[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4879 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4879

    To exempt certain officers and employees of the Defense POW/MIA 
        Accounting Agency from furlough, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 28, 2019

  Mr. Lynch introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
    To exempt certain officers and employees of the Defense POW/MIA 
        Accounting Agency from furlough, 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 ``Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency 
Support Act''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTING CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF DEFENSE POW/MIA ACCOUNTING 
              AGENCY FROM FURLOUGH.

    (a) Administrative Furlough.--An officer or employee of the Defense 
POW/MIA Accounting Agency who is traveling on or conducting an 
accounting and recovery mission shall, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, rule, or regulation, be exempted from furlough. In 
this subsection, the term ``furlough''--
            (1) means the placement of an officer or employee in a 
        temporary status in which the officer or employee has no duties 
        and is not paid when the placement in such status is by reason 
        of insufficient work, funds, or for other nondisciplinary 
        reasons; and
            (2) does not include any furlough resulting from a lapse in 
        discretionary appropriations for the Agency.
    (b) Shutdown Furlough.--Any services by an officer or employee of 
the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency carried out while traveling on or 
conducting an accounting and recovery mission shall be deemed, for 
purposes of section 1342 of title 31, United States Code, services for 
emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection of 
property.
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