Pay Federal Workers Act

“(f)

“(1) With respect to any lapse in appropriations beginning on or after December 22, 2018, each excepted Federal employee shall be, solely for the purpose of determining eligibility for unemployment compensation under this subchapter, deemed for the duration of the lapse in appropriations to be—

“(A) totally separated from Federal service; and

“(B) eligible for unemployment compensation benefits under this subchapter with no waiting period for such eligibility to accrue.

“(2) In this subsection, the term excepted Federal employee means a Federal employee who—

“(A) is an excepted employee or an employee performing emergency work, as such terms are defined by the Office of Personnel Management; and

“(B) is not being paid due to a lapse in appropriations.”