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H.R. 1080 118th Congress House

COVID–19 Federal Employee Reinstatement Act

Official title: To provide for the reinstatement or compensation of Federal employees forced to resign their careers between September 9, 2021, and January 24, 2022, because o… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To provide for the reinstatement or compensation of Federal employees forced to resign their careers between September 9, 2021, and January 24, 2022, because of the Federal COVID-19 vaccination mandate, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 17, 2023 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Feb 17, 2023
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 Latest action February 17, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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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COVID-19 Federal Employee Reinstatement Act

This bill requires federal agencies to reinstate or compensate former employees who separated from the agency due to COVID-19 vaccination requirements during a certain period.

Specifically, agencies must reinstate or compensate employees who voluntarily or involuntarily separated from the agency between September 9, 2021, and January 24, 2022, due to the COVID-19 vaccination requirements of Executive Order 14043. (The executive order required all federal employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. A federal court blocked implementation of the order on January 21, 2022. An appellate court reinstated the order on April 7, 2022.)

Employees may choose to be reinstated to their former position (or a comparable position) or to receive a payment that is commensurate with any lost pay during this time period. Employees who subsequently obtained a new federal position are entitled to payment that is commensurate with any difference in pay, if the new position pays less than the previous position. The bill also provides for the treatment of such payments or service with respect to taxes and retirement annuities, including allowing the months in which an employee was separated from service during this time period to count as qualifying service for purposes of retirement.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1080: COVID–19 Federal Employee Reinstatement Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1080/
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"H.R. 1080: COVID–19 Federal Employee Reinstatement Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1080/.
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H.R. 1080, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1080/.
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