To provide that all Federal employees shall be deemed to be employees excepted from furlough for purposes of the Government shutdown commencing on or about October 1, 2013, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-3290
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kingston, Jack [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2013-10-11
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Latest action: action_date: 2013-10-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-10-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Treats all federal employees, during any lapse in appropriations beginning on or about October 1, 2013, as performing services relating to emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection of property (employees excepted from furlough). Subjects excepted employees to the rules relating to leave and holidays during a lapse in appropriations that would apply if no lapse had occurred.</p> <p> Provides for the compensation of federal employees furloughed due to a lapse in appropriations for the period for which they were furloughed at their standard rate and as soon as practicable after such lapse ends.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3290 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 11, 2013 Mr. Kingston (for himself, Mr. Ruppersberger , Mr. Wolf , and Mr. Moran ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To provide that all Federal employees shall be deemed to be employees excepted from furlough for purposes of the Government shutdown commencing on or about October 1, 2013, and for other purposes.

1. Treatment of Federal employees during Government shutdown (a) In general This Act applies with respect to any lapse in appropriations commencing on or about October 1, 2013. (b) All employees treated as excepted employees During a lapse in appropriations described in subsection (a), all Federal employees shall, for purposes of section 1342 of title 31, United States Code (and notwithstanding the last sentence of such section), be deemed to be performing services relating to emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection of property. (c) Normal rules relating to leave and holidays Effective as of October 1, 2013, Federal employees considered excepted from furlough during a lapse in appropriations which is described in subsection (a), and which affects the agency activity in which the employee is engaged, shall not be considered to be furloughed when on leave and shall be subject to the same laws, rules, and regulations relating to leave and holidays as would apply if no lapse in appropriations had occurred. (d) Compensation for furloughed employees Federal employees furloughed as a result of a lapse in appropriations described in subsection (a) shall be compensated at their standard rate of compensation, for the period for which they were so furloughed, as soon as practicable after such lapse in appropriations ends. (e) Definition For purposes of this Act, the term Federal employee means an officer or employee of the United States Government.