HR 301 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Providing Pay for Essential Employees Act

Introduced Jan 8, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Bob Gibbs R-OH

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 8, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

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.

IntroducedJan 8, 2019
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Providing Pay for Essential Employees Act

This bill provides appropriations to pay the salaries and expenses of federal employees who are working during the lapse in appropriations that began on or about December 22, 2018, and resulted in a partial government shutdown.

Cosponsors 25

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 8, 2019 to Jan 28, 2019, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik	Original	Jan 8, 2019
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith	Original	Jan 8, 2019
R-NC	Mark Meadows	Original	Jan 8, 2019
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton	Original	Jan 8, 2019
R-OH	Steve Stivers	Original	Jan 8, 2019
R-IN	Susan W. Brooks	Original	Jan 8, 2019
R-NY	Chris Collins		Jan 9, 2019
R-NE	Don Bacon		Jan 9, 2019
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa		Jan 9, 2019
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Jan 9, 2019
R-OH	Troy Balderson		Jan 9, 2019
R-AR	Bruce Westerman		Jan 10, 2019
R-LA	Clay Higgins		Jan 10, 2019
R-TN	David P. Roe		Jan 10, 2019
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Jan 10, 2019

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Actions 2

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Jan 8, 2019Introduced in House
Jan 8, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

Related bills 2

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 271	No Work Without Pay Act	Related bill	Jan 8, 2019
HR 371	Pay Our Protectors Act	Related bill	Jan 9, 2019

Subjects

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Jan 8, 2019Introduced in House

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