Federal Worker Leave Fairness Act of 2020

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8457 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8457

To restore leave lost by Federal employees during certain public health 
                  emergencies, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 30, 2020

   Mr. Kilmer (for himself, Ms. Wexton, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Case, and Mr. 
  Connolly) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on 
      House Administration, and the Judiciary, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To restore leave lost by Federal employees during certain public health 
                  emergencies, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Worker Leave Fairness Act of 
2020''.

SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF LEAVE.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``agency'' means each agency, office, or other 
        establishment in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch 
        of the Federal Government, including--
                    (A) the Federal Aviation Administration;
                    (B) the Transportation Security Administration;
                    (C) the Department of Veterans Affairs;
                    (D) the United States Postal Service;
                    (E) the Postal Regulatory Commission;
                    (F) the Library of Congress; and
                    (G) the Government Accountability Office; and
            (2) the term ``employee''--
                    (A) means an employee of an agency; and
                    (B) includes--
                            (i) a covered employee, as that term is 
                        defined in section 101 of the Congressional 
                        Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301), 
                        other than an applicant for employment;
                            (ii) a covered employee, as that term is 
                        defined in section 411(c) of title 3, United 
                        States Code;
                            (iii) an employee of the Department of 
                        Veterans Affairs, including an employee 
                        appointed under chapter 74 of title 38, United 
                        States Code, without regard to whether section 
                        7421(a) of that title, section 7425(b) of that 
                        title, or any other provision of chapter 74 of 
                        that title is inconsistent with that inclusion;
                            (iv) an employee of the Transportation 
                        Security Administration, including an employee 
                        under section 111(d) of the Aviation and 
                        Transportation Security Act (49 U.S.C. 44935 
                        note);
                            (v) a Foreign Service officer;
                            (vi) an employee of the Diplomatic Security 
                        Service of the Department of State; and
                            (vii) any other individual occupying a 
                        position in the civil service, as that term is 
                        defined in section 2101(1) of title 5, United 
                        States Code.
    (b) Restoration of Leave.--Any leave lost by an employee during a 
pandemic declared to be a nationwide public health emergency under 
section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) because 
the amount of the leave accumulated by the employee would have been in 
excess of the maximum amount that may be accumulated by the employee 
under any provision of law or policy (including under section 6304 of 
title 5, United States Code) shall be restored to the employee.
    (c) Applicability.--Subsection (b) shall apply to any leave lost on 
or after the date of enactment of this Act.
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