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Calendar No. 3 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 24 

To provide for the compensation of Federal and other government employees 

affected by lapses in appropriations. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 3, 2019 

Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Ms. COLLINS, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. 

KAINE, Mr. REED, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. JONES, Mr. DURBIN, 

Mr. LEAHY, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. COONS, Ms. SMITH, Mr. CARPER, 

Mr. WYDEN, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. HASSAN, Ms. WARREN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. BENNET, Mr. MANCHIN, 

Mr. WARNER, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. HEINRICH, 

Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms. HARRIS, and Mr. WHITEHOUSE) introduced the 

following bill; which was read the first time 

JANUARY 4, 2019 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

To provide for the compensation of Federal and other 

government employees affected by lapses in appropriations. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Government Employee 

3 Fair Treatment Act of 2019’’. 

4 SEC. 2. COMPENSATION FOR FEDERAL AND OTHER GOV5 ERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFFECTED BY A 

6 LAPSE IN APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 Section 1341 of title 31, United States Code, is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘An offi10 cer’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as specified in this sub11 chapter or any other provision of law, an officer’’; 

12 and 

13 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(c)(1) In this subsection— 

15 ‘‘(A) the term ‘covered lapse in appropriations’ 

16 means any lapse in appropriations that begins on or 

17 after December 22, 2018; 

18 ‘‘(B) the term ‘District of Columbia public em19 ployer’ means— 

20 ‘‘(i) the District of Columbia Courts; 

21 ‘‘(ii) the Public Defender Service for the 

22 District of Columbia; or 

23 ‘‘(iii) the District of Columbia government; 

24 ‘‘(C) the term ‘employee’ includes an officer; 

25 and 


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1 ‘‘(D) the term ‘excepted employee’ means an ex2 cepted employee or an employee performing emer3 gency work, as such terms are defined by the Office 

4 of Personnel Management or the appropriate Dis5 trict of Columbia public employer, as applicable. 

6 ‘‘(2) Each employee of the United States Government 

7 or of a District of Columbia public employer furloughed 

8 as a result of a covered lapse in appropriations shall be 

9 paid for the period of the lapse in appropriations, and each 

10 excepted employee who is required to perform work during 

11 a covered lapse in appropriations shall be paid for such 

12 work, at the employee’s standard rate of pay, at the ear13 liest date possible after the lapse in appropriations ends, 

14 regardless of scheduled pay dates. 

15 ‘‘(3) During a covered lapse in appropriations, each 

16 excepted employee who is required to perform work shall 

17 be entitled to use leave under chapter 63 of title 5, or 

18 any other applicable law governing the use of leave by the 

19 excepted employee, for which compensation shall be paid 

20 at the earliest date possible after the lapse in appropria21 tions ends, regardless of scheduled pay dates.’’. 


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Calendar No. 3 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 24 

A BILL 

To provide for the compensation of Federal and 

appropriations. other government employees affected by lapses in 

JANUARY 4, 2019 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 


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