,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gbe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bc1        
#bjai,mrs4 ,dingell 7for herself and    
,mr4 ,upton7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend chapter #he of title  
#e1 ,united ,states ,code1 to clarify   
that ,federal employees excepted from a 
furlough are eligible for unemployment  
compensation1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,pay ,federal ,workers ,act4    
#b4 ,eligibility for unemployment       
compensation for ,federal employees     
excepted from furlough  7a7 ,in general 
,section #hejb of title #e1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  7f7  7#a7 ,with 
respect to any lapse in appropriations  
beginning on or after ,december #bb1    
#bjah1 each excepted ,federal employee  
shall be1 solely for the purpose of     
determining eligibility for unemployment

 compensation under this subchapter1    
deemed for the duration of the lapse in 
appropriations to be--  7,a7 totally    
separated from ,federal service2 and    
7,b7 eligible for unemployment          
compensation benefits under this        
subchapter with no waiting period for   
such eligibility to accrue4  7#b7 ,in   
this subsection1 the term excepted      
,federal employee means a ,federal      
employee who-- 7,a7 is an excepted      
employee or an employee performing      
emergency work1 as such terms are       
defined by the ,office of ,personnel    
,management2 and  7,b7 is not being paid
 due to a lapse in appropriations4  4   
7b7 ,application ,the amendment made by 
subsection 7a7 shall apply to weeks of  
unemployment beginning on or after      
,december #bb1 #bjah4