Low-Wage Federal Contractor Employee Back Pay Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 339 To provide for the compensation of Federal contractor employees that may be placed on unpaid leave as a result of the Federal Government shut- down, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 8, 2019 Ms. NORTON (for herself, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. BEYER, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. CON- NOLLY, Ms. PRESSLEY, Ms. WEXTON, Mr. TRONE, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. POCAN, Ms. MOORE, Mrs. TRAHAN, Ms. MENG, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mrs. TORRES of California, and Ms. OMAR) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To provide for the compensation of Federal contractor em- ployees that may be placed on unpaid leave as a result of the Federal Government shutdown, and for other pur- poses. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Low-Wage Federal 4 Contractor Employee Back Pay Act of 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:59 Jan 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H339.IH H339 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 339 IH SEC. 2. COMPENSATION FOR FURLOUGHED FEDERAL CON- 1 TRACTOR EMPLOYEES. 2 Title VII of Division E of the Consolidated Appro- 3 priations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) is amended by 4 adding at the end the following new section: 5 ‘‘SEC. 750. If a Federal contractor that provides re- 6 tail, food, custodial, or security services to the Federal 7 Government places the employees of such contractor on 8 unpaid leave as a result of any lapse in appropriations 9 which begins in fiscal year 2019, the Government shall 10 provide compensation to such employees at their standard 11 rate of compensation for the period of such lapse.’’. 12 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:59 Jan 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H339.IH H339 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS