Shutdown Fairness Act

Bill: 116-s-113
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
Introduced: 2019-01-14
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations

Executive agency funding and structure

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Public contracts and procurement
Latest action: action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-14
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Shutdown Fairness Act </b></p> <p>This bill provides appropriations for the pay and allowances of certain federal employees and contractors who are required to work during any period in which there is a lapse in appropriations for FY2019.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 113 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 14, 2019 Mr. Johnson (for himself, Ms. Collins , Ms. Murkowski , Mr. Young , Mr. Alexander , Mr. Cramer , Mr. Lankford , and Mr. Portman ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations A BILL To appropriate funds for pay and allowances of excepted Federal employees, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Shutdown Fairness Act . 2. Appropriations (a) Definitions In this section— (1) the term agency means each authority of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Government of the United States; and (2) the term excepted employee — (A) means an employee of an agency who the head of that agency determines is an excepted employee or an employee performing emergency work, as those terms are defined by the Office of Personnel Management; and (B) includes a contractor who— (i) provides support to an employee described in subparagraph (A); and (ii) is required to perform work during a lapse in appropriations, as determined by the head of the agency with respect to which the contractor provides support. (b) Appropriations There are appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for that fiscal year are not in effect, such sums as are necessary to provide pay and allowances to excepted employees who are required to perform work during that period. (c) Termination Subject to subsection (d), appropriations and funds made available and authority granted under subsection (b) shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) The enactment into law of an appropriation (including a continuing appropriation) for any purpose for which amounts are made available under subsection (b). (2) The enactment into law of the applicable regular or continuing appropriations resolution or other Act without any appropriation for such purpose. (3) January 1, 2020. (d) Subsequent lapses Appropriations made available under subsection (b) may not be obligated during any period during which continuing appropriations for any purpose for which amounts are made available under subsection (b) are in effect.