S 724
113th Congress
Senate
Government Operations and Politics
Appropriations
Employee leave
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Essential Services Act of 2013
Introduced: April 15, 2013
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 15, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Apr 15, 2013
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Essential Services Act of 2013 - Requires executive agency heads to exempt essential employees from furloughs required by sequestration. Defines "essential employee" as an employee that performs work involving the safety of human life or the protection of property.
Allows agencies to transfer their budgetary resources to carry out this Act, but only to maintain essential employees.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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