Fight to pay TSA agents, disaster recovery employees, and cybersecurity experts.

I hope he will work across the aisle and join Democrats in the fight to pay TSA agents, disaster recovery employees, and cybersecurity experts.

Welch said he hoped the DHS nominee would join Democrats in the fight to pay TSA agents, disaster recovery employees, and cybersecurity experts.

Welch Opposes Mullin’s Nomination to Lead DHS
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Roll Call 9 was on passage of H.J.Res.1, making further continuing appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for FY2019. The measure passed 239-192; Welch, Democrat of Vermont, voted Aye.

Welch took a concrete House vote to reopen and fund DHS during the 2018-2019 lapse, directly covering the department that includes TSA, FEMA disaster recovery, and federal cybersecurity functions. The bill passed the House but did not become law.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives: Roll Call 9, H.J.Res.1
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Congress.gov says H.J.Res.1 would provide continuing FY2019 DHS appropriations, end the partial DHS shutdown that began December 22, 2018, and compensate DHS employees furloughed during the lapse.

This official bill summary confirms that the House measure Welch supported was targeted at restoring DHS funding and employee compensation, but its final status was only Passed House.

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Congress.gov: H.J.Res.1 - Making further continuing appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2019
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Roll Call 28 was on S.24, the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act. The House passed it 411-7; Welch, Democrat of Vermont, voted Yea.

Welch voted for the back-pay bill that became the controlling federal protection for furloughed and excepted federal employees affected by appropriations lapses.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives: Roll Call 28, S.24
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Public Law 116-1 provides that each federal employee furloughed during a covered lapse shall be paid for the lapse, and each excepted employee required to work shall be paid for that work at the earliest possible date after the lapse ends.

The enacted law delivered pay protection for federal employees affected by the 2018-2019 shutdown and future covered lapses, which covers federal TSA, FEMA, and cybersecurity personnel when affected by a lapse.

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GovInfo: Public Law 116-1, Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019
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Congress.gov states that Public Law 116-5 provided continuing FY2019 appropriations through February 15, 2019, ended the partial government shutdown, and made appropriations available to compensate furloughed employees under current law.

The enacted continuing resolution reopened the affected agencies and supplied appropriations needed to pay employees after the lapse, completing the practical delivery of the pay commitment after earlier House efforts.

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Congress.gov: H.J.Res.28 - Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019
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Public Law 116-5 made amounts for personnel pay, allowances, and benefits available for obligations under 31 U.S.C. 1341(c), and treated the covered time as including the lapse beginning on or about December 22, 2018.

This law supplied the appropriations mechanism for paying affected federal personnel after the shutdown, reinforcing that the commitment was delivered at the statutory and funding level.

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GovInfo: Public Law 116-5, Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019
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