[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3447 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3447

   To 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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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 12, 2013

Mr. Brady of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
   To 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.

    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 Federal Employee Double 
Dip Elimination Act''.

SEC. 2. 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.
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