1. Compensation for Federal and other government employees affected by the lapse in appropriations (a) Definitions In this section— (1) the term agency means each establishment in the Federal Government; (2) the term covered lapse in appropriations means the lapse in appropriations that began on or about December 22, 2018; (3) the term District of Columbia public employer means— (A) the District of Columbia Courts; (B) the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia; or (C) the District of Columbia government; and (4) the term excepted employee means an excepted employee or an employee performing emergency work, as such terms are defined by the Office of Personnel Management or the appropriate District of Columbia public employer, as applicable. (b) Pay During the period of the covered lapse in appropriations, the head of each agency or District of Columbia public employer that is subject to the covered lapse in appropriations shall compensate, at the employee's standard rate of compensation— (1) each employee of the agency or of a District of Columbia public employer who was furloughed as a result of the covered lapse in appropriations