Political Quotes

“I further ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 2274) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed as follows: S. 2274 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 ``Federal Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2017''. SEC. 2. COMPENSATION FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AFFECTED BY A LAPSE IN APPROPRIATIONS. Section 1341 of title 31, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``An officer'' and inserting ``Except as specified in this subchapter or any other provision of law, an officer''; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(c)(1) In this subsection-- ``(A) the term `covered lapse in appropriations' means any lapse in appropriations that begins on or after December 22, 2017; and ``(B) the term `excepted employee' means an excepted employee or an employee performing emergency work, as such terms are defined by the Office of Personnel Management.…”