I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4786 
To provide authority to compensate Federal employees for the 2-day period 
in which authority to make expenditures from the Highway Trust Fund 
lapsed, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2010 
Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia (for himself, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. MICA, Mr. 
LEVIN, Mr. TOWNS, and Mr. DEFAZIO) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Re-
form, 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 2-day period in which authority to make expenditures 
from the Highway 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. COMPENSATION AND RATIFICATION OF AU-
THORITY. 
(a) COMPENSATION FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.— 
Any Federal employees furloughed as a result of the lapse 
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in expenditure authority from the Highway Trust Fund 
after 11:59 p.m. on February 28, 2010, through March 
2, 2010, shall be compensated for the period of that lapse 
at their standard rates of compensation, as determined 
under policies established by the Secretary of Transpor-
tation. 
(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 Highway Trust Fund after 11:59 p.m. 
on February 28, 2010, through March 2, 2010, are hereby 
ratified and approved if otherwise in accord with the provi-
sions of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2010 
(division B of Public Law 111–68). 
(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 Highway 
Trust Fund and made available or limited to the Depart-
ment of Transportation by the Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–117) and shall be sub-
ject to the obligation limitations established in such Act. 
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(d) 
EXPENDITURES
FROM
HIGHWAY
TRUST 
FUND.—To permit expenditures from the Highway Trust 
Fund to effectuate the purposes of this section, this sec-
tion shall be deemed to be a section of the Continuing Ap-
propriations Resolution, 2010 (division B of Public Law 
111–68), as in effect on the date of the enactment of the 
last amendment to such Resolution. 
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