; (B) by inserting before paragraph (3), as so redesignated, the following: (1) Departure date The term departure date means the earlier of— (A) the date on which the term of a departing Senator or Vice President ends; or (B) the date on which the departing Senator or Vice President will retire or resign. (2) Departing Senator or Vice President The term departing Senator or Vice President means a Senator or Vice President who will not serve in the next term due to retirement, resignation, a decision to not seek reelection, or a failure to secure reelection. ; and (C) in paragraph (3)(B), as so redesignated, by striking rate of basic pay for an employee for a position at ES-1 and all that follows and inserting rate of basic pay payable for a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code. ; (2) in subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii), by striking 1-year ; (3) in subsection (c)(1)— (A) by striking The term and inserting the following: (A) In general Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (B) Departing Senators and Vice Presidents After the date that is 1 year before the departure date of a departing Senator or Vice President, the departing Senator or Vice President may enter into a service agreement under this section with an eligible employee of the office of the Senator or Vice President (including an eligible employee who has completed a required period of employment under a previous service agreement) that includes a required period of employment that— (i) is less than 1 year; and (ii) shall end on the last day of the last full pay period ending on or before the departure date of the departing Senator or Vice President. ; and (4) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraph (2)— (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking or at the end; (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or