3.0.0 710 2022-11-01T14:32:41Z 2022-11-01T14:32:41Z House HR 2019-01-22 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 22, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. WELCH:H.R. 710.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall havePower To . . . make all Laws which shall be necessary andproper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, andall other Powers vested by this Constitution in theGovernment of the United States, or in any Department orOfficer thereof..[Page H998]]]> hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-01-22T17:03:00Z Fairness to Essential Workers Act 116 750 HR 2019-01-24 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. Related bill CRS 2019-01-22 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2019-01-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-01-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000800 Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] Peter Welch D VT N R000606 Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] Jamie Raskin D MD 8 2019-01-29 False L000563 Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] Daniel Lipinski D IL William 3 2019-01-29 False Government Operations and Politics Appropriations Executive agency funding and structure Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government Operations and Politics 00 2019-01-22 Introduced in House 2020-04-01T18:01:23Z Never Again Act

This bill requires that excepted federal and District of Columbia public employees who must perform work during a lapse in appropriations (i.e., a government shutdown) be paid, at their standard rate of pay, on scheduled pay dates.

Under current law, such employees must be paid at the earliest possible date after the lapse in appropriations ends.

]]> Never Again Act Display Title Never Again Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide pay to employees excepted from furlough during a Government shutdown, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Never Again Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr710ih/xml/BILLS-116hr710ih.xml 2019-01-22 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.