In the Senate of the United States,
August 19 (legislative day, August 18), 1994.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (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:
Page 2, after line 5, insert:
SEC. 3. TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES OF CER-
TAIN FEDERAL CAREER APPOINTEES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5724(a)(3) of title 5,
United States Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘November
27, 1988’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘November 17,
1988’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect as if included in the Technical
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and Miscellaneous Civil Service Amendments Act of 1992
(Public Law 102–378; 106 Stat. 1346; 5 U.S.C. 1101 note).
SEC. 4. TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES FOR
FAMILY MEMBERS OF CAREER APPOINTEES.
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 expenses of the imme-
diate 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 ef-
fects not in excess of eighteen thousand pounds net
weight, to the place where the individual will reside
(or, in the case of a career appointee who dies in serv-
ice or who dies after separating but before the travel,
transportation, and moving is completed, to the place
where the family will reside) within the United
States, its territories or possessions, the Common-
wealth 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 agreements, as described in sec-
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tion 3(a) of the Panama Canal Act of 1979, if such
individual—
‘‘(A) during or after the five years proceed-
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 another
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 effect on No-
vember 17, 1988); and
‘‘(B) is eligible to receive an annuity upon
such separation (or, in the case of death in serv-
ice, met the requirements for being considered el-
igible 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. 5. 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
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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 those incurred by
the family of an individual who died—
(i) before separating from Government serv-
ice; and
(ii) during the period beginning on Janu-
ary 1, 1994, 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.
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 pur-
poses.’’.
Attest:
Secretary.