HR 5391 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act

Introduced Mar 22, 2018 Originated House Sponsor Donald S. Beyer, Jr. D-VA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Mar 22, 2018 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMar 22, 2018
  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 March 23, 2018, to be compensated at their standard rate of compensation for the period of such lapse as soon as practicable after such lapse ends.

Cosponsors 97

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 22, 2018.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-VAA. Donald McEachinOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-FLAl Lawson, Jr.OriginalMar 22, 2018
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-NJAlbio SiresOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-NCAlma S. AdamsOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-NHAnn M. KusterOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-MDAnthony G. BrownOriginalMar 22, 2018
R-VABarbara ComstockOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-NMBen Ray LujánOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-ILBill FosterOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-PABrendan F. BoyleOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-MDC. A. Dutch RuppersbergerOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-NHCarol Shea-PorterOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-FLCharlie CristOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-ILCheri BustosOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-HIColleen HanabusaOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-MNCollin C. PetersonOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-FLDarren SotoOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-NCDavid E. PriceOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-RIDavid N. CicillineOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-WADerek KilmerOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.OriginalMar 22, 2018
D-NJDonald NorcrossOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-PADwight EvansOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-COEd PerlmutterOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalMar 22, 2018
R-NYElise M. StefanikOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-CTElizabeth H. EstyOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-TXFilemon VelaOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalMar 22, 2018
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-NYGrace MengOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalMar 22, 2018
R-VAH. Morgan GriffithOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-CAJ. Luis CorreaOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-RIJames R. LangevinOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-CAJerry McNerneyOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-TNJim CooperOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-CAJim CostaOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-CAJimmy PanettaOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-CTJoe CourtneyOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-KYJohn A. YarmuthOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-CAJohn GaramendiOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-MDJohn K. DelaneyOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-MDJohn P. SarbanesOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-DELisa Blunt RochesterOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-GUMadeleine Z. BordalloOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-WIMark PocanOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-PAMatt CartwrightOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-PAMichael F. DoyleOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-NMMichelle Lujan GrishamOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-NYNita M. LoweyOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-INPeter J. ViscloskyOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-VTPeter WelchOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-PARobert A. BradyOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalMar 22, 2018
R-VARobert J. WittmanOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-VIStacey E. PlaskettOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-MDSteny H. HoyerOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-OHTim RyanOriginalMar 22, 2018
R-OKTom ColeOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-AZTom O'HalleranOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-FLVal Butler DemingsOriginalMar 22, 2018
R-NCWalter B. JonesOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalMar 22, 2018

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 Mar 22, 2018

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 22, 2018Introduced in House
  2. Mar 22, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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 sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 50, March 22, 2018, page H2042.

Related bills 4

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 4694Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness ActRelated billDec 20, 2017
HR 4827Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness ActRelated billJan 18, 2018
HR 4961Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness ActRelated billFeb 7, 2018
HR 7368Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness ActRelated billDec 20, 2018

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. Mar 22, 2018Introduced in House

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