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H.R. 3223: Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act

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H.R. 3223: Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-09-30 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 208.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-09-30 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 525 (2013): On Passage, HR3223 (2013-10-05), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 208. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act - Provides for compensation of federal employees furloughed due to any lapse in appropriations that begins on or about October 1, 2013, for the period of such lapse in appropriations.

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Official text

Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] · 177 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), William R. Keating (D-MA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Peter Welch (D-VT), Mark Pocan (D-WI) and 117 more.

Recorded votes

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Appropriation
Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr3223 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113