[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2842 Introduced in House (IH)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 2842

  To provide for interest-free loans for furloughed Federal employees.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 1996

 Mr. Longley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Government Reform and Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for interest-free loans for furloughed Federal employees.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. INTEREST-FREE LOANS FOR FURLOUGHED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during any period of 
lapsed appropriations during which this Act is enacted, the Secretary 
of the Treasury shall, in accordance with this section, provide for the 
issuance of loans to furloughed Federal employees, free of interest, 
from funds otherwise available in the Civil Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund or the Thrift Savings Fund. The total amount of such 
loans which may be issued to any such furloughed Federal employee as of 
any date may not exceed the total amount of basic pay which has not 
been paid to such employee, for such period of lapsed appropriations, 
by reason of the lapse in appropriations. The total amount of any such 
loan (outstanding with respect to any such employee as of the 
termination of such period of lapsed appropriations) shall be repaid--
            (1) in the case of any furloughed Federal employee 
        remaining so employed as of the end of the period of lapsed 
        appropriations, by means of withholding by the Secretary of the 
        Treasury from any payment made to such employee of basic pay 
        remaining unpaid for such period of lapsed appropriations and 
        depositing the amount withheld in the Fund from which the loan 
        was made, or
            (2) in any other case, by such means as the Secretary shall 
        provide.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act--
            (1) Period of lapsed appropriations.--The term ``period of 
        lapsed appropriations'' means, in connection with a furloughed 
        Federal employee, any period during which appropriations are 
        not available due to the absence of the timely enactment of any 
        Act or joint resolution appropriating funds for the agency in 
        which that employee is employed.
            (2) Furloughed federal employee.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``furloughed Federal 
                employee'' means an employee of the Federal Government 
                or the District of Columbia who is not paid for any 
                period because such period is included in a period of 
                lapsed appropriations.
                    (B) Exclusion of political appointees.--Such term 
                does not include an individual who--
                            (i) is employed in a position on the 
                        executive schedule under sections 5312 through 
                        5316 of title 5, United States Code,
                            (ii) is a limited term appointee, limited 
                        emergency appointee, or noncareer appointee in 
                        the senior executive service as defined under 
                        paragraph (5), (6), or (7) of section 3132(a) 
                        of title 5, United States Code, respectively, 
                        or
                            (iii) is employed in a position in the 
                        executive branch of the Government of a 
                        confidential or policy-determining character 
                        under Schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of 
                        title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
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