Furloughed Federal Employee Double Dip Elimination Act

Bill: 114-hr-2512
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2015-05-21
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Labor

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Unemployment
Latest action: action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-05-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Furloughed Federal Employee Double Dip Elimination Act </strong></p> <p> Requires regulations pertaining to the compensation of a federal employee who receives back pay for a period in which such employee was furloughed due to a lapse in appropriations to ensure that such back pay be treated&nbsp;in the same way as federal wages attributable to such employee and that the period to which such back pay relates be treated in the same way as a period of federal service attributable to such employee (thereby disqualifying such employee for receipt of state unemployment compensation).</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2512 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 21, 2015 Mr. Brady of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend title 5, United States Code, to make clear that Federal employees who receive back pay for a period during which they are furloughed due to a lapse in appropriations may not also receive unemployment compensation for the same period.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Furloughed Federal Employee Double Dip Elimination Act . 2. Clarification (a) In general Section 8508 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting (a) before the first sentence; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (b) The rules and regulations shall include provisions to ensure that, in the case of a Federal employee who receives back pay for a period during which such employee was furloughed due to a lapse in appropriations— (1) such back pay shall be treated in the same way as Federal wages attributable to such employee; and (2) the period to which such back pay relates shall be treated in the same way as a period of Federal service attributable to such employee. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be effective as of the date of the enactment of this Act.