,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cbce  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #b1         
#bjac,mr4 ,griffin of ,arkansas         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,oversight and ,government ,reform  ,a  
,,bill  ,to provide for the compensation
 of any ,federal1 ,state1 or local      
employee furloughed due to a lapse in   
appropriations which began on or about  
,october #a1 #bjac4  #a4 ,compensation  
for furloughed employees  7a7 ,in       
general ,any ,federal employee or ,state
 or local employee furloughed due to a  
lapse in appropriations 7from the       
,treasury of the ,united ,states7 which 
began on or about ,october #a1 #bjac1   
shall be compensated at such employee's 
standard rate of compensation1 for the  
period of such lapse in appropriations1 
as soon as practicable after such lapse 
in appropriations ends4  7b7            
,definitions ,for purposes of this      
,act-- 7#a7 the term ,federal employee  

means an employee as defined by section 
#baje of title #e1 ,united ,states      
,code2  7#b7 the term ,state or local   
employee means an individual employed by
 the government of a ,state1            
municipality1 or other political        
subdivision of a ,state1 or by the      
government of the ,district of          
,columbia1 whose principal employment is
 in connection with an activity which is
 financed in whole or in part by loans  
or grants made by the ,united ,states2  
and  7#c7 the term ,state means a ,state
 or territory or possession of the      
,united ,states4