,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djgb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #be1 #bjai,mrs4
 ,trahan 7for herself1 ,ms4 ,stefanik1  
,mr4 ,brown of ,maryland1 ,ms4 ,jackson 
,lee1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,ms4 ,garcia of      
,texas1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mrs4 ,watson      
,coleman1 and ,ms4 ,haaland7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,ways and ,means   
,a ,,bill  ,to deem officers and        
employees of the ,united ,states        
,government excepted from furlough      
during a ,government shutdown in fiscal 
year #bjbj to be eligible for           
unemployment compensation1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,eligibility for        
unemployment compensation during fiscal 
year #bjbj ,government shutdown         
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 with respect to any lapse in       
discretionary appropriations occurring  
in fiscal year #bjbj1 any ,federal      
employee 7including a member of the     
,armed ,forces7 who is excepted from    

furlough and is working without pay     
during such a lapse shall be1 during    
such lapse and solely for the purpose of
 determining eligibility for            
unemployment compensation1 deemed to be 
separated from ,federal service and     
eligible for unemployment compensation  
benefits under chapter #he of title #e1 
,united ,states ,code1 with no waiting  
period for such eligibility to accrue4