3.0.0 3095 2022-12-30T07:48:45Z 2022-12-30T07:48:45Z Senate S 2021-10-28 117 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-10-28T15:00:29Z HERD Act 117 5903 HR 2021-11-05 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. Related bill CRS Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1948) to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify authorities relating to the collective bargaining of employees in the Veterans Health Administration; providing for consideration of the bill (S. 3905) to prevent organizational conflicts of interest in Federal acquisition, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (S. 4003) to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for training on alternatives to use of force, de-escalation, and mental and behavioral health and suicidal crises; providing for the consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1437) to amend the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 to direct the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide comprehensive and regularly updated Federal precipitation information, and for other purposes; relating to consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R 2617) to amend section 1115 of title 31, United States Code, to amend the description of how performance goals are achieved, and for other purposes; and for other purposes. 117 1518 HRES 2022-12-14 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. 14:09:02 Related bill House 2021-10-28 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-10-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000571 Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] Cynthia Lummis R WY M. N M001198 Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] Roger Marshall R KS 2021-10-28 True H001079 Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] Cindy Hyde-Smith R MS 2021-10-28 True R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD 2021-10-28 True S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL 2021-10-28 True B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN 2021-10-28 True B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2021-10-28 True S001198 Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] Dan Sullivan R AK 2022-11-14 False Government Operations and Politics Cardiovascular and respiratory health Emergency medical services and trauma care Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Immunology and vaccination Infectious and parasitic diseases Worker safety and health Government Operations and Politics 00 2021-10-28 Introduced in Senate 2022-02-18T19:47:10Z Having Employees Return to Duty Act of 2021 or the HERD Act of 2021

This bill addresses federal employees who comply with Executive Order 14043 (requiring COVID-19 vaccination for federal employees).

Specifically, the bill requires each federal agency, with respect to each agency employee who has complied with such order, to require the employee to work from that employee's duty station and to work the hours required as of February 15, 2020.

If such an employee was not employed by the applicable agency as of that date, that requirement shall apply to the employee with respect to duty station and hours of the individual who occupied that position as of that date.

An agency may implement different policies than, or supplemental policies to, those requirements, including by requiring social distancing at a particular work site, if the agency finds that (1) there is substantial transmission of COVID-19 within a community in which such requirements would otherwise be carried out, as determined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and (2) implementing those different or supplemental policies will not degrade the level of service that the agency provides to the public.

]]> HERD Act of 2021 Display Title HERD Act of 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced HERD Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Having Employees Return to Duty Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to address Federal employees who comply with Executive Order 14043, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3095is/xml/BILLS-117s3095is.xml 2021-10-28 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.