,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dhgi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bh1        
#bjai,mr4 ,lynch introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to exempt certain officers and 
employees of the ,defense ,,pow_/,,mia  
,accounting ,agency from furlough1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,defense 
,,pow_/,,mia ,accounting ,agency        
,support ,act4  #b4 ,exempting certain  
employees of ,defense ,pow_/,mia        
,accounting ,agency from furlough  7a7  
,administrative furlough ,an officer or 
employee of the ,defense ,,pow_/,,mia   
,accounting ,agency who is traveling on 
or conducting an accounting and recovery
 mission shall1 notwithstanding any     
other provision of law1 rule1 or        
regulation1 be exempted from furlough4  
,in this subsection1 the term furlough--
  7#a7 means the placement of an officer
 or employee in a temporary status in   

which the officer or employee has no    
duties and is not paid when the         
placement in such status is by reason of
 insufficient work1 funds1 or for other 
nondisciplinary reasons2 and  7#b7 does 
not include any furlough resulting from 
a lapse in discretionary appropriations 
for the ,agency4  7b7 ,shutdown furlough
 ,any services by an officer or employee
 of the ,defense ,,pow_/,,mia           
,accounting ,agency carried out while   
traveling on or conducting an accounting
 and recovery mission shall be deemed1  
for purposes of section #acdb of title  
#ca1 ,united ,states ,code1 services for
 emergencies involving the safety of    
human life or the protection of         
property4