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HR 8457 116th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Emergency medical services and trauma care Employee leave Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Infectious and parasitic diseases

Federal Worker Leave Fairness Act of 2020

Introduced: October 20, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and the Judiciary, 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.
Sep 30, 2020
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Federal Worker Leave Fairness Act of 2020

This bill restores leave that is lost by federal employees during a public health emergency relating to a pandemic. Specifically, the bill restores leave for employees of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government that was lost because the employee's accumulated leave exceeded the maximum amount that is otherwise allowable.

The bill applies to leave that is lost on or after the date of enactment of this bill.

What's happening now September 30, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and the Judiciary, 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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3
CLAY, WM.
· Oct 20, 2020
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Oct 20, 2020
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Sep 30, 2020
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Sep 30, 2020
Wexton, Jennifer
· Sep 30, 2020
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8457: Federal Worker Leave Fairness Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8457/
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"H.R. 8457: Federal Worker Leave Fairness Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8457/.
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H.R. 8457, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8457/.
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