,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fgcc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #e1 #bjbj,ms4   
,wexton 7for herself1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4
 ,lynch1 ,mr4 ,beyer1 and ,mr4 ,raskin7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,oversight and ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
amend section #fcjd of title #e1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 to restore annual leave 
lost by certain ,federal employees due  
to the ,,covid-#ai pandemic4  #a4 ,short
 title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,federal ,frontline ,worker ,leave      
,protection ,act4  #b4 ,restore annual  
leave  7a7 ,in general ,section         
#fcjd7;d7 of title #e1 ,united ,states  
,code1 is amended by adding at the end  
the following new paragraph3  7#e7 ,for 
the purposes of this subsection1 the    
service of an employee responding to the
 ,,covid-#ai pandemic shall be deemed to
 be an exigency of the public business1 
and any leave that1 by reason of such   
service1 is lost by the employee by     

operation of this section 7regardless of
 whether such leave was scheduled7 shall
 be restored to the employee and shall  
be credited and available in accordance 
with paragraph 7#b74  4  7b7            
,applicability ,the amendment made by   
subsection 7a7 shall apply to any leave 
lost before1 on1 or after the date of   
enactment of this ,act4