive branch within 30 days after such last day of
employment;
shall be paid a lump sum for the accrued annual leave
of the employee.
(b) PAYMENT.—The lump sum—
(1) shall be paid, as certified under subsection
(c), in an amount equal to the value of the total ac-
crued annual leave of the employee or the value of
30 days of the accrued annual leave of the employee,
whichever is less;
(2) shall be paid—
(A) for clerk hire employees, from the clerk
hire allowance of the Member for calendar year
1995;
(B) 
for 
committee 
employees, 
from
amounts appropriated for committees; and
(C) for other employees, from amounts ap-
propriated to the employing authority for fiscal
year 1995; and
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(3) shall be computed using the rate of pay in
effect with respect to the employee on the last day
of employment of the employee.
(c) CERTIFICATION.—For purposes of this resolution,
accrued annual leave of an employee shall be certified by
the appropriate employing authority—
(1) as of December 31, 1994, in the case of an
employee whose last day of employment is January
3, 1995; and
(2) as of the last day of employment of the em-
ployee, in the case of an employee whose last day of
employment is after January 3, 1995, and before
July 1, 1995.
SEC. 2. REGULATIONS.
The Committee on House Oversight shall have au-
thority to prescribe regulations to carry out this resolu-
tion.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this resolution—
(1) the term ‘‘eligible employee’’ means, with
respect to the House of Representatives, an em-
ployee whose pay is disbursed by the Clerk of the
House of Representatives or the Chief Administra-
tive Officer of the House of Representatives, as ap-
plicable, except that such term does not include—
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(A) an employee under the clerk hire allow-
ance whose appointing Member is not a Mem-
ber of the House of Representatives in the One
Hundred Fourth Congress; or
(B) a uniformed or civilian support em-
ployee under the Capitol Police Board; and
(2) the term ‘‘agency of the legislative branch’’
means the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, the
Botanic Garden, the General Accounting Office, the
Government Printing Office, the Library of Con-
gress, the Office of Technology Assessment, and the
Congressional Budget Office.
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