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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5758 
To amend title 31, United States Code, to reimburse employees of the Federal 
Government and the District of Columbia, Federal contractors, and the 
States for certain costs incurred as a result of a Government shutdown, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 
Mr. HORSFORD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Accountability 
A BILL 
To amend title 31, United States Code, to reimburse employ-
ees of the Federal Government and the District of Co-
lumbia, Federal contractors, and the States for certain 
costs incurred as a result of a Government shutdown, 
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. 
REIMBURSEMENT 
FOR 
INDIVIDUALS 
AF-
FECTED BY GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS. 
Section 1341 of title 31, United States Code, as 
amended by the Government Employee Fair Treatment 
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Act of 2019, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(d)(1) In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘covered employee’ means— 
‘‘(i) any employee of the United States 
Government or of a District of Columbia public 
employer furloughed as a result of a covered 
lapse in appropriations; 
‘‘(ii) any excepted employee who is re-
quired to perform work during such lapse; and 
‘‘(iii) any contractor with the Federal Gov-
ernment (or an employee of such contractor) 
placed on unpaid leave as a result of such lapse; 
‘‘(B) the term ‘shutdown cost’ means any cost 
incurred by a covered employee as a direct result of 
a covered lapse in appropriations, including expenses 
for loans and credit cards, and any fees, fine, or in-
terest resulting from the employees inability to make 
payments as a direct result of a loss in salary due 
to such lapse; 
‘‘(C) the terms ‘covered lapse in appropria-
tions’, ‘District of Columbia public employer’, ‘em-
ployee’, and ‘excepted employee’ have the meaning 
given those terms in subsection (c); and 
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‘‘(D) the term ‘State’ means any of the 50 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American 
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, and any territory or possession of the 
United States, and includes Indian Tribes. 
‘‘(2)(A) With respect to the covered lapse in appro-
priations beginning on or about September 30, 2023, each 
covered employee shall be paid for any shutdown cost at 
the earliest date possible after the date of enactment of 
this subsection, and subject to the enactment of appropria-
tions Acts ending the lapse. 
‘‘(B) With respect to any other covered lapse in ap-
propriations of a duration of 14 days or longer, any cov-
ered employee shall, subject to the availability of appro-
priations, be paid for any shutdown cost at the earliest 
date possible after the lapse in appropriations ends. 
‘‘(3)(A) Any State that makes an expenditure of 
State funds for payments for assistance programs that 
would be, but for a covered lapse in appropriations of a 
duration of 14 days or longer (including the lapse de-
scribed in subparagraph (A)), provided by the Federal 
Government shall be reimbursed for such payments not 
later than 90 days after the lapse in appropriations ends. 
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‘‘(B) This paragraph shall not apply to any State ex-
penditure with respect to which reimbursement is provided 
by the Federal Government under any other provision of 
law, including unemployment compensation. 
‘‘(4)(A) In order to receive reimbursement under 
paragraph (2) or (3), a covered employee or State (as the 
case may be) shall submit an application to the Secretary 
of the Treasury, in such form and manner as the Sec-
retary deems appropriate, not later than 1 year after the 
applicable lapse in appropriations ends. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall determine what documenta-
tion shall be included with such an application to verify 
the shutdown costs or expenditure submitted by a covered 
employee or a State, respectively. 
‘‘(C) Upon approval by the Secretary, reimbursement 
shall be provided to the covered employee or State, con-
sistent with the requirements of this subsection. 
‘‘(5)(A) There is established in the general fund of 
the Treasury a fund, to be known as the ‘Reserve Fund 
for Employees Affected By Government Shutdowns’ (in 
this paragraph referred to as the ‘Fund’), which shall con-
sist of amounts appropriated into the Fund after the date 
of enactment of this subsection. 
‘‘(B) Subject to the availability of appropriations, 
amounts in the Fund shall be available for purposes of 
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