HR 7368 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act

Introduced Dec 20, 2018 Originated House Sponsor Donald S. Beyer, Jr. D-VA

Latest action · Dec 20, 2018 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Progress

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IntroducedDec 20, 2018
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
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 December 22, 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 77

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 20, 2018 to Jan 2, 2019; 71 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-VA	A. Donald McEachin	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-WA	Adam Smith	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-FL	Al Lawson, Jr.	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-NJ	Albio Sires	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-IN	André Carson	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-MD	Anthony G. Brown	Original	Dec 20, 2018
R-VA	Barbara Comstock	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-IL	Bill Foster	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle	Original	Dec 20, 2018
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-NH	Carol Shea-Porter	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-IL	Cheri Bustos	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-NC	David E. Price	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-RI	David N. Cicilline	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-WA	Derek Kilmer	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings	Original	Dec 20, 2018
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-TX	Filemon Vela	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-NY	Grace Meng	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-RI	James R. Langevin	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-MD	Jamie Raskin	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-TN	Jim Cooper	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-CA	Jim Costa	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-CT	Joe Courtney	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-CA	John Garamendi	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-MD	John K. Delaney	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-CA	Juan Vargas	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-WI	Mark Pocan	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-CA	Mark Takano	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-IN	Peter J. Visclosky	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott	Original	Dec 20, 2018
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-VI	Stacey E. Plaskett	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-MD	Steny H. Hoyer	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Dec 20, 2018
R-OK	Tom Cole	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-FL	Val Butler Demings	Original	Dec 20, 2018
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren	Original	Dec 20, 2018
D-NC	Alma S. Adams		Dec 21, 2018
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Dec 21, 2018
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Dec 21, 2018
R-NY	Peter T. King		Dec 21, 2018
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Dec 21, 2018
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici		Jan 2, 2019

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Referred Dec 20, 2018

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Dec 20, 2018Introduced in House
Dec 20, 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 page H2042.

Related bills 4

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 4694	Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act	Related bill	Dec 20, 2017
HR 4827	Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act	Related bill	Jan 18, 2018
HR 4961	Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act	Related bill	Feb 7, 2018
HR 5391	Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act	Related bill	Mar 22, 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.

Dec 20, 2018Introduced in House

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