Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019

Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019
Long title	An Act To provide for the compensation of Federal and other government employees affected by lapses in appropriations.
Enacted by	the 116th United States Congress
Effective	January 16, 2019
Citations
Public law	Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 116–1 (text) (PDF)
Statutes at Large	133 Stat. 3
Codification
Titles amended	31 U.S.C.: Money and Finance
U.S.C. sections amended	31 U.S.C. § 1341
Legislative history
	Introduced in the Senate as S. 24 by Ben Cardin (D–MD) on January 3, 2019; Passed the Senate on January 10, 2019 (voice vote); Passed the House of Representatives on January 11, 2019 (411–7); Signed into law by President Donald Trump on January 16, 2019;

The Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019 (GEFTA) is a United States federal law which requires retroactive pay and leave accrual for federal employees affected by the furlough as a result of the 2018–19 federal government shutdown and any future lapses in appropriations. The Act is an amendment to the Anti-Deficiency Act, which governs federal procedures during a lapse in annual appropriations.

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