,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #aia #aaith         
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,s4 #cjab    
,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united 
,,states  ,october #ae1 #bjbe,mr4       
,johnson 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,budd1 ,mr4 
,cassidy1 ,mr4 ,crapo1 ,mr4 ,cotton1    
,mr4 ,risch1 ,mr4 ,sullivan1 and ,mr4   
,young7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read the first time  ,october 
#af1 #bjbe,read the second time and     
placed on the calendar  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
appropriate funds for pay and allowances
 of excepted ,federal employees for     
periods of work performed during a lapse
 in appropriations1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,shutdown ,fairness 
,act4  #b4 ,appropriations  7a7         
,definitions ,in this section-- 7#a7 the
 term agency means each authority of the
 executive1 legislative1 or judicial    
branch of the ,government of the ,united
 ,states2  7#b7 the term excepted       
employee-- 7,a7 means an employee of an 
agency who the head of that agency      

determines is an excepted employee or an
 employee performing emergency work1 as 
those terms are defined by the ,office  
of ,personnel ,management2 and  7,b7    
includes-- 7i7 a contractor who-- 7,i7  
provides support to an employee         
described in subparagraph 7,a72 and     
7,,ii7 is required to perform work      
during a lapse in appropriations1 as    
determined by the head of the agency    
with respect to which the contractor    
provides support2 and  7ii7 a member of 
the ,armed ,forces on active duty2 and  
7#c7 the term excepted work means work  
performed by an excepted employee during
 a period during which interim or       
full-year appropriations for the        
applicable fiscal year are not in effect
 for the applicable agency4  7b7        
,appropriations ,for fiscal year #bjbf1 
and any fiscal year thereafter1 for any 
period during which interim continuing  
appropriations or full-year             
appropriations for that fiscal year are 
not in effect for an agency1 there are  

appropriated to the head of the agency1 
out of any money in the ,treasury not   
otherwise appropriated1 such sums as are
 necessary to provide standard rates of 
pay1 allowances1 pay differentials1     
benefits1 and other payments otherwise  
payable on a regular basis to excepted  
employees of the agency with respect to 
any period of excepted work performed by
 the excepted employees4  7c7           
,termination ,appropriations and funds  
made available and authority granted    
under subsection 7b7 shall be available 
to the head of an agency until whichever
 of the following first occurs3 7#a7    
,the enactment into law of              
appropriations for the agency until the 
end of the applicable fiscal year       
7including a continuing appropriation7  
that provide amounts for the purposes   
for which amounts are made available    
under subsection 7b74  7#b7 ,the        
enactment into law of appropriations for
 the agency until the end of the        
applicable fiscal year 7including a     

continuing appropriation7 without any   
appropriation for such purposes4  7d7   
,interim continuing appropriations      
,appropriations made available under    
subsection 7b7 may not be obligated by  
the head of an agency during any period 
during which continuing appropriations  
for the purposes for which amounts are  
made available under subsection 7b7 are 
in effect for the agency4  7e7 ,charging
 to full-year appropriations            
,obligations or expenditures made by the
 head of an agency pursuant to          
subsection 7b7 shall be charged to the  
applicable appropriation for the agency 
whenever a regular appropriation bill or
 a measure making continuing            
appropriations until the end of the     
applicable fiscal year for the agency   
becomes law4  7f7 ,retroactive effective
 date ,this ,act shall take effect as if
 enacted on ,september #cj1 #bjbe4      
,october #af1 #bjbe,read the second time
 and placed on the calendar