,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cjci  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #bc1  
#bjbe ,mr4 ,van ,hollen 7for himself1   
,mr4 ,peters1 ,mrs4 ,murray1 ,mr4       
,warner1 ,ms4 ,alsobrooks1 ,mr4 ,kaine1 
,mr4 ,kim1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,mr4       
,schatz1 ,mr4 ,lujn1 ,mr4 ,padilla1 ,mr4
 ,gallego1 ,mr4 ,coons1 ,ms4 ,warren1   
,mr4 ,markey1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1 ,ms4     
,blunt ,rochester1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,ms4    
,smith1 ,ms4 ,hirono1 ,mr4 ,heinrich1   
,mr4 ,durbin1 ,mr4 ,sanders1 ,mr4       
,kelly1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 ,mr4 ,merkley1 
,mr4 ,warnock1 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1 ,mr4   
,booker1 ,mr4 ,schiff1 and ,mr4 ,wyden7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
appropriate funds for pay and allowances
 of ,federal employees during the lapse 
in appropriations that began on ,october
 #a1 #bjbe1 and for other purposes4  #a4
  ,short title  ,this ,act may be cited 

as the ,true ,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 covered individual-- 7,a7 
means each employee of an agency1       
without regard to whether1 during the   
period of the covered lapse in          
appropriations with respect to that     
agency occurring before the date of     
enactment of this ,act--  7i7 the head  
of that agency determined that the      
individual was an excepted employee or  
an employee performing emergency work1  
as those terms are defined by the       
,office of ,personnel ,management2 or   
7ii7 the individual was subject to      
furlough2 and  7,b7 includes--  7i7 a   
contractor who provides support to an   
employee described in subparagraph 7,a72
  7ii7 a member of the ,armed ,forces on
 active duty2 and  7iii7 a member of a  
reserve component who1 during the       

covered lapse in appropriations with    
respect to the applicable agency1       
performs active service or inactive-duty
 training2  7#c7 the term covered lapse 
in appropriations means1 with respect to
 an agency1 the lapse in appropriations 
with respect to that agency beginning on
 ,october #a1 #bjbe1 and ending on the  
termination date2 and  7#d7 the term    
termination date means the date on      
which1 after the start of the covered   
lapse in appropriations--  7,a7 there   
are enacted into law appropriations for 
the agency 7including a continuing      
appropriation7 that provide amounts for 
the purposes for which amounts are made 
available under subsection 7b72 or  7,b7
 there are enacted into law             
appropriations for the agency 7including
 a continuing appropriation7 without any
 appropriation for such purposes4  7b7  
,appropriations  ,for fiscal year #bjbf1
 there are appropriated to the head of  
each agency with respect to which there 
is a covered lapse in appropriations1   

out of any money in the ,treasury not   
otherwise appropriated1 such sums as are
 necessary to provide1 with respect to  
the covered lapse in appropriations1    
standard rates of pay1 allowances1 pay  
differentials1 benefits1 and other      
payments otherwise payable on a regular 
basis to covered individuals with       
respect to the agency4  7c7             
,termination  ,appropriations and funds 
made available and authority granted    
under subsection 7b7 shall be available 
to the head of an agency until the      
termination date4  7d7  ,charge to      
future 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 enacted into  
law4  7e7  ,retroactive effective date  
,this section shall take effect as if   
enacted on ,september #cj1 #bjbe4  #c4  
,limitation on reductions in force  7a7 
,definitions ,in this section1 the terms

 agency and covered lapse in            
appropriations have the meanings given  
those terms in section #b7;a74  7b7     
,prohibition  ,during the covered lapse 
in appropriations1 none of the funds    
made available by this or any other ,act
 may be used to--  7#a7 propose or      
implement a reduction in force1 or any  
similar effort1 to permanently reduce   
the number of employees employed by an  
agency2 or  7#b7 place any employee of  
an agency in administrative leave for   
more than #aj work days in any calendar 
year4  7c7  ,rule of construction       
,nothing in this section may be         
construed to affect a voluntary         
separation payment offered to an        
employee under section #cebc of title   
#e1 ,united ,states ,code4