1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Providing Pay for Essential Employees Act”.
Providing Pay for Essential Employees Act
A BILL
Making appropriations for Federal employees working during the Government shutdown beginning on or about December 22, 2018, and for other purposes.
2. Payment of salaries of excepted Government employees
There are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as are necessary to pay, during the period of a lapse in discretionary appropriations beginning on or about December 22, 2018, the salaries and expenses of any officer or employee of the Federal Government who is excepted from the furlough resulting from such lapse.