I 
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 expendi-
tures from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund lapsed, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Furloughed FAA Em-
ployees Compensation Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. COMPENSATION AND RATIFICATION OF AUTHOR-
ITY. 
(a) COMPENSATION FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.— 
Any Federal employees furloughed as a result of the lapse 
in expenditure authority from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund after 11:59 p.m. on July 22, 2011, through 
August 5, 2011, shall be compensated for the period of 
that lapse at their standard rates of compensation, as de-
termined under policies established by the Secretary of 
Transportation. 
(b) RATIFICATION OF ESSENTIAL ACTIONS.—All ac-
tions taken by Federal employees, contractors, and grant-
ees for the purposes of maintaining the essential level of 
Government operations, services, and activities to protect 
life and property and to bring about orderly termination 
of Government functions during the lapse in expenditure 
authority from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund after 
11:59 p.m. on July 22, 2011, through August 5, 2011, 
are hereby ratified and approved if otherwise in accord 
with the provisions of the Airport and Airway Extension 
Act of 2011, Part IV (Public Law 112–27). 
(c) FUNDING.—Funds used by the Secretary to com-
pensate employees described in subsection (a) shall be de-
rived from funds previously authorized out of the Airport 
and Airway Trust Fund and made available or limited to 
the Department of Transportation by the Full-Year Con-
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tinuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (division B of Public 
Law 112–10) and shall be subject to the obligation limita-
tions established in such Act. 
(d) EXPENDITURES FROM AIRPORT
AND AIRWAY 
TRUST FUND.—To permit expenditures from the Airport 
and Airway Trust Fund to effectuate the purposes of this 
section, this section shall be deemed to be included in the 
Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2011, Part IV (Pub-
lic Law 112–27) as enacted. 
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