,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #afdc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ah1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,kilmer 7for himself and ,ms4      
,hanabusa7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend the ,internal ,revenue
 ,code of #aihf to allow penalty-free   
withdrawals from the ,federal ,thrift   
,savings ,fund to employees who are     
furloughed as a result of the ,federal  
budget sequester4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the ,employee
 ,hardship ,financial ,relief ,act of   
#bjac4  #b4 ,penalty-free withdrawals   
from ,thrift ,savings fund to ,federal  
employees furloughed as a result of     
sequester  7a7 ,in general ,paragraph   
7#b7 of section #gb7t7 of the ,internal 
,revenue ,code of #aihf 7relating to    
subsection not to apply to certain      
distributions7 is amended by adding at  
the end the following new subparagraph3 
7,h7 ,distributions from thrift savings 

fund to furloughed ,federal employees   
,distributions to an individual from the
 ,thrift ,savings ,fund during the      
period--  7i7 beginning on the date that
 the individual is furloughed 7as       
defined in section #ghaa7;a77#e7 of     
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code7 because
 of lack of funds1 and  7ii7 ending on  
the date which is #cj days after such   
furlough ceases for such individual1    
but only to the extent that the         
aggregate such distributions with       
respect to any furlough does not exceed 
the aggregate reduction in such         
individual's compensation on account of 
such furlough4  4  7b7 ,effective date  
,the amendment made by this section     
shall apply to distributions after the  
date of the enactment of this ,act4