Fairness to Essential Workers Act

Bill: 116-hr-750
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6]
Introduced: 2019-01-24
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations

Executive agency funding and structure

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Latest action: action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Fairness to Essential Workers Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires that excepted federal and District of Columbia public employees required to perform work during certain lapses in appropriations (i.e., government shutdowns) be paid, at their standard rate of pay, on scheduled pay dates.</p> <p>Under current law, such employees must be paid at the earliest possible date after the lapse in appropriations ends. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 750 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 24, 2019 Mr. Upton (for himself and Mrs. Dingell ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To provide the payment of salaries to Federal employees and employees of the District of Columbia excepted from furlough during a lapse in appropriations during fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fairness to Essential Workers Act . 2. Providing pay to excepted employees during lapses in appropriations during fiscal year 2019 (a) In general (1) December 2018 shutdown With respect to the lapse in appropriations beginning on or after December 22, 2018— (A) each excepted employee (as that term is defined in section 1341(c)(1)(D) of title 31, United States Code) who was required to perform work during the period beginning on the first day of such lapse and ending on the date of enactment of this section shall be paid for such work, at the employee’s standard rate of pay, at the earliest date possible after the date of enactment, regardless of scheduled pay dates; and (B) for the remainder of such lapse, each excepted employee who is required to perform work during such remainder shall be paid for such work, at the employee’s standard rate of pay, on the employee’s scheduled pay dates. (2) Subsequent lapses in fiscal year 2019 During any lapse in appropriations during fiscal year 2019 beginning after the lapse in appropriations described in paragraph (1) ends, each excepted employee who is required to perform work during a covered lapse in appropriations shall be paid for such work, at the employee’s standard rate of pay, on the employee’s scheduled pay dates. (b) Appropriation There are appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.