Title: Federal Employees Compensation Act
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Federal Employees Compensation Act
This bill increases by 1.9% the rates of pay in 2019 under the statutory pay systems and for prevailing rate employees, adjusts locality pay, and awards a one-time $500 hardship bonus for federal employees affected by the lapse in appropriations (i.e., government shutdown) beginning on or about December 22, 2018.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 782 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 782

 To increase the rates of pay under the statutory pay systems and for 
 prevailing rate employees by 1.9 percent, to provide a hardship bonus 
for Federal employees affected by the Government shutdown beginning on 
               December 22, 2018, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 24, 2019

 Mr. Richmond introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To increase the rates of pay under the statutory pay systems and for 
 prevailing rate employees by 1.9 percent, to provide a hardship bonus 
for Federal employees affected by the Government shutdown beginning on 
               December 22, 2018, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Employees Compensation 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENTS TO PAY FOR 2019.

    (a) Statutory Pay Systems.--For calendar year 2019, the percentage 
adjustment under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, in the 
rates of basic pay under the statutory pay systems (as defined in 
section 5302 of title 5, United States Code) shall be 1.9 percent.
    (b) Prevailing Rate Employees.--Notwithstanding the wage survey 
requirements under section 5343(b) of title 5, United States Code, for 
fiscal year 2019, the rates of basic pay (as in effect on the last day 
of fiscal year 2017 under section 5343(a) of such title) for prevailing 
rate employees in each wage area and the rates of basic pay under 
sections 5348 and 5349 of such title shall be increased by 1.9 percent.
    (c) Adjustment to Locality Pay.--For calendar year 2019, the 
percentage adjustment under section 5304 of title 5, United States 
Code, shall be an increase of 1.9 percent.
    (d) Application.--Subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall be deemed to 
have taken effect on January 1, 2019.

SEC. 3. HARDSHIP BONUS FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES FOR DECEMBER 22, 2018, 
              SHUTDOWN.

    (a) In General.--Any employee of the United States Government that 
is furloughed or excepted from furlough and working without pay during 
the lapse in appropriations beginning on or about December 22, 2018, 
shall receive a one-time bonus of $500.
    (b) Application.--A bonus under subsection (a)--
            (1) shall be paid on the same date that the employee 
        receives pay pursuant to section 1341(c) of title 31, United 
        States Code;
            (2) shall be subject to any applicable limitation on total 
        aggregate pay, including section 5307 of title 5, United States 
        Code; and
            (3) is not part of the basic pay of an employee for any 
        purpose.
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