H.R. 4961House115th Congress (2017-2019)In Committee

Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act

Introduced February 7, 2018

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The Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act would ensure that federal workers who were furloughed because of a government shutdown beginning around February 8, 2018, receive back pay. It requires that these employees be paid their normal salary for the time they were furloughed, and that the payment be made promptly after the shutdown ends. The bill only affects federal employees who were placed on furlough due to a lapse in appropriations.

Key Provisions

  • Federal employees furloughed during a shutdown starting on or about February 8, 2018, must be compensated at their regular rate of pay for the furlough period.
  • The back pay must be provided as soon as practicable after the shutdown ends.

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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

February 7, 2018

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Introduced in House

February 7, 2018

HouseIntro Referral

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

February 7, 2018

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115th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 4961

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 7, 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. Barragán, 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 Luján of New Mexico, Mr. Cole, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Lee, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Welch, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Langevin, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mrs. Lowey, Mrs. Bustos, Ms. Moore, Mr. Soto, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Clay, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. McEachin, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Foster, Mr. O'Halleran, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Adams, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Cartwright, Ms. Hanabusa, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Vela, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Griffith, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Mr. McNerney, Ms. Esty of Connecticut, Mr. Evans, Mr. Pallone, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Costa, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Sires, Mr. Jones, Mr. Correa, Mr. Crist, Ms. Bordallo, Mrs. Demings, and Ms. Slaughter) 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.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act.

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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 February 8, 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.