FEDERAL EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION FOLLOWING HIGHWAY TRUST FUND EXPIRATION.

SEC. 108. FEDERAL EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION FOLLOWING HIGHWAY TRUST FUND EXPIRATION. (a) [23 U.S.C. 101 note] In General.—Each employee of the United States Government furloughed as a result of a covered lapse in Highway Trust Fund expenditure authority shall be paid for the period of the covered lapse, and each excepted employee who is required to perform work during a covered lapse shall be paid for such work, at the employee’s standard rate of pay, at the earliest date possible after the covered lapse ends, regardless of scheduled pay dates, and subject to availability of funds. (b) Covered Lapse.—In this section, the term “covered lapse in Highway Trust Fund expenditure authority” means any lapse in authority to make expenditures from the Highway Trust Fund that begins on— (1) October 1, 2021, and ends on or before the date of enactment of this Act; or (2) November 1, 2021, and ends on or before the date of enactment of the Further Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2021.