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H.R. 4694 115th Congress House

Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act

Official title: To provide for the compensation of Federal employees furloughed during a Government shutdown.

Introduced: December 20, 2017 Introduced by: Donald S. Beyer, Jr. Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics AppropriationsExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel management
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Dec 20, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 20, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act

This bill requires federal employees furloughed due to a lapse in appropriations that begins on or about December 22, 2017, to be compensated at their standard rate of compensation for the period of such lapse as soon as practicable after such lapse ends.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • HR 4827 Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act
  • HR 5391 Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act
  • HR 4961 Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act
  • HR 7368 Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Democratic 13 Republican 1
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Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Dec 20, 2017
BRADY, ROBERT
· Dec 20, 2017
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Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · Dec 20, 2017
Comstock, Barbara
· Dec 20, 2017
Delaney, John
· Dec 20, 2017
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Dec 20, 2017
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Dec 20, 2017
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Dec 20, 2017
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Dec 20, 2017
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Dec 20, 2017
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Dec 20, 2017
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Dec 20, 2017
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Dec 20, 2017
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Dec 20, 2017
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Dec 20, 2017
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Dec 20, 2017
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Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Dec 20, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4694: Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4694/
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