Pandemic Leave Extension Act

Bill: 117-hr-3040
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2021-05-07
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Employee leave

Infectious and parasitic diseases
Latest action: action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, 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.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-05-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Pandemic Leave Extension Act</strong></p> <p>This bill extends until the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency the availability of emergency paid sick leave and emergency family and medical leave.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3040 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 7, 2021 Mr. Foster (for himself, Ms. Norton , Mr. Cooper , Ms. Lee of California , Mr. Cicilline , Mr. Soto , Mr. Smith of Washington , Mr. Evans , and Ms. Ross ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor , and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform , and House Administration , 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 A BILL To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act to extend paid leave, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pandemic Leave Extension Act . 2. Extension of Paid Leave (a) Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act The Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act ( 29 U.S.C. 2601 note) is amended— (1) in section 5102(b)(2), by inserting in each calendar year after paid sick time ; (2) in section 5103(b), (A) by striking Not later than and inserting (1) In general.— Not later than ; and (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (2) Updates The notice under paragraph (1) shall be updated and made publicly available not later than 7 days after the date of the enactment of the Pandemic Leave Extension Act. ; (3) in section 5108, by striking the period at the end and inserting or 15 days after the date of the enactment of the Pandemic Leave Extension Act. ; and (4) in section 5109, by striking December 31, 2020 and inserting the date that is the end of the public health emergency related to the coronavirus declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d ) . (b) Family and Medical Leave Act (1) Amendment The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ( 29 U.S.C. 2611 et seq.) is amended in section 102(a)(1)(F) ( 29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)(F) ), by striking December 31, 2020 and inserting the date that is the end of the public health emergency related to the coronavirus declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d ) . (2) Effective date The amendment under paragraph (1) shall take effect not later than 15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.