US Congress House Bill 678 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 71-1)
Status: Introduced on January 17 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-17 - Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 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.
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Appropriates funding to provide compensation to certain employees of contractors who lost pay or leave due to the lapse in appropriations that began on December 22, 2018. Each agency subject to such lapse shall adjust the price of any contract for which the contractor was ordered to suspend, delay, or stop work as a result of the lapse. The agency shall compensate the contractor for reasonable costs incurred to (1) provide compensation, at an employee's standard rate of compensation, to any employee who was furloughed or laid off, or who was not working, who experienced a reduction of hours, or who experienced a reduction in compensation, as a result of the lapse, for the period of the lapse; or (2) restore paid leave taken by any employee during the lapse, if the contractor required employees to use paid leave as a result of the lapse. The maximum amount of weekly compensation of an employee for which an adjustment may be made may not exceed the lesser of the employee's actual weekly compensation or $965.

Fair Compensation for Low-Wage Contractor Employees Act of 2019

Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. David Trone [D-MD]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]
Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Jeff Van Drew [R-NJ]	Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]
Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]
Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]
Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]
Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]
Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Kendra Horn [D-OK]
Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]	Rep. Jennifer Wexton [D-VA]
Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Katie Hill [D-CA]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]
Rep. Cindy Axne [D-IA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-17	House	Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 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.
2019-01-17	House	Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 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.
2019-01-17	House	Introduced in House

SB162 (Same As) 2019-01-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
HB824 (Related) 2019-01-28 - Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 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.
HB3055 (Related) 2019-11-21 - Became Public Law No: 116-69. (TXT | PDF)
HR708 (Similar To) 2019-11-19 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/678/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr678/BILLS-116hr678ih.pdf