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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 6733
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.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 5, 2020
Ms. WEXTON (for herself, Ms. NORTON, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. BEYER, and Mr.
RASKIN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Reform
A BILL
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Frontline
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Worker Leave Protection Act’’.
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SEC. 2. RESTORE ANNUAL LEAVE.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6304(d) of title 5, United
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States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
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lowing new paragraph:
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‘‘(5) For the purposes of this subsection, the
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service of an employee responding to the COVID–19
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pandemic shall be deemed to be an exigency of the
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public business, and any leave that, by reason of
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such service, is lost by the employee by operation of
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this section (regardless of whether such leave was
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scheduled) shall be restored to the employee and
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shall be credited and available in accordance with
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paragraph (2).’’.
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(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub-
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section (a) shall apply to any leave lost before, on, or after
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the date of enactment of this Act.
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