[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6439 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6439

   To amend title 37, United States Code, to extend eligibility for 
hazardous duty pay to members of the uniformed services exposed to the 
              cause of a declared public health emergency.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 3, 2020

Mr. Cunningham introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 37, United States Code, to extend eligibility for 
hazardous duty pay to members of the uniformed services exposed to the 
              cause of a declared public health emergency.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Hazard Pay Expansion Act''.

SEC. 2. HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY FOR MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES 
              EXPOSED TO THE CAUSE OF A DECLARED PUBLIC HEALTH 
              EMERGENCY.

    Section 351(a) of title 37, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or'';
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) during a public health emergency declared pursuant to 
        section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d), 
        performs duty designated by the Secretary concerned as 
        hazardous duty based upon frequent exposure to the cause of 
        that public health emergency.''.
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