Bill Guaranteeing Back Pay For Federal Workers Signed Into Law

WASHINGTON (WJZ) — A new bill will now provide back pay for furloughed federal workers, after President Trump signed it into law Wednesday afternoon.
The White House released a bill announcement Wednesday:
“S. 24, the ‘Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019,’ which requires the compensation of government employees for wages lost, work performed, or leave used during a lapse in appropriations that begins on or after December 22, 2018, and entitles excepted employee