US Congress Senate Bill 861 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-1)
Status: Introduced on April 5 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-04-07 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 35.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Federal Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2017 This bill requires federal employees furloughed or required to work during a lapse in appropriations beginning on or after April 28, 2017, to be compensated for the period of the lapse on the earliest date possible after the lapse ends. Employees required to work during the lapse in appropriations may use leave. The bill addresses a lapse in appropriations scheduled to occur if FY2017 appropriations legislation is not enacted prior to the expiration of the continuing resolution that currently funds most federal agencies through April 28, 2017.

Federal Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2017

Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]	Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]
Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-07	Senate	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 35.
2017-04-05	Senate	Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text as introduced in Senate: CR S2368)

SB2274 (Related) 2018-12-22 - Held at the desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/861/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s861/BILLS-115s861pcs.pdf