,,ii #aaith ,,congress #ast ,session ,s4 #cjdc ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,october #bc1 #bjbe ,mr4 ,peters 7for himself1 ,mrs4 ,murray1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,ms4 ,smith1 ,ms4 ,alsobrooks1 ,mr4 ,kaine1 ,mr4 ,warner1 ,mr4 ,heinrich1 ,mr4 ,lujn1 ,mr4 ,kim1 ,mr4 ,kelly1 ,mr4 ,schatz1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,hickenlooper1 ,mr4 ,gallego1 ,mr4 ,padilla1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1 ,mr4 ,king1 ,ms4 ,hirono1 ,mr4 ,coons1 ,mr4 ,durbin1 ,mr4 ,bennet1 ,ms4 ,warren1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,mr4 ,ossoff1 ,ms4 ,blunt ,rochester1 ,mr4 ,sanders1 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1 ,ms4 ,rosen1 ,mr4 ,warnock1 ,mr4 ,merkley1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 ,mr4 ,booker1 ,ms4 ,slotkin1 ,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,mr4 ,wyden1 ,mr4 ,schiff1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 and ,ms4 ,cantwell7 introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,appropriations ,a ,,bill ,to appropriate funds for pay and allowances of ,federal employees1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,military and ,federal ,employee ,protection ,act4 #b4 ,appropriations 7a7 ,definitions ,in this section-- 7#a7 the term agency-- 7,a7 means each authority of the executive1 legislative1 or judicial branch of the ,government of the ,united ,states2 and 7,b7 includes each element of the ,district of ,columbia public employer1 as defined in section #acda7;c7 of title #ca1 ,united ,states ,code2 7#b7 the term covered individual-- 7,a7 means each employee of an agency who1 during the covered period1 did not receive a portion or all of the standard employee compensation of the employee because of the lapse in appropriations with respect to the applicable agency2 and 7,b7 includes-- 7i7 a contractor who-- 7,i7 provides support to an employee of an agency2 and 7,,ii7 during the covered period1 did not receive a portion or all of the standard employee compensation of the individual because of the lapse in appropriations with respect to the applicable agency2 7ii7 a member of the ,armed ,forces 7including a member of a reserve component who performs active service or inactive-duty training7 who1 during the covered period1 did not receive a portion or all of the standard employee compensation of the individual because of the lapse in appropriations with respect to the applicable agency2 and 7iii7 an employee of an agency1 a contractor who provides support to an employee of an agency1 or a member of the ,armed ,forces 7including a member of a reserve component who performs active service or inactive-duty training7 who1 for a portion or all of the covered period1 was subject to furlough2 7#c7 the term covered period means the period beginning on ,october #a1 #bjbe1 and ending on the date of enactment of this ,act2 and 7#d7 the term standard employee compensation means1 with respect to a covered individual1 the standard rate of basic pay1 allowances1 pay differentials1 benefits1 and other payments otherwise payable on a regular basis to the covered individual4 7b7 ,appropriations 7#a7 ,in general ,for fiscal year #bjbf1 there are appropriated to the head of each agency with respect to which there was a lapse in appropriations during the covered period1 out of any money in the ,treasury not otherwise appropriated1 such sums as are necessary to provide1 with respect to the covered period1 standard employee compensation to covered individuals with respect to the agency4 7#b7 ,agency requirement ,the head of each agency to whom amounts are made available under paragraph 7#a7 shall provide to covered individuals with respect to that agency the standard employee compensation required under that paragraph for work performed during the covered period 7or1 in the case of a covered individual described in subsection 7a77#b77;,b77iii71 for all portions of the covered period during which the covered individual was subject to furlough7 as soon as practicable1 but not later than #g days after the date of enactment of this ,act4 7c7 ,limitation to individuals affected by shutdown ,amounts provided under subsection 7b7 may not be used to provide standard employee compensation to a covered individual for any portion of the covered period for which the covered individual is provided with standard employee compensation using amounts other than amounts provided under subsection 7b74 7d7 ,limitation on transfer authority ,notwithstanding any other provision of law 7including any appropriation ,act71 the amounts provided under subsection 7b7-- 7#a7 shall be available solely for standard employee compensation to covered individuals2 and 7#b7 may not be transferred1 reprogrammed1 obligated1 or expended for any other purpose4 7e7 ,terms and conditions ,the provision of standard employee compensation using amounts provided under subsection 7b7 shall be subject to the requirements1 authorities1 conditions1 and limitations applicable with respect to the provision of standard employee compensation by the applicable agency under the ,full-,year ,continuing ,appropriations and ,extensions ,act1 #bjbe 7,public ,law #aai-d2 #aci ,stat4 #i74 7f7 ,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 7g7 ,rule of construction ,this section shall be construed to provide each covered individual1 without regard to whether the covered individual was subject to furlough for a portion or all of the covered period1 with standard employee compensation for the covered period as if the covered individual had performed the job duties of the covered individual for the entirety of the covered period4 7h7 ,retroactive effective date ,this section shall take effect as if enacted on ,september #cj1 #bjbe4