,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ihf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,may #af1 #bjac     
,mrs4 ,mc,caskill 7for herself1 ,mr4    
,coburn1 and ,mr4 ,johnson of           
,wisconsin7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
 and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  
,to prohibit performance awards in the  
,senior ,executive ,service during      
sequestration periods4  #a4 ,prohibition
 on performance awards in the ,senior   
,executive ,service  7a7 ,definitions   
,in this section--  7#a7 the terms      
agency and career appointee have the    
meanings given such terms in section    
#echa of title #e1 ,united ,states      
,code2 and  7#b7 the term sequestration 
period means a period beginning on the  
date on which a sequestration order is  
issued under section #bea or #bea;,a of 
the ,balanced ,budget and ,emergency    
,deficit ,control ,act 7#b ,u4,s4,c4    
#ija and #ija;a7 and ending on the last 

day of the fiscal year to which the     
sequestration order applies4  7b7       
,prohibition ,notwithstanding any other 
provision of law1 an agency may not pay 
a performance award under section #echd 
of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 to a
 career appointee--  7#a7 during a      
sequestration period2 or  7#b7 that     
relates to any period of service        
performed during a fiscal year during   
which a sequestration order is issued   
under section #bea or #bea;,a of the    
,balanced ,budget and ,emergency        
,deficit ,control ,act 7#b ,u4,s4,c4    
#ija and #ija;a74