,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cch  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #h1         
#bjai,mr4 ,meadows introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,reform1 and in addition to the         
,committee on ,ways and ,means1 for a   
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
allow ,federal employees excepted from  
furlough during the lapse in            
appropriations beginning on or around   
,december #bb1 #bjah1 to make           
withdrawals from their ,thrift ,savings 
,plan accounts1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,essential ,employees ,pay      
,certainty ,act4  #b4 ,,tsp withdrawals 
for ,federal employees excepted from    
furlough during ,government shutdown    
7a7 ,withdrawal  7#a7 ,in general       

,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 any ,federal employee excepted from
 furlough resulting from a lapse in     
discretionary appropriations occurring  
on or around ,december #bb1 #bjah1 may1 
during such lapse1 make a withdrawal    
from the employee's account within the  
,thrift ,savings ,plan1 without penalty 
and without being treated as violating  
any requirement of the ,internal        
,revenue ,code of #aihf4  7#b7 ,amount  
,the amount of a withdrawal under       
paragraph 7#a7 may not be greater than  
the total amount of annual salary that  
the employee would have received for the
 period beginning on the date the       
employee would have received pay but for
 such lapse and ending on the date on   
which the withdrawal is made4  7b7      
,catch-,up contributions ,any employee  
who makes a withdrawal under subsection 
7a7 may1 beginning on the date that the 
lapse in appropriations with respect to 
the employing agency ends1 make #a or   
more contributions in an aggregate      

amount not to exceed the amount of such 
withdrawal to the employee's account    
within the ,thrift ,savings ,plans4 ,in 
the case of any such contribution1 but  
only to the extent of the amount        
thereof1 the withdrawal shall be treated
 in the same manner as having been      
received in an eligible rollover        
distribution 7as defined in section     
#djb7;c77#d7 of such ,code7 and the     
contribution as having been transferred 
in a direct trustee to trustee transfer 
within #fj days of an eligible rollover 
distribution4