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S. 861

Federal Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2017

Federal Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2017

This bill requires federal employees furloughed or required to work during a lapse in appropriations beginning on or after April 28, 2017, to be compensated for the period of the lapse on the earliest date possible after the lapse ends. Employees required to work during the lapse in appropriations may use leave. The bill addresses a lapse in appropriations scheduled to occur if FY2017 appropriations legislation is not enacted prior to the expiration of the continuing resolution that currently funds most federal agencies through April 28, 2017.

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 35.

Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD](D-MD)Sponsor
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  1. Calendars

    Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 35.

  2. Calendars

    Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text as introduced in Senate: CR S2368)

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    Introduced in Senate

Federal Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2017 — Informed