,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #eed  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #bd1 #bjae
 ,mr4 ,cardin 7for himself1 ,ms4        
,mikulski1 ,mr4 ,udall1 ,mr4 ,leahy1    
,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,mr4 ,kaine1 ,mrs4   
,boxer1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,warner1 
,mr4 ,sanders1 ,mr4 ,carper1 ,mrs4      
,murray1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1 and ,ms4        
,hirono7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,homeland ,security and  
,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
provide for the compensation of ,federal
 employees affected by a lapse in       
appropriations4  #a4 ,short title  ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,federal      
,employee ,retroactive ,pay ,fairness   
,act of #bjae4  #b4 ,compensation for   
,federal employees affected by a lapse  
in appropriations  7a7 ,definitions ,in 
this section-- 7#a7 the term covered    
lapse in appropriations means the lapse 
in appropriations that begins on or     
about ,february #bh1 #bjae2 and  7#b7   

the term excepted employee means an     
excepted employee or an employee        
performing emergency work1 as such terms
 are defined by the ,office of          
,personnel ,management4  7b7            
,compensation for employees ,each       
,federal employee furloughed as a result
 of the covered lapse in appropriations 
shall be paid for the period of the     
lapse in appropriations1 and each       
excepted employee who is required to    
perform work during the covered lapse in
 appropriations shall be paid for such  
work1 at the employee's standard rate of
 pay at the earliest date possible after
 the lapse in appropriations ends1      
regardless of scheduled pay dates4  7c7 
,leave for excepted employees required  
to perform work ,notwithstanding        
subchapter ,,iii of chapter #ac of title
 #ca1 ,united ,states ,code1 during the 
covered lapse in appropriations1 each   
excepted employee who is required to    
perform work shall be entitled to use   
leave under chapter #fc of title #e1    

,united ,states ,code1 or any other     
applicable law governing the use of     
leave by the excepted employee1 for     
which compensation shall be paid at the 
earliest date possible after the lapse  
in appropriations ends1 regardless of   
scheduled pay dates4