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S. 2966 119th Congress Senate

Emergency Relief for Federal Workers Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to waive certain penalties for affected Federal employees receiving a distribution from the Thrift Savings Pl… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to waive certain penalties for affected Federal employees receiving a distribution from the Thrift Savings Plan during a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 1, 2025 Introduced by: Tim Kaine Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Oct 1, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2966: Emergency Relief for Federal Workers Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2966/
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"S. 2966: Emergency Relief for Federal Workers Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2966/.
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S. 2966, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2966/.
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[S. 2966: Emergency Relief for Federal Workers Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2966/)
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