Federal Frontline Worker Leave Protection Act
Latest action · May 5, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
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.
- IntroducedMay 5, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Federal Frontline Worker Leave Protection Act
This bill restores annual leave that is lost by federal employees who respond to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.
The bill applies retroactively.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 5, 2020 to Sep 24, 2020; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-GU | Michael F. Q. San Nicolas | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | May 15, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | May 15, 2020 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Jul 9, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Sep 17, 2020 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Sep 17, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Max Rose | Sep 24, 2020 |
Committees 1
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 May 5, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 5, 2020Introduced in House
- May 5, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 84, May 5, 2020, page H1980.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-70 | BUSINESS AS USUAL? ASSESSING HOW DHS CAN RESUME OPERATIONS SAFELY42 pages | Homeland Security Committee | Jun 16, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend section 6304 of title 5, United States Code, to restore annual leave lost by certain Federal employees due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Federal Frontline Worker Leave Protection Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 5, 2020Introduced 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.
