,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fgc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ag1        
#bjai,mrs4 ,luria 7for herself1 ,mr4    
,brown of ,maryland1 ,mr4 ,griffith1    
,ms4 ,houlahan1 ,mr4 ,jones1 ,mr4       
,mc,eachin1 ,mr4 ,ruppersberger1 ,mr4   
,scott of ,virginia1 ,ms4 ,sewell of    
,alabama1 ,ms4 ,sherrill1 ,ms4 ,slotkin1
 and ,ms4 ,spanberger7 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     
amend title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1  
to provide that a lapse in discretionary
 appropriations constitutes a financial 
hardship for purposes of a withdrawal   
from the ,thrift ,savings ,plan1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this

 ,act may be cited as the ,shutdown     
,relief ,act4  #b4 ,treatment of        
,government shutdown for purposes of    
,,tsp financial hardship determination  
,section #hdcc7;h7 of title #e1 ,united 
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  7#f7  7,a7      
,beginning on or after ,december #bb1   
#bjah1 any lapse in the appropriations  
of an account providing the salary of an
 employee shall be deemed a financial   
hardship for purposes of paragraph      
7#a77;,b74  7,b7 ,a withdrawal by       
operation of subparagraph 7,a7 may not  
be greater than the amount of annual    
salary that the employee would have     
received but for such lapse in          
appropriations4  7,c7  7i7 ,section     
#gb7t7 of the ,internal ,revenue ,code  
of #aihf shall not apply to any ,federal
 ,government shutdown distribution4     
7ii7 ,for purposes of clause 7i71 the   
term ,federal ,government shutdown      
distribution means any distribution by  
an applicable individual from the       

,thrift ,savings ,fund made during a    
lapse in appropriations with respect to 
such individual1 by operation of        
subparagraph 7,a71 but only to the      
extent1 not later than #ahj days after  
the date of such distribution1 such     
amount is contributed 7in such manner as
 the ,board shall prescribe7 to the     
individual's account4  7iii7 ,for       
purposes of the ,internal ,revenue ,code
 of #aihf1 if a contribution described  
in clause 7ii7 is made by an individual 
with respect to a ,federal ,government  
shutdown distribution1 then the         
individual shall1 to the extent of the  
amount of the contribution1 be treated  
as having received the ,federal         
,government shutdown distribution in an 
eligible rollover distribution 7as      
defined in section #djb7;c77#d7 of such 
,code7 and as having transferred the    
amount to an eligible retirement plan in
 a direct trustee to trustee transfer   
within #fj days of the distribution4  4