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Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act

Introduced: January 28, 2021 See on congress.gov
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Jul 20, 2021
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 20, 2021
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 16.
Mar 16, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
Jan 28, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and House Administration, 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.
Jan 28, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act

This bill provides paid family and medical leave to federal employees.

Currently, federal employees are entitled to 12 weeks of administrative leave for one or more of the following reasons: (1) the birth of a child, (2) the adoption or foster care of a child, (3) the care of an immediate family member with a serious health condition, (4) inability to work due to a serious health condition, and (5) exigencies relating to an immediate family member's active duty service in the Armed Forces. However, of these reasons, employees are entitled to paid administrative leave only in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care of a child (i.e., parental leave).

The bill provides 12 weeks of paid administrative leave for any of these reasons, and specifies that this leave is in addition to any annual or sick leave to which employees are entitled.

What's happening now July 20, 2021

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1158 Related bill Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 32
All 32 Democratic 20
D
Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Sep 9, 2022
Lawson, Al
· Mar 29, 2022
Levin, Andy
· Mar 29, 2022
Kahele, Kaiali'i
· Sep 20, 2021
Ruppersberger, C.
· Sep 17, 2021
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Jul 22, 2021
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Jun 28, 2021
Sarbanes, John
· Jun 22, 2021
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Jun 22, 2021
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Jun 22, 2021
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Jun 4, 2021
Lawrence, Brenda
· Jun 4, 2021
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · May 17, 2021
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · May 13, 2021
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · May 13, 2021
COOPER, JAMES
· May 7, 2021
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · May 7, 2021
McNerney, Jerry
· May 7, 2021
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · May 7, 2021
 D
Williams, Nikema
Georgia · Apr 30, 2021
Brown, Anthony
· Apr 15, 2021
 D
Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · Apr 8, 2021
Luria, Elaine
· Mar 3, 2021
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Feb 18, 2021
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Feb 3, 2021
Wexton, Jennifer
· Feb 3, 2021
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Jan 28, 2021
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jan 28, 2021
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Jan 28, 2021
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 28, 2021
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Jan 28, 2021
Speier, Jackie
· Jan 28, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 564: Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-564/
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"H.R. 564: Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-564/.
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H.R. 564, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-564/.
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