3.0.0 3561 2022-02-08T23:23:06Z 2022-02-08T23:23:06Z Senate S 2020-03-22 116 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-03-22T21:11:00Z 2020-03-22 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-03-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD N L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2020-03-22 True S001191 Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ] Kyrsten Sinema D AZ 2020-03-22 True Government Operations and Politics Cardiovascular and respiratory health Commuting Computers and information technology Emergency medical services and trauma care Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Infectious and parasitic diseases Government Operations and Politics 00 2020-03-22 Introduced in Senate 2020-04-13T14:48:45Z Emergency Telework Act of 2020

This bill requires each federal agency (executive, legislative, and judicial) to allow eligible employees to telework full-time during the public health emergency declared on January 31, 2020, relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). An employee is considered eligible if the employee has not received specified disciplinary action and is otherwise determined eligible by the agency.

In the event the public health emergency is renewed, the bill's requirements continue to apply if the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in coordination with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), determines the requirements would reduce the spread of COVID-19. If the requirements no longer apply, agencies may still allow high-risk employees or employees at certain work sites to telework full-time during the renewal period.

Additionally, OPM must, in coordination with HHS, develop an expansive telework policy for use in future outbreaks of infectious diseases.

]]> Emergency Telework Act of 2020 Display Title Emergency Telework Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Emergency Telework Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require Federal agencies to permit employees to telework full-time during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3561is/xml/BILLS-116s3561is.xml 2020-03-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.