HR 5229
113th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Disability and paralysis
Employee leave
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Postal service
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care
Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2014
Introduced: July 29, 2014
Introduced by:
Lynch, Stephen F.
Democratic
· Massachusetts
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 17, 2014
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Sep 17, 2014
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 29, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Jul 29, 2014
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2014 - Entitles any federal employee who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at 30% or more, during the 12-month period beginning on the first day of employment, to up to 104 hours of leave, without loss or reduction in pay, for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disability for which sick leave could regularly be used. Requires the forfeiture of any such leave that is not used during such 12-month period.
Requires such employee to submit to the head of the employing agency certification that such employee used such leave for purposes of being furnished treatment for such disability by a health care provider.
What's happening now
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Committees of jurisdiction
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