,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bad  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #bd1       
#bjai,mr4 ,gardner introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,appropriations  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide 
for the compensation of ,federal and    
other government employees affected by  
the current lapse in appropriations4    
#a4 ,compensation for ,federal and other
 government employees affected by the   
lapse in appropriations  7a7            
,definitions ,in this section-- 7#a7 the
 term agency means each establishment in
 the ,federal ,government2  7#b7 the    
term covered lapse in appropriations    
means the lapse in appropriations that  
began on or about ,december #bb1 #bjah2 
7#c7 the term ,district of ,columbia    
public employer means--  7,a7 the       
,district of ,columbia ,courts2  7,b7   
the ,public ,defender ,service for the  
,district of ,columbia2 or  7,c7 the    
,district of ,columbia government2 and  

7#d7 the term excepted employee means an
 excepted employee or an employee       
performing emergency work1 as such terms
 are defined by the ,office of          
,personnel ,management or the           
appropriate ,district of ,columbia      
public employer1 as applicable4  7b7    
,pay ,during the period of the covered  
lapse in appropriations1 the head of    
each agency or ,district of ,columbia   
public employer that is subject to the  
covered lapse in appropriations shall   
compensate1 at the employee's standard  
rate of compensation--  7#a7 each       
employee of the agency or of a ,district
 of ,columbia public employer who was   
furloughed as a result of the covered   
lapse in appropriations2 and  7#b7 each 
excepted employee who is required to    
perform work during the covered lapse in
 appropriations4  7c7 ,funding  7#a7 ,in
 general ,there are appropriated for the
 fiscal year ending ,september #cj1     
#bjai1 out of any money in the ,treasury
 not otherwise appropriated1 to the head

 of each agency or ,district of         
,columbia public employer that is       
subject to the covered lapse in         
appropriations such sums as are         
necessary to carry out this section4    
7#b7 ,charging to full-year             
appropriations ,expenditures made       
pursuant to this ,act shall be charged  
to the applicable appropriation1 fund1  
or authorization whenever a bill in     
which such applicable appropriation1    
fund1 or authorization is contained is  
enacted into law4  7#c7 ,interaction    
with other law ,for purposes of section 
#acda7;c7 of title #ca1 ,united ,states 
,code1 the appropriations provided under
 paragraph 7#a7 shall constitute an end 
of the covered lapse in appropriations4