,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gaj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bb1 #bjai  
,mr4 ,welch introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,reform  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to amend title #ca1 ,united   
,states ,code1 to provide pay to        
employees excepted from furlough during 
a ,government shutdown1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,never ,again ,act4 
#b4 ,providing salaries to excepted     
employees during a ,government shutdown 
,section #acda of title #ca1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended in subsection 
7c71 as added by the ,government        
,employee ,fair ,treatment ,act of      
#bjai1 by striking paragraph 7#b7 and   
inserting the following3  7#b7  7,a7    
,each employee of the ,united ,states   
,government or of a ,district of        
,columbia public employer furloughed as 
a result of a covered lapse in          
appropriations shall be paid for the    

period of the lapse in appropriations1  
at the employee's standard rate of pay1 
at the earliest date possible after such
 lapse in appropriations ends1          
regardless of scheduled pay dates4  7,b7
 7i7 ,with respect to the lapse in      
appropriations beginning on or around   
,december #bb1 #bjah--  7,i7 each       
excepted employee who was required to   
perform work during the period beginning
 on the first day of such lapse and     
ending on the date of enactment of the  
,never ,again ,act shall be paid for    
such work1 at the employee's standard   
rate of pay1 at the earliest date       
possible after the date of enactment1   
regardless of scheduled pay dates2 and  
7,,ii7 for the remainder of such lapse1 
each excepted employee who is required  
to perform work during such remainder   
shall be paid for such work1 at the     
employee's standard rate of pay1 on the 
employee's scheduled pay dates4  7ii7   
,during any covered lapse in            
appropriations beginning after the lapse

 in appropriations described in clause  
7i7 ends1 each excepted employee who is 
required to perform work during a       
covered lapse in appropriations shall be
 paid for such work1 at the employee's  
standard rate of pay1 on the employee's 
scheduled pay dates4  7iii7 ,there are  
appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out this subparagraph4  4