Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act

Bill: 115-hr-4961
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2018-02-07
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations

Executive agency funding and structure

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Latest action: action_date: 2018-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-02-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires federal employees furloughed due to a lapse in appropriations that begins on or&nbsp;about February 8, 2018, to be compensated at their standard rate of compensation for the period of such lapse as soon as practicable after such lapse ends.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4961 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 7, 2018 Mr. Beyer (for himself, Mr. Wittman , Mr. Garamendi , Mr. Serrano , Mr. DeSaulnier , Mr. Pocan , Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania , Ms. Norton , Mrs. Comstock , Mr. Kilmer , Ms. Barragán , Mr. Perlmutter , Ms. Shea-Porter , Mr. Connolly , Mr. Cicilline , Ms. Clark of Massachusetts , Mr. Cummings , Mr. Scott of Virginia , Ms. Meng , Mr. Lowenthal , Ms. Pingree , Mr. Takano , Mr. Brown of Maryland , Mr. Hoyer , Mr. Raskin , Mr. Delaney , Mr. Lynch , Mr. Vargas , Mr. Sarbanes , Mr. Meeks , Mr. Price of North Carolina , Ms. DeLauro , Mr. Payne , Mr. Veasey , Mr. Blumenauer , Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire , Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York , Mr. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico , Mr. Cole , Ms. Clarke of New York , Ms. Lee , Mr. Yarmuth , Mr. Welch , Mr. Cooper , Mr. Lewis of Georgia , Mr. Langevin , Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico , Mrs. Lowey , Mrs. Bustos , Ms. Moore , Mr. Soto , Ms. McCollum , Mr. Clay , Ms. Eshoo , Mr. Ruppersberger , Mr. McEachin , Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Foster , Mr. O'Halleran , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Mr. Courtney , Mr. Cohen , Ms. Schakowsky , Ms. Adams , Mr. Visclosky , Mr. Hastings , Mr. Ryan of Ohio , Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois , Mr. Cartwright , Ms. Hanabusa , Ms. Stefanik , Mr. Vela , Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania , Ms. Plaskett , Mr. Griffith , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. Carson of Indiana , Mr. Lawson of Florida , Mr. McNerney , Ms. Esty of Connecticut , Mr. Evans , Mr. Pallone , Ms. Roybal-Allard , Mr. Costa , Ms. Blunt Rochester , Mr. Panetta , Mr. Smith of Washington , Mr. Sires , Mr. Jones , Mr. Correa , Mr. Crist , Ms. Bordallo , Mrs. Demings , and Ms. Slaughter ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To provide for the compensation of Federal employees furloughed during a Government shutdown.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act . 2. Compensation for Federal employees furloughed during a Government shutdown Federal employees furloughed as a result of any lapse in appropriations that begins on or about February 8, 2018, shall be compensated at their standard rate of compensation, for the period of such lapse in appropriations, as soon as practicable after such lapse in appropriations ends.