S 1440 United States Senate · 119th Congress

Uniformed Services Leave Parity Act

S 1440, the Uniformed Services Leave Parity Act, aligns leave policies for Public Health Service (PHS) officers with those for military personnel. It amends the Public Health Service Act to add Chapter 40 (Leave) to Section 221(a), granting PHS members the same uniformed services leave rights as active-duty military. This directly affects PHS officers (including doctors and public health workers in federal service), who previously had different leave rules. The bill repeals outdated Section 219 of the Public Health Service Act to implement this parity. The change creates a concrete policy shift by standardizing leave provisions between these two federal service groups.

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2025

Committee Review

Sep 2025

Senate Passage

Oct 2025

House Passage

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Introduced Apr 10, 2025 Last action Oct 17, 2025

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This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Oct 9, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7101; text: CR S7101)

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Oct 9, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

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Sep 8, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Cassidy without amendment. Without written report.

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Jul 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

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Apr 10, 2025

Committee

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Apr 10, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in Senate

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1 primary · 1 co-sponsor