[Congressional Bills 115th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4827 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4827 To provide for the compensation of Federal employees furloughed during a Government shutdown. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 18, 2018 Mr. Beyer (for himself, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Serrano, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Comstock, Mr. Kilmer, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Perlmutter, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. Meng, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Takano, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Delaney, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Payne, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico, Mr. Cole, and Ms. Clarke of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide for the compensation of Federal employees furloughed during a Government shutdown. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act''. SEC. 2. COMPENSATION FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES FURLOUGHED DURING A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. Federal employees furloughed as a result of any lapse in appropriations that begins on or about January 19, 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. <all>