,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dagd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #bd1    
#bjbf,mr4 ,gallego introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to provide a premium payment
 to employees who worked without        
receiving pay during the shutdown of the
 ,department of ,homeland ,security of  
#aj percent of the pay the employees    
should have received during the         
shutdown4  #a4 ,premium payment to ,,dhs
 workers required to work without pay   
during shutdown  7a7 ,definitions ,in   
this section3 7#a7 ,covered lapse in    
appropriations ,the term covered lapse  
in appropriations means the lapse in    
appropriations that began on ,february  
#ad1 #bjbf4  7#b7 ,hours worked without 
pay ,the term hours worked without pay1 
with respect to an unpaid employee1     
means any hours worked by the unpaid    
employee during the covered lapse in    

appropriations for which the unpaid     
employee did not receive pay during the 
period of the covered lapse in          
appropriations4  7#c7 ,unpaid employee  
,the term unpaid employee-- 7,a7 means  
an employee-- 7i7 employed by an agency 
affected by the covered lapse in        
appropriations2  7ii7 who performed work
 for the agency described in clause 7i7 
during the covered lapse in             
appropriations2 and  7iii7 who did not  
receive pay for any of the work         
described in clause 7ii7 during the     
period of the covered lapse in          
appropriations2 and  7,b7 does not      
include an employee of an agency        
affected by the covered lapse in        
appropriations who received pay during  
the period of the covered lapse in      
appropriations for any of the work      
performed by the employee during the    
covered lapse in appropriations4  7b7   
,premium payment ,not later than #a day 
after the end of the covered lapse in   
appropriations1 the head of each agency 

employing unpaid employees shall make a 
#a-time payment to each unpaid employee 
of the agency in the amount equal to #aj
 percent of the product obtained by     
multiplying-- 7#a7 the number of hours  
worked without pay by the unpaid        
employee2 by  7#b7 the hourly rate of   
basic pay of the unpaid employee4