Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act
This bill expands paid family and medical leave for federal employees by increasing total entitlement from 12 to 26 weeks annually. It modifies existing laws to cover all federal workers (including those at the GAO, USPS, Library of Congress, and congressional staff), replacing "parental leave" with broader "family and medical leave" and adding 14 additional weeks for qualifying events like childbirth, adoption, or serious health conditions. Employees who already used paid leave under other programs will have their new entitlement reduced by the days already taken. The changes apply immediately to most federal employees, with specific timelines for agencies like the Veterans Affairs Department and District of Columbia courts.
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Feb 2023
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Introduced Feb 7, 2023
Last action Feb 7, 2023
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Feb 7, 2023
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Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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.
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Feb 7, 2023
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1 primary · 56 co-sponsors
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Donald S. Beyer, Jr.
DDemocratic
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Adam Smith
DDemocratic
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Alma S. Adams
DDemocratic
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Andy Kim
DDemocratic
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Bonnie Watson Coleman
DDemocratic
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Brian Higgins
DDemocratic
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Brian K. Fitzpatrick
RRepublican
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C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger
DDemocratic
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Chrissy Houlahan
DDemocratic
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Christopher H. Smith
RRepublican
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Daniel S. Goldman
DDemocratic
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