Title: To amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to extend the availability of paid leave for Federal employees for purposes relating to COVID-19, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
This bill extends paid leave relating to COVID-19 (e.g., medical, caregiver, and immunization leave) for federal employees until December 31, 2022. The bill applies retroactively to October 1, 2021.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7723 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7723

      To amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to extend the 
availability of paid leave for Federal employees for purposes relating 
                  to COVID-19, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 11, 2022

 Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York (for himself, Mr. Connolly, and 
  Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York) introduced the following bill; 
  which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in 
   addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, 
     Homeland Security, and 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

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                                 A BILL


 
      To amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to extend the 
availability of paid leave for Federal employees for purposes relating 
                  to COVID-19, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF AVAILABILITY OF EMERGENCY PAID LEAVE RELATING 
              TO COVID-19 FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

    (a) Extension.--
            (1) In general.--Section 4001 of the American Rescue Plan 
        Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``September 30, 
                2022'' and inserting ``December 31, 2023''; and
                    (B) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``September 
                30, 2021'' and inserting ``December 31, 2022''.
            (2) FAA.--Section 7103 of such Act is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``September 30, 
                2022'' and inserting ``December 31, 2023''; and
                    (B) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``September 
                30, 2021'' and inserting ``December 31, 2022''.
            (3) TSA.--Section 7104 of such Act is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``September 30, 
                2022'' and inserting ``December 31, 2023''; and
                    (B) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``September 
                30, 2021'' and inserting ``December 31, 2022''.
            (4) VHA.--Section 8008 of such Act is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``September 20, 
                2022'' and inserting ``December 31, 2023''; and
                    (B) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``September 
                30, 2021'' and inserting ``December 31, 2022''.
    (b) Application.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply 
to any leave taken under such section 4001, 7103, 7104, or 8008 (as the 
case may be) by an employee during the period beginning on October 1, 
2021, and ending on December 31, 2022, subject to the terms and 
conditions of such applicable section.
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