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S. 242 114th Congress Senate

Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015

Official title: A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide leave to any new Federal employee who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at 30 perc… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide leave to any new Federal employee who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at 30 percent or more for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disability, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 28, 2015 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCongressional oversightDisability and paralysisEmployee leave
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Government employee pay, benefits, personnel managementOffice of Personnel Management (OPM)Postal serviceVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationVeterans' medical care
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 29, 2015
Held at the desk.
Jul 29, 2015
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jul 29, 2015
Received in the House.
Jul 28, 2015
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6085; text as passed Senate: CR S6085)
Jul 28, 2015
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6085; text as passed Senate: CR S6085)
Jul 23, 2015
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 160.
Jul 23, 2015
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 114-89.
Mar 4, 2015
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jan 22, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jan 22, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action July 29, 2015

Held at the desk.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.)

Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015

(Sec. 2) 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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 313 Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015
 Bill text 3 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 1
Toomey, Patrick
· Jul 28, 2015
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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Jan 22, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 242: Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-242/
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"S. 242: Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-242/.
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S. 242, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-242/.
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