,i #aafth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #feg ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,january #ag1 #bjai,mr4 ,cox of ,california 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,adams1 ,mr4 ,aguilar1 ,ms4 ,barragn1 ,mr4 ,bera1 ,mr4 ,bishop of ,georgia1 ,ms4 ,bonamici1 ,ms4 ,brownley of ,california1 ,mr4 ,crdenas1 ,mr4 ,case1 ,ms4 ,judy ,chu of ,california1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,mr4 ,cisneros1 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,correa1 ,mr4 ,costa1 ,mr4 ,crow1 ,mrs4 ,davis of ,california1 ,ms4 ,dean1 ,mr4 ,de,saulnier1 ,mrs4 ,dingell1 ,ms4 ,escobar1 ,ms4 ,eshoo1 ,ms4 ,garcia of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,garca of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,gomez1 ,mr4 ,harder of ,california1 ,mrs4 ,hayes1 ,ms4 ,hill of ,california1 ,mr4 ,huffman1 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,mr4 ,khanna1 ,mrs4 ,lee of ,nevada1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,mr4 ,levin of ,michigan1 ,mr4 ,levin of ,california1 ,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of ,california1 ,ms4 ,lofgren1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,ms4 ,matsui1 ,mrs4 ,mc,bath1 ,mr4 ,mc,nerney1 ,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,mr4 ,neguse1 ,ms4 ,omar1 ,mr4 ,panetta1 ,mr4 ,pappas1 ,mr4 ,peters1 ,mr4 ,peterson1 ,ms4 ,plaskett1 ,ms4 ,porter1 ,mr4 ,rose of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,rouda1 ,ms4 ,roybal-,allard1 ,mr4 ,carbajal1 ,ms4 ,snchez1 ,mr4 ,schiff1 ,mr4 ,sherman1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,washington1 ,ms4 ,speier1 ,mr4 ,suozzi1 ,mr4 ,swalwell of ,california1 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,mr4 ,thompson of ,california1 ,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,mrs4 ,torres of ,california1 ,mr4 ,trone1 ,mr4 ,vargas1 ,mr4 ,veasey1 ,ms4 ,waters1 ,ms4 ,wild1 ,ms4 ,mucarsel-,powell1 ,mr4 ,ruppersberger1 ,mr4 ,lujn1 ,mrs4 ,fletcher1 ,ms4 ,fudge1 ,mr4 ,quigley1 ,mr4 ,soto1 ,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4 ,lipinski1 ,mr4 ,perlmutter1 ,mr4 ,larsen of ,washington1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 and ,mr4 ,morelle7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,oversight and ,reform ,a ,,bill ,to provide loans to employees of the ,federal ,government and the government of the ,district of ,columbia affected by a ,government shutdown1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,immediate ,financial ,relief for ,federal ,employees ,act4 #b4 ,interest-free loan for ,federal and ,,dc employees affected by ,government shutdowns 7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary of the ,treasury shall1 at the request of any employee affected by a ,government shutdown1 issue to such employee an interest-free loan4 7b7 ,notice to employer ,at the time any loan is provided to an employee affected by a ,government shutdown under subsection 7a71 the ,secretary shall notify the employee's employer that such loan has been provided and the amount of such loan4 7c7 ,loan terms 7#a7 ,prohibition on fees and interest ,the ,secretary may not charge any fee or interest in connection with a loan provided under subsection 7a74 7#b7 ,limitation on loan amount ,a loan provided under subsection 7a7 may not exceed #f1jjj4 7#c7 ,employees limited to one loan ,with respect to each period of time that an individual is an employee affected by a ,government shutdown1 the individual may not be provided more than one loan under subsection 7a74 7d7 ,loan repayment 7#a7 ,repayment through garnishment ,with respect to an individual who was provided a loan under subsection 7a71 when such individual is no longer an employee affected by a ,government shutdown1 the employer of the individual shall garnish #ajj percent of the individual's pay with respect to the applicable pay period1 and transfer such amounts to the ,secretary as repayment on the loan provided to the individual under subsection 7a71 until the loan is repaid in full4 7#b7 ,additional repayment ,the ,secretary shall issue regulations to provide for a repayment process for loans provided under subsection 7a7 with respect to which the garnishment requirement under paragraph 7#a7 will not provide for the full repayment of the loan4 7e7 ,clarification ,any loan provided under subsection 7a7 shall not-- 7#a7 be treated as basic pay or annual pay of an employee for purposes of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code2 or 7#b7 be counted for purposes of determining the amount of backpay owed to such employee under the ,government ,employee ,fair ,treatment ,act of #bjai or any other provision of law4 7f7 ,authority ,to make loans and pay for administrative costs ,there are hereby made available to the ,secretary from amounts in the general fund of the ,treasury not otherwise appropriated1 such sums as may be necessary to provide the loans described under subsection 7a7 and to pay for the administrative costs of carrying out this section4 7g7 ,definitions ,for purposes of this section3 7#a7 ,employee affected by a ,government shutdown ,the term employee affected by a ,government shutdown means-- 7,a7 any employee of a ,federal agency with respect to which appropriations have lapsed for a period equal to or longer than #ae consecutive days beginning on or after ,december #bb1 #bjah2 and 7,b7 any employee of an office of the government of the ,district of ,columbia with respect to which appropriations have so lapsed4 7#b7 ,employer ,with respect to an individual who is provided a loan under subsection 7a71 the term employer means the ,federal agency or office of the government of the ,district of ,columbia that employs such individual on the date the individual became an employee affected by a ,government shutdown4 7#c7 ,secretary ,the term ,secretary means the ,secretary of the ,treasury4