,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cja  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #h1         
#bjai,mr4 ,gibbs 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,stivers1 ,ms4 ,stefanik1 ,mr4 ,meadows1
 ,mr4 ,tipton1 ,mr4 ,griffith1 and ,mrs4
 ,brooks of ,indiana7 introduced the    
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,appropriations  ,a   
,,bill  ,making appropriations for      
,federal employees working during the   
,government shutdown beginning on or    
about ,december #bb1 #bjah1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,providing ,pay
 for ,essential ,employees ,act4  #b4   
,payment of salaries of excepted        
,government employees ,there are        
appropriated1 out of any money in the   
,treasury not otherwise appropriated1   
such sums as are necessary to pay1      
during the period of a lapse in         
discretionary appropriations beginning  
on or about ,december #bb1 #bjah1 the   
salaries and expenses of any officer or 

employee of the ,federal ,government who
 is excepted from the furlough resulting
 from such lapse4