H.R. 710 116th Congress House

Never Again Act

Official title: To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide pay to employees excepted from furlough during a Government shutdown, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 22, 2019 Introduced by: Peter Welch Democratic · Vermont See on congress.gov

Government Operations and Politics AppropriationsExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel management

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Jan 22, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Jan 22, 2019

Introduced in House

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Latest action January 22, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Never Again Act

This bill requires that excepted federal and District of Columbia public employees who must perform work during a lapse in appropriations (i.e., a government shutdown) be paid, at their standard rate of pay, on scheduled pay dates.

Under current law, such employees must be paid at the earliest possible date after the lapse in appropriations ends.

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