Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act

Bill: 116-hr-67
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2019-01-03
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations

Executive agency funding and structure

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Latest action: action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires federal employees and District of Columbia public employees furloughed due to a lapse in appropriations that begins on or&nbsp;about December 22, 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 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 67 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2019 Mr. Beyer (for himself, Mr. Wittman , Ms. Wexton , Mr. Connolly , Mr. McEachin , Ms. Eshoo , Mr. Pocan , Ms. Schakowsky , Ms. Lofgren , Mr. Fitzpatrick , Mrs. Demings , Mr. Lynch , Mr. Serrano , Ms. Pingree , Mr. Panetta , Ms. Moore , Mr. Cole , Mr. Visclosky , Mr. Sires , Mr. Carson of Indiana , Mr. Garamendi , Mr. Raskin , Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania , Mr. Brown of Maryland , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Luján , Ms. Norton , Mr. Costa , Mr. Lowenthal , Ms. Spanberger , Mr. Engel , Mrs. Murphy , Mr. Green of Texas , Ms. Scanlon , Mr. Thompson of California , Miss Rice of New York , Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York , Mr. Hastings , Ms. Wasserman Schultz , Mr. DeFazio , Mr. Carbajal , Mr. Norcross , Mr. King of New York , Mr. Courtney , Mr. Scott of Virginia , Ms. Bonamici , Mr. Welch , Mr. Lipinski , Mr. Langevin , Mr. O'Halleran , Mr. Lewis , Ms. DeGette , Ms. Matsui , Mr. Blumenauer , Mr. Hoyer , Mr. Soto , Mr. Smith of Washington , Mr. DeSaulnier , Mr. Trone , Mr. Bishop of Utah , Ms. Roybal-Allard , and Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To provide for the compensation of Federal employees and other government employees furloughed during a Government shutdown, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act . 2. Compensation for Federal employees and other government employees furloughed during a Government shutdown (a) In general Federal employees and employees of a District of Columbia public employer furloughed as a result of any lapse in appropriations that begins on or about December 22, 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. (b) Definition of District of Columbia public employer In this section, the term District of Columbia public employer means— (1) the District of Columbia Courts; (2) the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia; and (3) the District of Columbia government.