S.Amdt. 2777

SA 2777. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 2029, making appropriations for military
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. COMPENSATION FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AFFECTED BY A
LAPSE IN APPROPRIATIONS.

Section 1341 of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``An officer'' and
inserting ``Except as specified in this subchapter or any
other provision of law, an officer''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(c)(1) In this subsection--
``(A) the term `covered lapse in appropriations' means a
lapse in appropriations that begins on or after October 1,
2015; and
``(B) the term `excepted employee' means an excepted
employee or an employee performing emergency work, as such
terms are defined by the Office of Personnel Management.
``(2) Each Federal employee furloughed as a result of a
covered lapse in appropriations shall be paid for the period
of the lapse in appropriations, and 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 at the earliest date possible after the
lapse in appropriations ends, regardless of scheduled pay
dates.
``(3) During a covered lapse in appropriations, each
excepted employee who is required to perform work shall be
entitled to use leave under chapter 63 of title 5, or any
other applicable law governing the use of leave by the
excepted employee, for which compensation shall be paid at
the earliest date possible after the lapse in appropriations
ends, regardless of scheduled pay dates.''.
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