To deem officers and employees of the United States Government excepted from furlough during a Government shutdown in fiscal year 2020 to be eligible for unemployment compensation, and for other purposes.

This bill states that with respect to a lapse in appropriations during FY2020, a federal employee who is excepted from furlough (i.e., who continues to work during the lapse in appropriations) and is not paid is eligible for unemployment compensation benefits.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4072 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4072

To deem officers and employees of the United States Government excepted 
 from furlough during a Government shutdown in fiscal year 2020 to be 
    eligible for unemployment compensation, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 2019

  Mrs. Trahan (for herself, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Ms. 
  Jackson Lee, Ms. Moore, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Cohen, Mrs. Watson 
  Coleman, and Ms. Haaland) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To deem officers and employees of the United States Government excepted 
 from furlough during a Government shutdown in fiscal year 2020 to be 
    eligible for unemployment compensation, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION DURING FISCAL YEAR 
              2020 GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to any 
lapse in discretionary appropriations occurring in fiscal year 2020, 
any Federal employee (including a member of the Armed Forces) who is 
excepted from furlough and is working without pay during such a lapse 
shall be, during such lapse and solely for the purpose of determining 
eligibility for unemployment compensation, deemed to be separated from 
Federal service and eligible for unemployment compensation benefits 
under chapter 85 of title 5, United States Code, with no waiting period 
for such eligibility to accrue.
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