Low-Wage Federal Contractor Employee Back Pay Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2178
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-04-26
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations

Budget process

Public contracts and procurement

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-04-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Low-Wage Federal Contractor Employee Back Pay Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016 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 if such employees are placed on unpaid leave as a result of any lapse in appropriations beginning in FY2017.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2178 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 26, 2017 Ms. Norton 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 may be 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 2017 . 2. Compensation for furloughed Federal contractor employees Title VII of Division E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 ( Public Law 114–113 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 752. If a Federal contractor that provides retail, food, custodial, or 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 in fiscal year 2017, the Government shall provide compensation to such employees at their standard rate of compensation for the period of such lapse. .