[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 780 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 780

  To provide reimbursement to certain Federal employees for childcare 
   expenses during the lapse in appropriations beginning on or about 
                           December 22, 2018.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 24, 2019

Ms. Omar (for herself, Ms. Norton, Ms. Moore, Ms. Pressley, Ms. Ocasio-
     Cortez, Mr. Hastings, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. 
 Blumenauer, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Nadler, Mr. 
Cicilline, Mr. Foster, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Cox of California, Ms. Wasserman 
 Schultz, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Schakowsky, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Levin of 
 Michigan, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Hill of California, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. 
Soto, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Meeks, Mrs. Lawrence, and 
    Mr. Carson of Indiana) introduced the following bill; which was 
           referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide reimbursement to certain Federal employees for childcare 
   expenses during the lapse in appropriations beginning on or about 
                           December 22, 2018.

    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 ``Federal Worker Childcare Protection 
Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. CHILDCARE REIMBURSEMENT.

    Any Federal employee who is furloughed or working without receiving 
a paycheck during the lapse in appropriations beginning on or about 
December 22, 2018, and paying for childcare during such lapse shall 
receive reimbursement for such care--
            (1) subject to appropriations; and
            (2) if such an employee can provide documentation to the 
        General Services Administration in the form a of a receipt from 
        a childcare provider.
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