Back Pay Fairness Act of 2019

Summary

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Back Pay Fairness Act of 2019 This bill requires interest to be added to the back pay of federal employees who were not paid during a lapse in appropriations.

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Bill Progress

Bill has been introduced and assigned a number

Introduced(1/24/19)

Committee

Passed House

Passed Senate

President

Law

Sponsor

Mr. Jones

(D) AL

Cosponsors (11)

Cardin

(D) MD

Merkley

Senate (D) Oregon

Klobuchar

Senate (D) Minnesota

Shaheen

Senate (D) New Hampshire

Van Hollen

Senate (D) Maryland

Kaine

Senate (D) Virginia

Warner

Senate (D) Virginia

Schatz

Senate (D) Hawaii

Wyden

Senate (D) Oregon

Baldwin

Senate (D) Wisconsin

Topics

Government Spending & Operations

Latest Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Jan 24, 2019