,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #gbd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,april #ae1 #bjac   
,mr4 ,blunt 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,risch1  
,mr4 ,hoeven1 ,mr4 ,wicker1 ,mr4        
,johanns1 ,mr4 ,enzi1 ,mrs4 ,fischer1   
,ms4 ,collins1 ,mr4 ,inhofe1 and ,mr4   
,boozman7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,homeland ,security   
and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill   
,to provide flexibility to agencies on  
determining what employees are essential
 personnel in implementing the          
sequester4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,essential ,services
 ,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,definitions ,in   
this ,act--  7#a7 the term agency means 
an ,executive agency 7as defined in     
section #aje of title #e1 ,united       
,states ,code72 and  7#b7 the term      
essential employee means an employee    
that performs work involving the safety 
of human life or the protection of      
property1 as determined by the head of  

the agency4  #c4 ,furlough flexibility  
7a7 ,in general ,in implementing the    
sequester required by section #bea;,a of
 the ,balanced ,budget and ,emergency   
,deficit ,control ,act of #aihe1 as     
ordered on ,march #a1 #bjac1 the head of
 an agency may furlough such employees  
of the agency as are required to achieve
 the funding reduction required by the  
sequester for the agency1 but shall     
exempt essential employees4  7b7        
,transfer of budgetary resources ,the   
head of an agency may transfer budgetary
 resources within their agency to carry 
out subsection 7a71 subject to the      
limitation that transfers may only be   
made to maintain essential employees4