HOUSE 720116th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
To deem Federal employees excepted from furlough during a Government shutdown in fiscal year 2019 to be eligible for unemployment compensation, and for other purposes.
- Last Action
- 3/1/2019
Actions
- 2019-03-01Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
- 2019-01-23Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- 2019-01-23Introduced in House
- 2019-01-23Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-01-23 (00)
This bill states that with respect to the lapse in appropriations beginning on or around December 22, 2018, a federal employee who is excepted from furlough (i.e., who continues to work during the lapse in appropriations) and is not paid is eligible for unemployment compensation benefits.
Cosponsors (20)
- Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
- David Trone (D-MD)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Donald Beyer (D-VA)
- Lori Trahan (D-MA)
- Jennifer Wexton (D-VA)
- Elaine Luria (D-VA)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- Ann Kuster (D-NH)
- Doris Matsui (D-CA)
- John Sarbanes (D-MD)
- BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN)
- Chris Pappas (D-NH)
- Scott Peters (D-CA)
- Frederica Wilson (D-FL)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- Julia Brownley (D-CA)
- Salud Carbajal (D-CA)
- ZOE LOFGREN (D-CA)
- Thomas Suozzi (D-NY)
Subjects
- Appropriations
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Unemployment
- Wages and earnings
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