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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 2842

To provide for interest-free loans for furloughed Federal employees.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 4, 1996

Mr. LONGLEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight

A BILL

To provide for interest-free loans for furloughed Federal

employees.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. INTEREST-FREE LOANS FOR FURLOUGHED

4 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during

6 any period of lapsed appropriations during which this Act

7 is enacted, the Secretary of the Treasury shall, in accord8 ance with this section, provide for the issuance of loans

9 to furloughed Federal employees, free of interest, from

10 funds otherwise available in the Civil Service Retirement

11 and Disability Fund or the Thrift Savings Fund. The total
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1 amount of such loans which may be issued to any such

2 furloughed Federal employee as of any date may not ex3 ceed the total amount of basic pay which has not been

4 paid to such employee, for such period of lapsed appro5 priations, by reason of the lapse in appropriations. The

6 total amount of any such loan (outstanding with respect

7 to any such employee as of the termination of such period

8 of lapsed appropriations) shall be repaid—

9 (1) in the case of any furloughed Federal em10 ployee remaining so employed as of the end of the

11 period of lapsed appropriations, by means of with12 holding by the Secretary of the Treasury from any

13 payment made to such employee of basic pay re14 maining unpaid for such period of lapsed appropria15 tions and depositing the amount withheld in the

16 Fund from which the loan was made, or

17 (2) in any other case, by such means as the

18 Secretary shall provide.

19 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

20 For purposes of this Act—

21 (1) PERIOD OF LAPSED APPROPRIATIONS.—The

22 term ‘‘period of lapsed appropriations’’ means, in

23 connection with a furloughed Federal employee, any

24 period during which appropriations are not available

25 due to the absence of the timely enactment of any
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1 Act or joint resolution appropriating funds for the

2 agency in which that employee is employed.

3 (2) FURLOUGHED FEDERAL EMPLOYEE.—

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘furloughed

5 Federal employee’’ means an employee of the

6 Federal Government or the District of Colum7 bia who is not paid for any period because such

8 period is included in a period of lapsed appro9 priations.

10 (B) EXCLUSION OF POLITICAL AP11 POINTEES.—Such term does not include an in12 dividual who—

13 (i) is employed in a position on the ex14 ecutive schedule under sections 5312

15 through 5316 of title 5, United States

16 Code,

17 (ii) is a limited term appointee, lim18 ited emergency appointee, or noncareer ap19 pointee in the senior executive service as

20 defined under paragraph (5), (6), or (7) of

21 section 3132(a) of title 5, United States

22 Code, respectively, or

23 (iii) is employed in a position in the

24 executive branch of the Government of a

25 confidential or policy-determining char-
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1 acter under Schedule C of subpart C of

2 part 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal

3 Regulations.

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