Essential Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5091
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2018-02-26
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

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Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

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Latest action: action_date: 2018-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-02-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Essential Act of 2018 </b></p> <p>This bill requires federal agencies to report to the Office of Management and Budget regarding nonessential employees within 120 days of the end of a lapse in appropriations. The report must include the name, job description, and rate of basic pay of each employee who was furloughed as a result of the lapse in appropriations. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5091 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 26, 2018 Mr. Budd introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To require the head of each agency to submit a report with respect to nonessential employees after any lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Essential Act of 2018 . 2. Reporting requirement with respect to nonessential employees (a) In general In the case of a lapse in appropriations for an agency, not later than 120 days after the date on which such lapse in appropriations ends, the head of such agency shall submit to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget a report on the following: (1) The name of each employee of the agency who was furloughed as a result of the lapse in appropriations. (2) The job description of each such employee. (3) The rate of basic pay for each such employee. (b) Agency defined In this section, the term agency has the meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.