,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cada  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #f1  
#bjbe ,mr4 ,warner 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,van ,hollen1 ,mr4 ,schumer1 ,ms4       
,hirono1 ,mr4 ,kaine1 ,ms4 ,alsobrooks1 
,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1 ,mr4 
,kim1 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 prohibit ,executive      
agencies from carrying out a reduction  
in force1 or any similar effort1 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 ,securing          
,assurance for ,federal ,employees ,act 
or the ,,safe ,act4  #b4  ,prohibition  
on carrying out a reduction in force    
during ,government shutdown  7a7        
,definition  ,in this section1 the term 
,executive agency has the meaning given 
the term in section #aje of title #e1   

,united ,states ,code4  7b7             
,prohibition  ,during a period during   
which there is a lapse in appropriations
 with respect to an ,executive agency1  
that ,executive agency may not use the  
funds made available by any ,act to     
propose1 notice1 initiate1 execute1     
implement1 or take any other action     
relating to a reduction in force1 or    
relating to any similar effort1 to      
reduce the number of employees employed 
by that or another ,executive agency4   
7c7  ,remedy  ,with respect to any      
reduction in force 7or similar effort7  
proposed1 noticed1 initiated1 executed1 
implemented1 or otherwise taken by an   
,executive agency in violation of       
subsection 7b71 including such an action
 taken with respect to a reduction in   
force 7or similar effort7 at any time   
during the period beginning on ,october 
#a1 #bjbe1 and ending on the day before 
the date of enactment of this ,act1 that
 reduction in force 7or similar effort7 
shall have no force or effect4  7d7     

,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  7e7        
,retroactive effective date  ,this      
section shall take effect as if enacted 
on ,september #cj1 #bjbe4