113 HR 3447 IH: Furloughed Federal Employee Double Dip Elimination Act U.S. House of Representatives 2013-11-12 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I113th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 3447IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESNovember 12, 2013Mr. Brady of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and MeansA BILLTo amend title 5, United States Code, to make clear that Federal employees who receive back pay for a period during which they are furloughed due to a lapse in appropriations may not also receive unemployment compensation for the same period.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Furloughed Federal Employee Double Dip Elimination Act.

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Clarification

(a)

In general

Section 8508 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—(1)by inserting (a) before the first sentence; and(2)by adding at the end the following:(b)The rules and regulations shall include provisions to ensure that, in the case of a Federal employee who receives back pay for a period during which such employee was furloughed due to a lapse in appropriations—(1)such back pay shall be treated in the same way as Federal wages attributable to such employee; and(2)the period to which such back pay relates shall be treated in the same way as a period of Federal service attributable to such employee..(b)

Effective date

The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be effective as of September 30, 2013.