S 204
116th Congress
Senate
Taxation
Appropriations
Credit and credit markets
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Income tax deferral
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Emergency Relief for Federal Workers Act of 2019
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 24, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S588)
Jan 24, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Emergency Relief for Federal Workers Act of 2019
This bill allows federal employees who are affected by a government shutdown to make certain penalty-free withdrawals from their Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) accounts. The bill waives various penalties and requirements that would otherwise apply to TSP distributions and loans during a government shutdown.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S588)
Committees of jurisdiction
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