To deem Federal employees excepted from furlough during a Government shutdown in fiscal year 2019 to be eligible for unemployment compensation, and for other purposes.

This bill states that with respect to the lapse in appropriations beginning on or around December 22, 2018, 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. 720 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 720

 To deem Federal employees excepted from furlough during a Government 
     shutdown in fiscal year 2019 to be eligible for unemployment 
                 compensation, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 23, 2019

Mr. Brown of Maryland (for himself, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Trone, Ms. Norton, 
Mr. Beyer, Mrs. Trahan, and Ms. Wexton) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To deem Federal employees excepted from furlough during a Government 
     shutdown in fiscal year 2019 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 GOVERNMENT 
              SHUTDOWN.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during fiscal year 
2019, with respect to any lapse in appropriations beginning on or after 
December 22, 2018, any Federal employee who is excepted from furlough 
and is not being paid due to a lapse in appropriations shall be deemed 
to be separated from Federal service and eligible for unemployment 
compensation benefits under subchapter I of chapter 85 of title 5, 
United States Code, with no waiting period for such eligibility to 
accrue.
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