Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act
Latest action · Apr 15, 2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedApr 15, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act
This bill provides paid family and medical leave to federal employees.
Currently, federal employees are entitled to 12 weeks of administrative leave for one or more of the following reasons: (1) the birth of a child, (2) the adoption or foster care of a child, (3) the care of an immediate family member with a serious health condition, (4) inability to work due to a serious health condition, and (5) exigencies relating to an immediate family member's active duty service in the Armed Forces. However, of these reasons, employees are entitled to paid administrative leave only in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care of a child (i.e., parental leave).
The bill provides 12 weeks of paid administrative leave for any of these reasons, and specifies that this leave is in addition to any annual or sick leave to which employees are entitled.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 15, 2021 to Apr 26, 2022; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Jun 10, 2021 | |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Mar 1, 2022 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Mar 1, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | Mar 24, 2022 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Mar 24, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Apr 26, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Apr 15, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 15, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Apr 15, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 564 | Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act | Related bill | Jul 20, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide paid family and medical leave to Federal employees, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Adoption and foster care
- Aviation and airports
- Child care and development
- Congressional agencies
- Congressional officers and employees
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Transportation
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- District of Columbia
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Employee leave
- Executive Office of the President
- Government Accountability Office (GAO)
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government Operations and Politics
- Lawyers and legal services
- Library of Congress
- Military personnel and dependents
- National Guard and reserves
- Postal Regulatory Commission
- State and local government operations
- Transportation employees
- Transportation safety and security
- U.S. Postal Service
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 15, 2021Introduced in Senate
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