Federal Workforce Health and Safety During the Pandemic Act

Bill: 116-hr-7341
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2020-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Architect of the Capitol
Atmospheric science and weather
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Commuting
Congressional agencies
Congressional officers and employees
Disability assistance
District of Columbia
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee leave
Employment taxes
Federal-Indian relations
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Government Publishing Office (GPO)
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
House of Representatives
Income tax credits
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Judicial procedure and administration
Labor standards
Library of Congress
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Self-employed
Social security and elderly assistance
State and local government operations
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: 

Federal Workforce Health and Safety During the Pandemic Act

 
This bill provides additional benefits and flexibilities for federal employees during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.
 
Among other things, the bill 
 
 
allows federal employees to be reimbursed for the cost of child care or for the care of a relative who has COVID-19, if the employee is unable to provide such care due to work constraints;
 
requires federal agencies to allow eligible employees to telework through December 31, 2020;
 
allows federal employees who are unable to travel to, or perform work at, an approved worksite due to the pandemic to receive weather and safety leave; and
 
establishes, and provides specified funds for, a pay differential for federal employees whose duties require a certain level of possible exposure to COVID-19.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in House