[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4777 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4777

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 30 (legislative day, September 29), 2020

   Ms. Hirono (for herself, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Sanders, Ms. 
   Duckworth, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Cardin, and Ms. Warren) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
               Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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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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