FEMA Intermittent Personnel Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 2022

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Bill Number

HR 7001

Introduced

Mar 8, 2022

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

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Government Operations and Politics

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Summary

FEMA Intermittent Personnel Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 2022

This bill makes employment protections under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) applicable to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reservists who deploy to major disaster and emergency sites. It allows such reservists to claim such rights under USERRA even if they do not provide notice of their absence from work due to deployment.

Actions

Mar 28, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Mar 9, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Mar 8, 2022

Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.
Mar 8, 2022

Introduced in House

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