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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 814 

To provide a bonus to any Federal employee excepted from furlough during 

the lapse in appropriations beginning on or about December 22, 2018, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 28, 2019 

Mr. GRIFFITH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 

Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To provide a bonus to any Federal employee excepted from 

furlough during the lapse in appropriations beginning 

on or about December 22, 2018, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. BONUS FOR EXCEPTED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES 

4 FOR DECEMBER 22, 2018 SHUTDOWN. 

5 (a) BONUSES FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), 

7 any employee of the United States Government ex8 cepted from furlough and working without pay durVerDate Sep 11 2014 05:11 Feb 05, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H814.IH H814

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1 ing the lapse in appropriations beginning on or 

2 about December 22, 2018, shall receive a bonus for 

3 each day during that lapse that the employee re4 ported to the employee’s duty station and performed 

5 the duties of the employee’s position. 

6 (2) PAYMENT.—A bonus under this subsection 

7 shall be— 

8 (A) equal to 15 percent of the employee’s 

9 daily rate of pay (as determined under section 

10 5504 of title 5, United States Code); and 

11 (B) paid on the same date that the em12 ployee receives backpay under section 1341(c) 

13 of title 31, United States Code, as added by the 

14 Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 

15 2019, or as soon as practicable after that date. 

16 (3) TREATMENT OF BONUSES.—Any bonus paid 

17 under this subsection— 

18 (A) shall be subject to any limitation on 

19 total aggregate pay, including section 5307 of 

20 title 5, United States Code; and 

21 (B) is not part of the basic pay of an em22 ployee for any purpose. 

23 (b) BONUSES FOR MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED

24 SERVICES.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any member of the uni2 formed services excepted from furlough and working 

3 without pay during the lapse in appropriations be4 ginning on or about December 22, 2018, shall re5 ceive a bonus for each day during that lapse that the 

6 member reported to the duty station of the member 

7 and performed the duties of the member. 

8 (2) PAYMENT.—A bonus under this subsection 

9 shall be— 

10 (A) equal to 15 percent of the daily rate 

11 of pay the member (as determined under chap12 ter 3 of title 37, United States Code); and 

13 (B) paid on the same date that the mem14 ber receives backpay under section 1341(c) of 

15 title 31, United States Code, as added by the 

16 Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 

17 2019, or as soon as practicable after that date. 

18 (3) TREATMENT OF BONUSES.—Any bonus paid 

19 under this subsection— 

20 (A) shall be subject to any limitation on 

21 total aggregate pay, including section 204(i)(1) 

22 of title 37, United States Code; and 

23 (B) is not part of the basic pay of a mem24 ber for any purpose. 

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