,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bidh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #cj1
 #bjbe,ms4 ,alsobrooks 7for herself1    
,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,mr4 ,kaine1 ,mr4    
,warner1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1 ,mr4 ,schatz1 
and ,mr4 ,blumenthal7 introduced the    
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend section #cjc of the
 ,social ,security ,act to require      
,states to provide unemployment         
compensation benefits to ,federal       
employees during a government shutdown1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,help ,federal ,employees ,during       
,shutdowns ,act or the ,help ,,feds     
,act4  #b4 ,regular compensation        
required for ,federal employees during a
 shutdown ,section #cjc of the ,social  
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ejc7 is  
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7n7 7#a7 ,for purposes of   
subsection 7a71 the unemployment        

compensation law of a ,state must-- 7,a7
 allow for excepted ,federal employees  
to apply for and receive unemployment   
compensation for any week in which such 
employee is performing emergency work   
7as such term is defined by the ,office 
of ,personnel ,management7 during a     
lapse in appropriations during fiscal   
year #bjbf or #bjbg2  7,b7 in the case  
that an excepted ,federal employee      
receives pay under section #acda7;c77#b7
 of title #ca1 ,united ,states ,code1   
for any period in which such employee   
received compensation pursuant to       
subparagraph 7,a71 require such an      
excepted ,federal employee to repay such
 compensation to the ,state2  7,c7 treat
 as an overpayment any such compensation
 not repaid to the ,state and allow for 
the recovery of such compensation in the
 same manner the ,state recovers any    
overpayment paid pursuant to the        
unemployment compensation law of the    
,state2 and  7,d7 deposit all money     
repaid or recovered pursuant to         

subparagraphs 7,b7 and 7,c7 in the      
unemployment fund of such ,state4  7#b7 
7,a7 ,the ,secretary of ,treasury shall 
pay to each ,state1 for the purpose of  
providing unemployment compensation to  
excepted ,federal employees pursuant to 
paragraph 7#a77;,a71 the amount         
described in subparagraph 7,b74 ,the    
,secretary of ,labor shall1 from time to
 time1 certify to the ,secretary of the 
,treasury the amount to be paid under   
this paragraph4  7,b7 ,there shall be   
paid to each ,state an amount equal to  
#ajj percent of-- 7i7 the total amount  
of unemployment compensation provided to
 excepted ,federal employees by the     
,state pursuant to paragraph 7#a77;,a72 
and  7ii7 any additional administrative 
expenses incurred by the ,state in      
relation to such compensation4  7,c7    
,funds in the ,unemployment ,trust ,fund
 7as established by section #ijd7;a77   
shall be used to make payments to       
,states pursuant to subparagraph 7,a74  
7#c7 ,in this section1 the term excepted

 ,federal employee means1 with respect  
to a lapse in appropriations1 a ,federal
 employee who-- 7,a7 is an excepted     
employee1 as defined in section         
#acda7;c77#a7 of title #ca1 ,united     
,states ,code2 and  7,b7 is not being   
paid due to the lapse in appropriations4
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