,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #afb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #af1 #bjai 
,ms4 ,smith 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,brown1  
,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,mr4 ,warner1 ,mr4   
,cardin1 ,mr4 ,kaine1 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,ms4
 ,klobuchar1 ,ms4 ,warren1 ,ms4 ,hassan1
 ,mr4 ,jones1 ,ms4 ,harris1 ,mr4 ,udall1
 ,mr4 ,heinrich1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1 ,mr4  
,king1 ,ms4 ,hirono1 ,mr4 ,menendez1    
,mr4 ,schatz1 ,mr4 ,tester1 ,mrs4       
,feinstein1 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1 and ,mr4  
,blumenthal7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
 and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  
,to provide back pay to low-wage        
contractor employees1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,fair ,compensation 
for ,low-,wage ,contractor ,employees   
,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,appropriation      
,there is hereby appropriated1 out of   
any money in the ,treasury not otherwise
 appropriated1 for the fiscal year      

ending ,september #cj1 #bjai1 such sums 
as may be necessary for each ,federal   
agency subject to the lapse in          
appropriations that began on or about   
,december #bb1 #bjah1 for adjustments in
 the price of contracts of such agency  
under section #c4  #c4 ,back            
compensation for low-wage employees of  
,government contractors in connection   
with the lapse in appropriations  7a7   
,in general ,each ,federal agency       
subject to the lapse in appropriations  
that began on or about ,december #bb1   
#bjah1 shall adjust the price of any    
contract of such agency for which the   
contractor was ordered to suspend1      
delay1 or interrupt all or part of the  
work of such contract1 or stop all or   
any part of the work called for in such 
contract1 as a result of the lapse in   
appropriations to compensate the        
contractor for reasonable costs         
incurred--  7#a7 to provide             
compensation1 at an employee's standard 
rate of compensation1 to any employee   

who was furloughed or laid off1 or who  
was not working1 who experienced a      
reduction of hours1 or who experienced a
 reduction in compensation1 as a result 
of the lapse in appropriations 7for the 
period of the lapse72 or  7#b7 to       
restore paid leave taken by any employee
 during the lapse in appropriations1 if 
the contractor required employees to use
 paid leave as a result of the lapse in 
appropriations4  7b7 ,limitation on     
amount of weekly compensation covered by
 adjustment ,the maximum amount of      
weekly compensation of an employee for  
which an adjustment may be made under   
subsection 7a7 may not exceed the lesser
 of--  7#a7 the employee's actual weekly
 compensation2 or  7#b7 #ife4  7c7      
,timing of adjustments ,the adjustments 
required by subsection 7a7 shall be made
 as soon as practicable after the end of
 the lapse in appropriations described  
in that subsection4  7d7 ,definitions   
,in this section3 7#a7 ,the term        
compensation has the meaning given that 

term in section #fgja of title #da1     
,united ,states ,code4  7#b7 ,the term  
employee means the following3 7,a7 ,a   
service employee as that term is defined
 in section #fgja7c7 of title #da1      
,united ,states ,code1 except that the  
term also includes service employees    
described in subparagraph 7,c7 of that  
section notwithstanding that            
subparagraph4  7,b7 ,a laborer or       
mechanic covered by section #cadb of    
title #dj1 ,united ,states ,code4