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HR 1051 116th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Appropriations Executive agency funding and structure Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Interest, dividends, interest rates

Back Pay Fairness Act of 2019

Introduced: February 25, 2019 Introduced by: Sewell, Terri A. Democratic · Alabama See on congress.gov
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Feb 7, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Feb 7, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Back Pay Fairness Act of 2019

This bill requires interest to be added to the back pay of federal employees who were not paid during a lapse in appropriations.

What's happening now February 7, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

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 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3
CLAY, WM.
· Feb 25, 2019
 D
Pappas, Chris
New Hampshire · Feb 25, 2019
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Feb 7, 2019
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Feb 7, 2019
Ruppersberger, C.
· Feb 7, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1051: Back Pay Fairness Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1051/
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"H.R. 1051: Back Pay Fairness Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1051/.
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H.R. 1051, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1051/.
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