To exempt certain Department of Defense civilian positions from any furlough as a result of a lapse in discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-989
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
Introduced: 2017-02-09
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations

Defense spending

Department of Defense

Executive agency funding and structure

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Latest action: action_date: 2017-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-02-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill exempts Department of Defense (DOD) civilian positions with salaries paid out of a working-capital fund from any furlough order issued as a result of a lapse in discretionary appropriations for DOD.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 989 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 9, 2017 Mr. Cole (for himself, Mr. Bishop of Utah , Mrs. Bustos , Mr. Kilmer , and Mr. Jones ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To exempt certain Department of Defense civilian positions from any furlough as a result of a lapse in discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes.

1. Exemption of certain Department of Defense civilian positions from any furlough Any Department of Defense civilian position with respect to which the salary is paid out of a working-capital fund shall be exempt from any furlough order issued as a result of a lapse in discretionary appropriations for the Department of Defense.