,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gbj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bc1        
#bjai,mr4 ,brown of ,maryland 7for      
himself1 ,mr4 ,raskin1 ,mr4 ,trone1 ,ms4
 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,beyer1 ,mrs4 ,trahan1   
and ,ms4 ,wexton7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a  
,,bill  ,to deem ,federal employees     
excepted from furlough during a         
,government shutdown in fiscal year     
#bjai to be eligible for unemployment   
compensation1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,eligibility for unemployment       
compensation during ,government shutdown
 ,notwithstanding any other provision of
 law1 during fiscal year #bjai1 with    
respect to any lapse in appropriations  
beginning on or after ,december #bb1    
#bjah1 any ,federal employee who is     
excepted from furlough and is not being 
paid due to a lapse in appropriations   
shall be deemed to be separated from    
,federal service and eligible for       

unemployment compensation benefits under
 subchapter ,i of chapter #he of title  
#e1 ,united ,states ,code1 with no      
waiting period for such eligibility to  
accrue4