DHS Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act

Bill: 114-hr-1024
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2015-02-24
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Budget process

Department of Homeland Security

Executive agency funding and structure

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Latest action: action_date: 2015-02-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-02-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>DHS Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires federal employees furloughed due to a lapse in appropriations when funding for the Department of Homeland Security expires under current law on February 27, 2015, to be compensated after the lapse in appropriations ends. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1024 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 24, 2015 Mr. Beyer (for himself, Mr. Wittman , Mr. Price of North Carolina , Ms. Norton , Mr. Connolly , Mr. Rigell , Mr. Delaney , Mrs. Comstock , Mr. Van Hollen , Mr. Hoyer , Mr. Lynch , and Ms. Edwards ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To provide for the compensation of furloughed Department of Homeland Security employees in the event of a lapse in Department of Homeland Security appropriations, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the DHS Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act . 2. Compensation for furloughed Federal employees due to lapse in Department of Homeland Security funding Any Federal employee who is furloughed as a result of any lapse in appropriations which begins on or about February 27, 2015, shall be compensated at such employee’s standard rate of compensation, for the period of such lapse, as soon as practicable after such lapse in appropriations ends.