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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2814 

To provide authority to compensate Federal employees for the 14-day period 

in which authority to make expenditures from the Airport and Airway 

Trust Fund lapsed, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 9, 2011 

Mr. LOBIONDO (for himself, Mr. MICA, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. KING of 

New York, Mr. RUNYAN, and Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 

and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 

Government Reform, 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 authority to compensate Federal employees for 

the 14-day period in which authority to make expenditures from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund lapsed, 

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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Furloughed FAA Em5 ployees Compensation Act of 2011’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. COMPENSATION AND RATIFICATION OF AUTHOR2 ITY. 

3 (a) COMPENSATION FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.— 

4 Any Federal employees furloughed as a result of the lapse 

5 in expenditure authority from the Airport and Airway 

6 Trust Fund after 11:59 p.m. on July 22, 2011, through 

7 August 5, 2011, shall be compensated for the period of 

8 that lapse at their standard rates of compensation, as de9 termined under policies established by the Secretary of 

10 Transportation. 

11 (b) RATIFICATION OF ESSENTIAL ACTIONS.—All ac12 tions taken by Federal employees, contractors, and grant13 ees for the purposes of maintaining the essential level of 

14 Government operations, services, and activities to protect 

15 life and property and to bring about orderly termination 

16 of Government functions during the lapse in expenditure 

17 authority from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund after 

18 11:59 p.m. on July 22, 2011, through August 5, 2011, 

19 are hereby ratified and approved if otherwise in accord 

20 with the provisions of the Airport and Airway Extension 

21 Act of 2011, Part IV (Public Law 112–27). 

22 (c) FUNDING.—Funds used by the Secretary to com23 pensate employees described in subsection (a) shall be de24 rived from funds previously authorized out of the Airport 

25 and Airway Trust Fund and made available or limited to 

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1 tinuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (division B of Public 

2 Law 112–10) and shall be subject to the obligation limita3 tions established in such Act. 

4 (d) EXPENDITURES FROM AIRPORT AND AIRWAY

5 TRUST FUND.—To permit expenditures from the Airport 

6 and Airway Trust Fund to effectuate the purposes of this 

7 section, this section shall be deemed to be included in the 

8 Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2011, Part IV (Pub9 lic Law 112–27) as enacted. 

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