,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eijh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #d1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,scott ,franklin of ,florida  
7for himself1 ,mr4 ,webster of ,florida1
 ,ms4 ,stefanik1 ,mr4 ,cline1 ,mr4      
,buchanan1 and ,mr4 ,fallon7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,oversight and     
,government ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require ,executive agencies to submit   
reports to ,congress regarding employees
 who are furloughed during any period   
during which there is a lapse in        
appropriations1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,non-,essential ,workers        
,transparency ,act4  #b4 ,reporting     
requirements  7a7 ,definitions ,in this 
section3  7#a7 ,appropriate             
congressional committees ,the term      
appropriate congressional committees    
means1 with respect to an ,executive    
agency-- 7,a7 the ,committee on         
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   

,affairs of the ,senate2  7,b7 the      
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform of the ,house of               
,representatives2 and  7,c7 any other   
committee of ,congress with jurisdiction
 with respect to the ,executive agency4 
7#b7 ,covered employee ,the term covered
 employee means an employee of an       
,executive agency who is furloughed 7as 
defined in section #geaa7;a7 of title   
#e1 ,united ,states ,code7 during a     
covered period with respect to that     
,executive agency4  7#c7 ,covered period
 ,the term covered period means1 with   
respect to an ,executive agency1 a      
period beginning on the date which a    
lapse in appropriations with respect to 
such ,executive agency begins and ending
 on the date on which such lapse in     
appropriation ends4  7#d7 ,executive    
agency ,the term ,executive agency has  
the meaning given the term in section   
#aje of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4
  7b7 ,requirements ,not later than #cj 
days after the date on which a covered  

period with respect to an ,executive    
agency ends1 the ,under ,secretary 7or  
the equivalent7 of that ,executive      
agency shall electronically submit to   
the appropriate congressional committees
 with respect to that ,executive agency 
a report that contains--  7#a7 the total
 number of employees 7including contract
 employees7 employed by the ,executive  
agency1 as of the day before the day on 
which that covered period began2  7#b7  
the total amount expended by the        
,executive agency on salaries of        
employees during the fiscal year        
preceding the fiscal year in which that 
covered period began2  7#c7 the total   
number of employees of the ,executive   
agency who were covered employees during
 that covered period2  7#d7 the sum     
obtained by adding the annual rate of   
basic pay of each employee described in 
paragraph 7#c72  7#e7 the total number  
of employees of the ,executive agency   
who were not covered employees during   
that covered period2 and  7#f7 the sum  

obtained by adding the annual rate of   
basic pay of each employee described in 
paragraph 7#e74  7c7 ,procedures  7#a7  
,classification ,each ,executive agency 
submitting a report under subsection    
7b71 or an update to such a report1     
shall submit that report or update in   
unclassified form1 but that report or   
update may include a classified annex4  
7#b7 ,publication ,not later than #cj   
days after the date on which an         
appropriate congressional committee     
receives a report submitted under       
subsection 7b71 that appropriate        
congressional committee shall publish   
the report on the website of the        
appropriate congressional committee4    
7d7 ,economic effect report ,not later  
than #cj days after the date on which a 
covered period ends1 the ,director of   
the ,congressional ,budget ,office shall
 submit to ,congress and make publicly  
available on a website of the           
,congressional ,budget ,office a report 
on the effects on the economy of the    

,united ,states of the lapse in         
appropriations occurring during such    
covered period4