Authors: Jacob R. Straus, Government and Finance Division
Abstract: The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration is reportedly considering
contracting the Senate restaurant system to a private vendor. On July 17, 2008,
President George W. Bush signed a bill that continues employment benefits for
current Senate restaurant employees should the restaurants be contracted to a private
vendor. P.L. 110-279, introduced as S. 2967, "provide[s] for certain Federal
employee benefits to be continued for certain employees of the Senate Restaurants
after operations of the Senate Restaurants are contracted to be performed by a private
business concern, and for other purposes." P.L. 110-279 provides for the
continuation of Senate restaurant employees' salary, health benefits, accrued sick and
annual leave, transit benefits, and retirement accounts. In addition, P.L. 110-279
provides severance pay to covered employees and an early retirement option for
employees who meet criteria set out in the legislation. These issues are similar to
those faced by the House of Representatives when its restaurant system was
contracted to a private vendor in 1986.
Pages: 8
Date: July 22, 2008
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