To provide for compensation for Federal employees for emergency service performed during periods of lapsed appropriations.

Provides that, for any period during FY 1996 or thereafter for which there is a lapse in appropriations for any agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government or the District of Columbia resulting from failure to enact appropriations legislation, there is hereby appropriated to such agencies or instrumentalities from the general fund of the Treasury sufficient amounts to compensate officers and employees performing emergency services involving the safety of human life or the protection of property.

[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2848 Introduced in House (IH)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 2848

To provide for compensation for Federal employees for emergency service 
           performed during periods of lapsed appropriations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 1996

  Mr. McHugh introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Government Reform and Oversight, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for compensation for Federal employees for emergency service 
           performed during periods of lapsed appropriations.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. COMPENSATION FOR EMERGENCY SERVICE BY FEDERAL EMPLOYEES 
              PERFORMED DURING PERIODS OF LAPSED APPROPRIATIONS.

    For any period, during fiscal year 1996 or any subsequent fiscal 
year, for which there is a lapse in appropriations for any agency or 
instrumentality of the Federal Government or the District of Columbia 
(other than appropriations provided by this section) as a result of a 
failure to enact legislation (in the form of a regular appropriations 
Act or a continuing resolution) making funds available for compensation 
of officers or employees for service performed during such period, 
there is hereby appropriated to such agency or instrumentality, from 
amounts otherwise available in the general fund of the Treasury, such 
sums as are necessary to provide compensation, at the regular rate of 
compensation, for such officers or employees for any such service which 
is of the type described in section 1342 of title 31, United States 
Code (including any service performed pursuant to expressed or implied 
authority of law, as defined in opinions issued by the Attorney General 
before the date of the enactment of this Act).

SEC. 2. CHARGE TO APPLICABLE ACCOUNTS.

    Expenditures made pursuant to this Act shall be charged to the 
applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a bill or 
joint resolution in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or 
authorization is contained is enacted into law.

SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY.

    The provisions of this Act shall apply with respect to service 
(described in section 1) performed before, on, or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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