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H.R. 4961 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: February 7, 2018 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.
Feb 7, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 7, 2018

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 February 8, 2018, 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 4694 Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act
  • HR 7368 Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act
  • HR 5391 Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 53
All 53 Democratic 40 Republican 4
O'Rourke, Beto
· Feb 8, 2018
 D
Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Feb 7, 2018
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Feb 7, 2018
 D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Feb 7, 2018
Bordallo, Madeleine
· Feb 7, 2018
 D
Boyle, Brendan F.
Pennsylvania · Feb 7, 2018
BRADY, ROBERT
· Feb 7, 2018
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Feb 7, 2018
 D
Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · Feb 7, 2018
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Feb 7, 2018
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 7, 2018
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Feb 7, 2018
Comstock, Barbara
· Feb 7, 2018
 D
Correa, J. Luis
California · Feb 7, 2018
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Feb 7, 2018
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Feb 7, 2018
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Feb 7, 2018
Delaney, John
· Feb 7, 2018
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Feb 7, 2018
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Feb 7, 2018
Esty, Elizabeth
· Feb 7, 2018
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Feb 7, 2018
 D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · Feb 7, 2018
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Feb 7, 2018
 R
Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Feb 7, 2018
Hanabusa, Colleen
· Feb 7, 2018
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Feb 7, 2018
Lujan Grisham, Michelle
· Feb 7, 2018
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Feb 7, 2018
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Feb 7, 2018
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 7, 2018
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Feb 7, 2018
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Feb 7, 2018
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Feb 7, 2018
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 7, 2018
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Feb 7, 2018
 D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · Feb 7, 2018
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Feb 7, 2018
 D
Plaskett, Stacey E.
Virgin Islands · Feb 7, 2018
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Feb 7, 2018
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Feb 7, 2018
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Feb 7, 2018
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Feb 7, 2018
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Feb 7, 2018
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Feb 7, 2018
 R
Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Feb 7, 2018
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Feb 7, 2018
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Feb 7, 2018
 D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Feb 7, 2018
VISCLOSKY, PETER
· Feb 7, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4961: Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4961/
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