1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Employees Civil Relief Act . 2. Purpose The purpose of this Act is to provide for the temporary suspension of judicial and administrative proceedings and transactions that may adversely affect the civil rights of Federal workers during a shutdown. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Consumer reporting agency The term consumer reporting agency has the meaning given the term in section 603(f) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1681a(f) ). (2) Contractor The term contractor has the meaning given the term in section 7101 of title 41, United States Code. (3) Court; judgment; State The terms court , judgment , and State have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act ( 50 U.S.C. 3911 ). (4) Covered period The term covered period means the period beginning on the date on which a shutdown begins and ending on the date that is 30 days after the date on which that shutdown ends. (5) Federal worker The term Federal worker — (A) means an employee of a Government agency; and (B) includes an employee of a contractor. (6) Government agency The term Government agency means each authority of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Government of the United States. (7) Shutdown The term shutdown means any period in which— (A) there is more than a 24-hour lapse in appropriations for any Government agency or Federal department as a result of a failure to enact a regular appropriations bill or continuing resolution; or (B) the debt of the United States Government is greater than the statutory limit under section 3101 of title 31, United States Code. 4. Jurisdiction (a) Jurisdiction This Act shall apply to— (1) the United States; (2) each of the States, including each political subdivision of a State