S.Amdt. 1345

SA 1345. Ms. CANTWELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1292 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Mrs. Murray) to the
bill H.R. 3935, to amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize
and improve the Federal Aviation Administration and other civil
aviation programs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle A of title II of division B, insert
the following:

SEC. ___. FEDERAL EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION FOLLOWING AIRPORT AND
AIRWAY TRUST FUND EXPIRATION.

(a) In General.--Each employee of the United States
Government furloughed as a result of a covered lapse in
Airport and Airway Trust Fund expenditure authority shall be
paid for the period of the covered lapse, and each excepted
employee (as defined in section 1341(c)(1) of title 31,
United States Code) who is required to perform work during a
covered lapse shall be paid for such work, at the employee's
standard rate of pay, at the earliest date possible after the
covered lapse ends, regardless of scheduled pay dates, and
subject to availability of funds.
(b) Use of Leave.--During a covered lapse in Airport and
Airway Trust Fund expenditure authority, each excepted
employee who is required to perform work shall be entitled to
use leave under any existing authority governing the use of
leave by the excepted employee, for which compensation shall
be paid at the earliest date possible after the covered
lapse, regardless of scheduled pay dates, and subject to the
availability of funds.
(c) Covered Lapse.--In this section, the term ``covered
lapse in Airport and Airway Trust Fund expenditure
authority'' means any lapse in authority to make expenditures
from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund that begins on October
1, 2023, and ends on or before the date of enactment of this
Act.
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