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HR 6439 116th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Emergency medical services and trauma care Infectious and parasitic diseases Military personnel and dependents National Guard and reserves Wages and earnings Worker safety and health

Hazard Pay Expansion Act

Introduced: May 8, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Apr 3, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Apr 3, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Hazard Pay Expansion Act

This bill permits the uniformed services to pay hazardous duty pay to a servicemember who, during a declared national public health emergency, performs duty deemed hazardous based upon frequent exposure to the cause of that public health emergency.

What's happening now April 3, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3
D
Correa, J. Luis
California · May 8, 2020
Luria, Elaine
· May 8, 2020
Heck, Denny
· Apr 14, 2020
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Apr 14, 2020
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 14, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6439: Hazard Pay Expansion Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6439/
MLA
"H.R. 6439: Hazard Pay Expansion Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6439/.
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H.R. 6439, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6439/.
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[H.R. 6439: Hazard Pay Expansion Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6439/)
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