Federal Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2017
Latest action · Dec 22, 2018 Held at the desk.
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.
- IntroducedDec 21, 2017
- Passed SenateDec 21, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Federal Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2017
(Sec. 2) This bill requires federal employees furloughed or required to work during a lapse in appropriations beginning on or after December 22, 2017, to be compensated for the period of the lapse on the earliest date possible after the lapse ends, regardless of scheduled pay dates. Employees required to work during the lapse in appropriations may use leave.
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 21, 2017 to Dec 21, 2018; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Dec 21, 2017 |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Original | Dec 21, 2017 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Dec 21, 2017 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Dec 21, 2017 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Dec 21, 2017 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Dec 21, 2017 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | Dec 21, 2017 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Dec 21, 2017 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | Dec 21, 2017 |
| D-VA | Mark R. Warner | Original | Dec 21, 2017 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Dec 21, 2017 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Dec 21, 2017 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Dec 21, 2017 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Dec 21, 2017 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Dec 21, 2017 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 22, 2018Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 22, 2018Received in the House.
- Dec 22, 2018Held at the desk.
- Dec 21, 2018Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8011; text: CR S8011)
- Jan 3, 2018Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 290.
In the Congressional Record 6
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8009–S8011Text printed S8011 | Benjamin L. Cardin D-MD, Chris Van Hollen D-MD | Dec 21, 2018 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S424, S425 | Brian Schatz D-HI, Thom Tillis R-NC | Jan 21, 2018 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S378 | Benjamin L. Cardin D-MD, Mitch McConnell R-KY | Jan 20, 2018 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S326 | Benjamin L. Cardin D-MD | Jan 19, 2018 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2 | Mitch McConnell R-KY | Jan 3, 2018 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8280 | Mitch McConnell R-KY | Dec 21, 2017 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 861 | Federal Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2017 | Related bill | Apr 7, 2017 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide for the compensation of Federal employees affected by lapses in appropriations.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Federal Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2017
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Federal Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 21, 2018Engrossed in Senate
- Jan 3, 2018Placed on Calendar Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
