,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ghb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bd1        
#bjai,mr4 ,richmond introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and ,reform
  ,a ,,bill  ,to increase the rates of  
pay under the statutory pay systems and 
for prevailing rate employees by #a4i   
percent1 to provide a hardship bonus for
 ,federal employees affected by the     
,government shutdown beginning on       
,december #bb1 #bjah1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,federal ,employees 
,compensation ,act4  #b4 ,adjustments to
 pay for #bjai  7a7 ,statutory pay      
systems ,for calendar year #bjai1 the   
percentage adjustment under section     
#ecjc of title #e1 ,united ,states      
,code1 in the rates of basic pay under  
the statutory pay systems 7as defined in
 section #ecjb of title #e1 ,united     
,states ,code7 shall be #a4i percent4   
7b7 ,prevailing rate employees          

,notwithstanding the wage survey        
requirements under section #ecdc7;b7 of 
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 for    
fiscal year #bjai1 the rates of basic   
pay 7as in effect on the last day of    
fiscal year #bjag under section         
#ecdc7;a7 of such title7 for prevailing 
rate employees in each wage area and the
 rates of basic pay under sections #ecdh
 and #ecdi of such title shall be       
increased by #a4i percent4  7c7         
,adjustment to locality pay ,for        
calendar year #bjai1 the percentage     
adjustment under section #ecjd of title 
#e1 ,united ,states ,code1 shall be an  
increase of #a4i percent4  7d7          
,application ,subsections 7a71 7b71 and 
7c7 shall be deemed to have taken effect
 on ,january #a1 #bjai4  #c4 ,hardship  
bonus for ,federal employees for        
,december #bb1 #bjah1 shutdown  7a7 ,in 
general ,any employee of the ,united    
,states ,government that is furloughed  
or excepted from furlough and working   
without pay during the lapse in         

appropriations beginning on or about    
,december #bb1 #bjah1 shall receive a   
one-time bonus of #ejj4  7b7            
,application ,a bonus under subsection  
7a7-- 7#a7 shall be paid on the same    
date that the employee receives pay     
pursuant to section #acda7;c7 of title  
#ca1 ,united ,states ,code2  7#b7 shall 
be subject to any applicable limitation 
on total aggregate pay1 including       
section #ecjg of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code2 and  7#c7 is not part of 
the basic pay of an employee for any    
purpose4