Low-Wage Federal Contractor Employee Back Pay Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3500
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-11-14
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations

Budget process

Public contracts and procurement

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2013-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-11-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Low-Wage Federal Contractor Employee Back Pay Act of 2013 - Amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014 to require the federal government to provide compensation to the employees of federal contractors that provide retail, food, custodial, and security services to the federal government who were placed on unpaid leave as a result of any lapse in appropriations beginning on or about October 1, 2013. </p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3500 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 14, 2013 Ms. Norton (for herself, Ms. Moore , Ms. Kaptur , Mr. Carson of Indiana , Mr. Rangel , Ms. Brown of Florida , Mr. Ellison , Ms. Fudge , Mr. Conyers , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Ms. Jackson Lee , and Ms. Schakowsky ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To provide for the compensation of Federal contractor employees that were placed on unpaid leave as a result of the Federal Government shutdown, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Low-Wage Federal Contractor Employee Back Pay Act of 2013 . 2. Compensation for furloughed Federal contractor employees Division A of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014 ( Public Law 113–46 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 158. If a Federal contractor that provides retail, food, custodial, and security services to the Federal Government places the employees of such contractor on unpaid leave as a result of any lapse in appropriations which begins on or about October 1, 2013, the Government shall provide compensation to such employees at their standard rate of compensation for the period of such lapse. .