,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bbb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #bd1 #bjai 
,mr4 ,jones 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,cardin1 
,mr4 ,kaine1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,ms4    
,hirono1 ,mr4 ,wyden1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1    
,ms4 ,klobuchar1 and ,mrs4 ,shaheen7    
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,appropriations  ,a ,,bill
  ,to amend section #acda of title #ca1 
,united ,states ,code1 to require       
payment of interest on back pay for     
employees affected by a lapse in        
appropriations4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,back ,pay     
,fairness ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,interest 
on back pay for employees affected by a 
lapse in appropriations  7a7 ,in general
 ,section #acda7;c7 of title #ca1       
,united ,states ,code1 is amended--     
7#a7 by redesignating paragraph 7#c7 as 
paragraph 7#d72 and  7#b7 by inserting  
after paragraph 7#b7 the following3     
7#c7 7,a7 ,if a payment under paragraph 

7#b7 to an employee furloughed as a     
result of a covered lapse in            
appropriations or to an excepted        
employee is made after the regularly    
scheduled pay date for such payment in  
the absence of a lapse in               
appropriations1 the payment shall       
include an interest payment prorated    
daily which shall accrue from such      
regularly scheduled pay date4  7,b7 ,an 
interest payment under subparagraph     
7,a7-- 7i7 shall be computed at the rate
 of interest established by the         
,secretary of the ,treasury under       
section #cijb that is in effect on the  
first day of the covered lapse in       
appropriations2 and  7ii7 shall be in   
addition to any other remedy available  
under any other law1 rule1 or           
regulation4  4  7b7 ,applicability ,the 
amendments made by this section shall   
apply with respect to any covered lapse 
in appropriations 7as defined in section
 #acda7;c7 of title #ca1 ,united ,states
 ,code7 that begins before1 on1 or after

 the date of enactment of this ,act4