Fairness for Federal Contractors Act of 2019
Latest action · Jan 28, 2019 Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 28, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fairness for Federal Contractors Act of 2019
This bill appropriates funding to provide compensation to certain employees of contractors who lost pay or leave due to the lapse in appropriations that began on December 22, 2018.
Each agency subject to such lapse shall adjust the price of any contract for which the contractor was ordered to suspend, delay, or stop work as a result of the lapse. The agency shall compensate the contractor for reasonable costs incurred to (1) provide compensation, at an employee's standard rate of compensation, to any employee who was furloughed or laid off, or who was not working, who experienced a reduction of hours, or who experienced a reduction in compensation, as a result of the lapse, for the period of the lapse; or (2) restore paid leave taken by any employee during the lapse, if the contractor required employees to use paid leave as a result of the lapse.
The maximum amount of weekly compensation of an employee for which an adjustment may be made may not exceed the lesser of the employee's actual weekly compensation or $1,400.
Cosponsors 96
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 28, 2019 to May 28, 2019; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Original | Jan 28, 2019 |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Feb 5, 2019 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Feb 5, 2019 | |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Feb 5, 2019 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Feb 5, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Feb 5, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Feb 5, 2019 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Feb 5, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Feb 5, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Feb 5, 2019 | |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Feb 5, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Feb 5, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Feb 5, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Feb 5, 2019 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Feb 5, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Max Rose | Feb 5, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Feb 5, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Feb 5, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Feb 5, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Feb 5, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Feb 5, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Feb 5, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Feb 7, 2019 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Feb 7, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Feb 7, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Feb 7, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | Feb 7, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Feb 7, 2019 | |
| R-SC | Tom Rice | Feb 7, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Feb 7, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Feb 8, 2019 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Feb 8, 2019 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Feb 8, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Feb 14, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Feb 14, 2019 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Feb 14, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Feb 14, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Feb 14, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Jennifer Wexton | Feb 14, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Feb 14, 2019 | |
| D-IN | Peter J. Visclosky | Feb 14, 2019 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Feb 14, 2019 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Feb 14, 2019 | |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Feb 14, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Feb 14, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Feb 14, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Feb 19, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Feb 19, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Feb 19, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Feb 19, 2019 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Feb 19, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Feb 19, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Feb 19, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Harley Rouda | Feb 19, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Feb 19, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Feb 19, 2019 | |
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | Feb 19, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Feb 19, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Feb 19, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Katie Hill | Feb 19, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Feb 19, 2019 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Feb 19, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Feb 19, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Feb 19, 2019 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Mar 4, 2019 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Mar 4, 2019 | |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Mar 5, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Mar 5, 2019 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Mar 5, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Mar 6, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Mar 6, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Mar 7, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Mar 7, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Mar 7, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Mar 7, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Mar 7, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Mar 18, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Mar 18, 2019 | |
| R-AK | Don Young | Mar 18, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Mar 18, 2019 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Mar 18, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Mar 18, 2019 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Mar 27, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Mucarsel-Powell | Mar 27, 2019 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Mar 27, 2019 | |
| D-IA | Abby Finkenauer | Apr 12, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | Apr 12, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | May 10, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | May 10, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | May 28, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | May 28, 2019 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Appropriations Committee | Referred Jan 28, 2019 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jan 28, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 28, 2019Introduced in House
- Jan 28, 2019Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 17, January 28, 2019, page H1243.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-19 | GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS: CONTRACT KILLERS53 pages | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | May 6, 2019 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 162 | Fair Compensation for Low-Wage Contractor Employees Act of 2019 | Related bill | Jan 16, 2019 |
| HR 678 | Fair Compensation for Low-Wage Contractor Employees Act of 2019 | Related bill | Jan 17, 2019 |
| HR 3055 | Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019 | Related bill | Nov 21, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide back pay to Federal contractors, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Fairness for Federal Contractors Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 28, 2019Introduced in House
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.
