S.Res. 239 — An original resolution to provide severance pay for certain committee staff members who are displaced as a result of the reorganization of Senate committee staffs caused by the Committee System Reorganization Amendments of 1977.

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Requires the chairman of each new Senate committee to certify to the Committee on Rules and Administration the name of each displaced staff member of such committee. Entitles each displaced staff member, upon application to the Committee, to a gross amount of severance pay.

Specifies that such severance pay will not be paid to displaced staff members receiving certain annuities or retirement benefits.

Specifies how this Act shall apply to the abolition of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy and the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs.

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1977-08-03
Introduced in Senate
1977-08-03
Reported to Senate from the Committee on Rules and Administration, S. Rept. 95-387.
1977-08-03
Reported to Senate from the Committee on Rules and Administration, S. Rept. 95-387.
1977-08-03
Placed on calendar in Senate.
1977-08-04
Placed on calendar in Senate under Measures Cleared to be Considered by Unanimous Consent.
1977-08-05
Measure called up by unanimous consent in Senate.
1977-08-05
Measure considered in Senate.
1977-08-05
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Measure passed Senate.
1977-08-05
Measure passed Senate.

An original resolution to provide severance pay for certain committee staff members who are displaced as a result of the reorganization of Senate committee staffs caused by the Committee System Reorganization Amendments of 1977.

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