3.0.0 8541 2023-01-11T13:44:34Z 2023-01-11T13:44:34Z House HR 2020-10-06 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 174 (Tuesday, October 6, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KILMER:H.R. 8541.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H5673]]]> hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-10-06T13:03:25Z 2020-10-06 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2020-10-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-10-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000381 Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] Derek Kilmer D WA 6 N F000466 Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] Brian Fitzpatrick R PA K. 1 2020-10-06 True C001078 Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] Gerald Connolly D VA E. 11 2020-10-06 True W000825 Rep. Wexton, Jennifer [D-VA-10] Jennifer Wexton D VA 10 2020-10-20 False Government Operations and Politics Cardiovascular and respiratory health Disability and paralysis Emergency medical services and trauma care Employee leave Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Infectious and parasitic diseases Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' medical care Government Operations and Politics 00 2020-10-06 Introduced in House 2020-11-10T12:31:50Z This bill allows certain veterans who are federal employees to retain disabled veteran leave for a longer period of time, and restores leave that was forfeited due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

Currently, veterans may use specific medical leave for purposes of receiving treatment for service-connected disabilities during the first 12 months of federal employment; unused leave must be forfeited after this period.

The bill allows veterans whose first day of federal employment is between March 1, 2019, and June 1, 2021, to use such medical leave during the first 24 months of their employment. The bill also restores forfeited leave to these veterans if treatment was unavailable at a Veterans Affairs medical provider due to COVID-19; restored leave must be used within 12 months of initial forfeiture.

]]> To help ensure that COVID-19 does not prevent disabled veterans from using the medical treatment leave to which such veterans are entitled, and for other purposes. Display Title To help ensure that COVID-19 does not prevent disabled veterans from using the medical treatment leave to which such veterans are entitled, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced To help ensure that COVID-19 does not prevent disabled veterans from using the medical treatment leave to which such veterans are entitled, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr8541ih/xml/BILLS-116hr8541ih.xml 2020-10-06 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.