,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aaag  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #h1        
#bjai,ms4 ,hill of ,california          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,ways and
 ,means  ,a ,,bill  ,to clarify that    
individuals excepted from furlough and  
paid unemployment compensation on the   
basis of ,federal service during any    
lapse in appropriations occurring in    
fiscal year #bjai are deemed eligible   
for such compensation4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the         
,shutdown ,fairness ,act of #bjai4  #b4 
,clarification related to eligibility   
for unemployment compensation  7a7 ,in  
general ,notwithstanding any other      
provisions of law1 beginning on         
,december #bb1 #bjah1 any individual who
 is paid unemployment compensation by a 
,state1 on the basis of the individual's
 ,federal service 7as defined in section
 #heja or #heba of title #e1 ,united    
,states ,code71 for a week during fiscal

 year #bjai during any part of which a  
lapse in appropriations is in effect    
with respect to which the individual is 
excepted from furlough shall be deemed  
to be totally separated from ,federal   
service and eligible for unemployment   
compensation benefits under subchapter  
,i of chapter #he of title #e of the    
,united ,states ,code for such week4    
7b7 ,effective date ,this section shall 
apply with respect to weeks beginning on
 or after ,december #bb1 #bjah4