(1) COVID–19 PUBLIC
HEALTH
EMERGENCY 
PERIOD.—The term ‘‘COVID–19 public health emer-
gency period’’ means the period— 
(A) beginning on the first date of the pub-
lic health emergency declared by the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services under section 
319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 247d) on January 31, 2020, with re-
spect to COVID–19; and 
(B) ending on the date on which the dec-
laration (including any renewal) terminates. 
(2) LABOR OR EMPLOYMENT LAW.—The term 
‘‘labor or employment law’’ means— 
(A) the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 
(29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.); 
(B) subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 
40, United States Code (commonly known as 
the ‘‘Davis-Bacon Act’’); 
(C) the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1974 (29 
U.S.C. 251 et seq.), for violations of the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 or subchapter IV 
of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code; 
(D) the Occupational Safety and Health 
Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.); 
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(E) the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural 
Worker Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 1801 et 
seq.); 
(F) the National Labor Relations Act (29 
U.S.C. 151 et seq.); 
(G) chapter 67 of title 41, United States 
Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Service Con-
tract Act of 1965’’); 
(H) section 2415 of title 28, United States 
Code, for violations of chapter 67 of title 41, 
United States Code; 
(I) title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 
(42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.); 
(J) the Age Discrimination in Employment 
Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 621 et seq.); 
(K) title I and section 503, for violations 
with respect to that title, of the Americans with 
Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12111 et 
seq., 12203); 
(L) title V of the Rehabilitation Act of 
1973 (29 U.S.C. 791 et seq.), for violations 
with respect to sections 501 and 503 of that 
title (29 U.S.C. 791, 793); 
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(M) title II of the Genetic Information 
Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 
2000ff et seq.); 
(N) sections 1977 and 1979 of the Revised 
Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1981, 1983); 
(O) chapter 43 of title 38, United States 
Code, for violations with respect to sections 
4311, 4312, 4313, 4316, 4317, and 4318 of 
that title; 
(P) title I of the Family and Medical 
Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) 
and the Emergency Family and Medical Leave 
Expansion Act (29 U.S.C. 2612, 2620 note); 
(Q) title 5, United States Code, for viola-
tions with respect to subchapter V of chapter 
63 of that title; 
(R) the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act 
(29 U.S.C. 2601 note); 
(S) the Government Employee Rights Act 
of 1991 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–16a et seq.); 
(T) the Congressional Accountability Act 
of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.), for violations 
described in sections 201, 202, 203, 206, 208, 
215, and 220, and the Genetic Information 
Nondiscrimination Act of 2008; and 
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(U) chapter 5 of title 3, United States 
Code, for violations described in sections 411, 
412, 413, 416, 417, 425, and 431 and the Ge-
netic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 
2008. 
(b) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) OVERLAP
INTERVAL.—In this subsection, 
the term ‘‘overlap interval’’ means the interval of an 
overlap between— 
(A) any limitations period for filing a 
claim, charge, filing, or other request for a Fed-
eral agency proceeding or complaint for a civil 
action under a labor or employment law; and 
(B) a COVID–19 public health emergency 
period. 
(2) EXTENSIONS
OF
LIMITATIONS
PERIOD.— 
Notwithstanding any provision of an Act or title de-
scribed in subsection (a)(2), or any other provision 
of law, if there is an overlap described in paragraph 
(1)(A) involving a limitations period described in 
that paragraph, the limitations period shall be— 
(A) extended to run through the 90th day 
after the last day of the COVID–19 public 
health emergency period; and 
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(B) extended again by the length of the 
overlap interval. 
Æ 
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