Essential Services Act of 2013

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 113th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

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17 cosponsors · 1 D, 16 R

9 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Essential Services Act of 2013 - Requires executive agency heads to exempt essential employees from furloughs required by sequestration. Defines "essential employee" as an employee that performs work involving the safety of human life or the protection of property.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Apr 15, 2013

Allows agencies to transfer their budgetary resources to carry out this Act, but only to maintain essential employees.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Essential Services Act of 2013

Latest action (Apr 15, 2013): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Policy area: Government Operations and Politics · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Apr 15, 2013

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.