HR 3635 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act

Introduced Sep 29, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Donald S. Beyer, Jr. D-VA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Sep 29, 2015 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedSep 29, 2015
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act

This bill requires federal employees furloughed due to a lapse in appropriations that begins on or about October 1, 2015, to be compensated at their standard rate of compensation for the period of such lapse as soon as practicable after such lapse ends.

Cosponsors 70

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 29, 2015 to Feb 10, 2016; 68 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NCAlma S. AdamsOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-NHAnn M. KusterOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalSep 29, 2015
R-VABarbara ComstockOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-NMBen Ray LujánOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-NEBrad AshfordOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-MDC. A. Dutch RuppersbergerOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-ILCheri BustosOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-NCDavid E. PriceOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-RIDavid N. CicillineOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-WADerek KilmerOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.OriginalSep 29, 2015
D-MDDonna F. EdwardsOriginalSep 29, 2015
R-VAE. Scott RigellOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-COEd PerlmutterOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalSep 29, 2015
R-NYElise M. StefanikOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-CAEric SwalwellOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-TXFilemon VelaOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-NYGrace MengOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-RIJames R. LangevinOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalSep 29, 2015
D-CAJohn GaramendiOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-MDJohn P. SarbanesOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-OHMarcia L. FudgeOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-WIMark PocanOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-HIMark TakaiOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-PAMichael F. DoyleOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-NMMichelle Lujan GrishamOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-MANiki TsongasOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-NYNita M. LoweyOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-FLPatrick MurphyOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-INPeter J. ViscloskyOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalSep 29, 2015
R-UTRob BishopOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-PARobert A. BradyOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalSep 29, 2015
R-VARobert J. WittmanOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-MISander M. LevinOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-NYSean Patrick MaloneyOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-VIStacey E. PlaskettOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-MDSteny H. HoyerOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-CASusan A. DavisOriginalSep 29, 2015
R-OKTom ColeOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalSep 29, 2015
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalSep 29, 2015
R-VAJ. Randy ForbesSep 30, 2015
D-MIBrenda L. LawrenceFeb 10, 2016

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Sep 29, 2015

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 29, 2015Introduced in House
  2. Sep 29, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseLists H6705H.R. 3635–3650—Sep 29, 2015

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power)

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 141, September 29, 2015, page H6705.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1024DHS Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness ActRelated billFeb 24, 2015

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To provide for the compensation of Federal employees furloughed during a Government shutdown.
Short Titles as Introduced
Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 29, 2015Introduced in House

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