[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5091 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5091

 To require the head of each agency to submit a report with respect to 
nonessential employees after any lapse in appropriations, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 26, 2018

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the head of each agency to submit a report with respect to 
nonessential employees after any lapse in appropriations, 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 ``Essential Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENT WITH RESPECT TO NONESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES.

    (a) In General.--In the case of a lapse in appropriations for an 
agency, not later than 120 days after the date on which such lapse in 
appropriations ends, the head of such agency shall submit to the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget a report on the 
following:
            (1) The name of each employee of the agency who was 
        furloughed as a result of the lapse in appropriations.
            (2) The job description of each such employee.
            (3) The rate of basic pay for each such employee.
    (b) Agency Defined.--In this section, the term ``agency'' has the 
meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
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