[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2814 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2814

  To provide authority to compensate Federal employees for the 14-day 
  period in which authority to make expenditures from the Airport and 
           Airway Trust Fund lapsed, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 9, 2011

Mr. LoBiondo (for himself, Mr. Mica, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. King of New 
    York, Mr. Runyan, and Mr. Connolly of Virginia) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
 and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 
 Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide authority to compensate Federal employees for the 14-day 
  period in which authority to make expenditures from the Airport and 
           Airway Trust Fund lapsed, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Furloughed FAA Employees 
Compensation Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. COMPENSATION AND RATIFICATION OF AUTHORITY.

    (a) Compensation for Federal Employees.--Any Federal employees 
furloughed as a result of the lapse in expenditure authority from the 
Airport and Airway Trust Fund after 11:59 p.m. on July 22, 2011, 
through August 5, 2011, shall be compensated for the period of that 
lapse at their standard rates of compensation, as determined under 
policies established by the Secretary of Transportation.
    (b) Ratification of Essential Actions.--All actions taken by 
Federal employees, contractors, and grantees for the purposes of 
maintaining the essential level of Government operations, services, and 
activities to protect life and property and to bring about orderly 
termination of Government functions during the lapse in expenditure 
authority from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund after 11:59 p.m. on 
July 22, 2011, through August 5, 2011, are hereby ratified and approved 
if otherwise in accord with the provisions of the Airport and Airway 
Extension Act of 2011, Part IV (Public Law 112-27).
    (c) Funding.--Funds used by the Secretary to compensate employees 
described in subsection (a) shall be derived from funds previously 
authorized out of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and made available 
or limited to the Department of Transportation by the Full-Year 
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (division B of Public Law 112-10) 
and shall be subject to the obligation limitations established in such 
Act.
    (d) Expenditures From Airport and Airway Trust Fund.--To permit 
expenditures from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund to effectuate the 
purposes of this section, this section shall be deemed to be included 
in the Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2011, Part IV (Public Law 
112-27) as enacted.
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