To provide a bonus to any Federal employee excepted from furlough during the lapse in appropriations beginning on or about December 22, 2018, and for other purposes.

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 814 To provide a bonus to any Federal employee excepted from furlough during the lapse in appropriations beginning on or about December 22, 2018, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 28, 2019 Mr. GRIFFITH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak- er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju- risdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To provide a bonus to any Federal employee excepted from furlough during the lapse in appropriations beginning on or about December 22, 2018, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. BONUS FOR EXCEPTED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES 3 FOR DECEMBER 22, 2018 SHUTDOWN. 4 (a) BONUSES FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.— 5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), 6 any employee of the United States Government ex- 7 cepted from furlough and working without pay dur- 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:11 Feb 05, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H814.IH H814 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 814 IH ing the lapse in appropriations beginning on or 1 about December 22, 2018, shall receive a bonus for 2 each day during that lapse that the employee re- 3 ported to the employee’s duty station and performed 4 the duties of the employee’s position. 5 (2) PAYMENT.—A bonus under this subsection 6 shall be— 7 (A) equal to 15 percent of the employee’s 8 daily rate of pay (as determined under section 9 5504 of title 5, United States Code); and 10 (B) paid on the same date that the em- 11 ployee receives backpay under section 1341(c) 12 of title 31, United States Code, as added by the 13 Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 14 2019, or as soon as practicable after that date. 15 (3) TREATMENT OF BONUSES.—Any bonus paid 16 under this subsection— 17 (A) shall be subject to any limitation on 18 total aggregate pay, including section 5307 of 19 title 5, United States Code; and 20 (B) is not part of the basic pay of an em- 21 ployee for any purpose. 22 (b) BONUSES FOR MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED 23 SERVICES.— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:11 Feb 05, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H814.IH H814 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 814 IH (1) IN GENERAL.—Any member of the uni- 1 formed services excepted from furlough and working 2 without pay during the lapse in appropriations be- 3 ginning on or about December 22, 2018, shall re- 4 ceive a bonus for each day during that lapse that the 5 member reported to the duty station of the member 6 and performed the duties of the member. 7 (2) PAYMENT.—A bonus under this subsection 8 shall be— 9 (A) equal to 15 percent of the daily rate 10 of pay the member (as determined under chap- 11 ter 3 of title 37, United States Code); and 12 (B) paid on the same date that the mem- 13 ber receives backpay under section 1341(c) of 14 title 31, United States Code, as added by the 15 Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 16 2019, or as soon as practicable after that date. 17 (3) TREATMENT OF BONUSES.—Any bonus paid 18 under this subsection— 19 (A) shall be subject to any limitation on 20 total aggregate pay, including section 204(i)(1) 21 of title 37, United States Code; and 22 (B) is not part of the basic pay of a mem- 23 ber for any purpose. 24 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:11 Feb 05, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H814.IH H814 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS