,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #hje  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december 
#ag1 #bjbj,mr4 ,blunt submitted the     
following resolution2 which was         
considered and agreed to  ,,resolution  
,providing for staff transition for a   
,senator if the results of the election 
for an additional term of office of the 
,senator have not been certified4  #a4  
,staff transition if election results   
not certified ,section #f of ,senate    
,resolution #deh 7#ihth ,congress71     
agreed to ,october #d1 #aihd1 is        
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a7-- 7,a7 
in paragraph 7#c77;,a7-- 7i7 in clause  
7i71 by striking or at the end2  7ii7 in
 clause 7ii7-- 7,i7 by striking but     
only2 and  7,,ii7 by adding or at the   
end2 and  7iii7 by adding at the end the
 following3  7iii7 in an office of a    
,senator on the expiration of the term  
of office of such ,senator as a         
,senator1 if the ,senator was a         
candidate in the general election for   

the next term of office and the office  
is not filled at the commencement of    
that next term1  2 and  7,b7 in         
paragraph 7#d7-- 7i7 in subparagraph    
7,a77ii71 by striking paragraph         
7#c77;,a77ii7 and inserting clause 7ii7 
or 7iii7 of paragraph 7#c77;,a72 and    
7ii7 in subparagraph 7,b71 by striking  
not later than #fj days after the date  
of the change or expiration of term of  
office1 whichever is applicable1 and    
inserting not later than #fj days after 
the date of the change for an eligible  
staff member described in clause 7i7 of 
paragraph 7#c77;,a71 or after the       
expiration of the term of office of the 
supervising ,senator for an eligible    
staff member described in clause 7ii7 or
 7iii7 of paragraph 7#c77;,a712  7#b7 in
 subsection 7c77#a7-- 7,a7 by striking  
not to exceed #fj days and inserting the
 following3 8not to exceed--  7,a7 in   
the case of a displaced staff member    
described in clause 7i7 or 7ii7 of      
subsection 7a77#c77;,a71 #fj days  2    

7,b7 by striking the period at the end  
and inserting 1 and2 and  7,c7 by adding
 at the end the following3  7,b7 in the 
case of a displaced staff member        
described in clause 7iii7 of subsection 
7a77#c77;,a71 the earliest of-- 7i7 #fj 
days following the staff member's date  
of termination2  7ii7 the date the staff
 member becomes otherwise gainfully     
employed2 or  7iii7 if the supervising  
,senator qualifies for the next term of 
office as a ,senator not later than #fj 
days after the staff member's date of   
termination1 the date of such           
qualification4  2  7#c7 by redesignating
 subsection 7d7 as subsection 7e72 and  
7#d7 by inserting after subsection 7c7  
the following3  7d7 7#a7 ,each displaced
 staff member described in clause 7iii7 
of subsection 7a77#c77;,a7 may1 with the
 approval1 direction1 and supervision of
 the ,secretary of the ,senate1 perform 
limited duties such as archiving and    
transferring case files4  7#b7 ,with    
respect to a ,senator who was a         

candidate in the general election for   
the next term of office and for which   
the office is not filled at the         
commencement of that next term1 during  
the #fj-;day period beginning on the    
first day of that next term of office1  
the official office and ,state office   
expenses relating to-- 7,a7 archiving   
and transferring case files of the      
,senator1 with prior approval by and    
upon vouchers approved and obligated by 
the ,secretary of the ,senate2 and  7,b7
 rent for office space upon vouchers    
approved and obligated by the ,sergeant 
at ,arms and ,doorkeeper of the ,senate1
  shall be paid from the account for    
,miscellaneous ,items within the        
contingent fund of the ,senate4  4