Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015
Latest action · Nov 5, 2015 Became Public Law No: 114-75.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 13, 2015
- Passed HouseSep 28, 2015
- Passed SenateOct 26, 2015
- To the PresidentOct 28, 2015
- Became lawNov 5, 2015Public Law 114-75
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)
Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015
(Sec. 2) Entitles any federal employee who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at 30% or more, during the 12-month period beginning on the first day of employment, to up to 104 hours of leave, without loss or reduction in pay, for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disability for which sick leave could regularly be used. Requires the forfeiture of any such leave that is not used during such 12-month period.
Requires such employee to submit to the head of the employing agency certification that such employee used such leave for purposes of being furnished treatment for such disability by a health care provider.
Cosponsors 33
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 13, 2015 to May 14, 2015; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Blake Farenthold | Original | Jan 13, 2015 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jan 13, 2015 |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Original | Jan 13, 2015 |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Original | Jan 13, 2015 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Jan 13, 2015 |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Original | Jan 13, 2015 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Feb 3, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Feb 3, 2015 | |
| R-FL | David W. Jolly | Feb 3, 2015 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Feb 3, 2015 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Feb 3, 2015 | |
| D-NE | Brad Ashford | Feb 13, 2015 | |
| D-CT | Elizabeth H. Esty | Feb 13, 2015 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Feb 13, 2015 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Feb 13, 2015 | |
| D-HI | Mark Takai | Feb 13, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Feb 13, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Feb 13, 2015 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Feb 13, 2015 | |
| R-OH | Steve Stivers | Feb 13, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Feb 13, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Feb 26, 2015 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Feb 26, 2015 | |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Feb 26, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Feb 26, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Mar 26, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Mar 26, 2015 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Mar 26, 2015 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Mar 26, 2015 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Mar 26, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Mar 26, 2015 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | May 14, 2015 | |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | May 14, 2015 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jan 13, 2015Markup Jan 27, 2015Reported Jun 25, 2015 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Sep 29, 2015Discharged Oct 26, 2015 |
Actions 19
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 5, 2015Signed by President.
- Nov 5, 2015Became Public Law No: 114-75.
- Oct 28, 2015Presented to President.
- Oct 27, 2015Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Oct 26, 2015Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7495)
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7495 | Rob Portman R-OH | Oct 26, 2015 |
| House | Debate and remarks H6268, H6269Text printed H6268 | Stephen F. Lynch D-MA, Tim Walberg R-MI | Sep 28, 2015 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Mar 6, 2015H.R. 313, Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on January 27, 2015
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 6, January 13, 2015, page H359.
CRS reports 5
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 5
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R43926 | Cuba: Issues and Actions in the 114th Congress Archived | Report | Jan 18, 2017 |
| R44199 | Congressional Redistricting: Legal and Constitutional Issues | Report | Apr 14, 2016 |
| R44059 | Department of Housing and Urban Development: FY2016 Appropriations Archived | Report | Feb 12, 2016 |
| R44063 | Department of Transportation (DOT): FY2016 Appropriations Archived | Report | Dec 21, 2015 |
| R44062 | Congressional Action on FY2016 Appropriations Measures Archived | Report | Nov 23, 2015 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 242 | Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015 | Related bill | Jul 29, 2015 |
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide leave to any new Federal employee who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at 30 percent or more for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disability, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Enacted
- Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Disability and paralysis
- Employee leave
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government Operations and Politics
- Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
- Postal service
- U.S. Postal Service
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Veterans' medical care
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Sep 29, 2015Referred in Senate
- Sep 28, 2015Engrossed in House
- Jun 25, 2015Reported in House
- Jan 13, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
