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S 554 114th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Appropriations Employee leave Executive agency funding and structure Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act of 2015

Introduced: February 24, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Feb 24, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Feb 24, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act of 2015

This bill requires federal employees furloughed or required to work due to a lapse in appropriations beginning on February 28, 2015, to be compensated after the lapse in appropriations ends. Employees required to work during the lapse in appropriations are permitted to use leave. The bill addresses a lapse in appropriations scheduled to begin after continuing FY2015 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security expire on February 27, 2015.

What's happening now February 24, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2035 Related bill Federal Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2015
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 11 Independent 1
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Feb 26, 2015
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Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Feb 26, 2015
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Feb 26, 2015
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Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Feb 26, 2015
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Feb 24, 2015
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Feb 24, 2015
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Feb 24, 2015
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Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Feb 24, 2015
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Kaine, Tim
Virginia · Feb 24, 2015
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Feb 24, 2015
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Feb 24, 2015
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Warner, Mark R.
Virginia · Feb 24, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 554: Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-554/
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"S. 554: Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-554/.
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S. 554, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-554/.
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