,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dggg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #cj 
7legislative day1 ,september #bi71      
#bjbj,ms4 ,hirono 7for herself1 ,mr4    
,brown1 ,mrs4 ,murray1 ,mr4 ,sanders1   
,ms4 ,duckworth1 ,mr4 ,schatz1 ,mr4     
,cardin1 and ,ms4 ,warren7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to restore leave  
lost by ,federal employees during       
certain public health emergencies1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,federal 
,worker ,leave ,fairness ,act of #bjbj4 
#b4 ,restoration of leave  7a7          
,definitions ,in this section-- 7#a7 the
 term agency means each agency1 office1 
or other establishment in the executive1
 legislative1 or judicial branch of the 
,federal ,government1 including-- 7,a7  
the ,federal ,aviation ,administration2 
7,b7 the ,transportation ,security      

,administration2  7,c7 the ,department  
of ,veterans ,affairs2  7,d7 the ,united
 ,states ,postal ,service2  7,e7 the    
,postal ,regulatory ,commission2  7,f7  
the ,library of ,congress2 and  7,g7 the
 ,government ,accountability ,office2   
and  7#b7 the term employee-- 7,a7 means
 an employee of an agency2 and  7,b7    
includes-- 7i7 a covered employee1 as   
that term is defined in section #aja of 
the ,congressional ,accountability ,act 
of #aiie 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #acja71 other    
than an applicant for employment2  7ii7 
a covered employee1 as that term is     
defined in section #daa7;c7 of title #c1
 ,united ,states ,code2  7iii7 an       
employee of the ,department of ,veterans
 ,affairs1 including an employee        
appointed under chapter #gd of title    
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 without     
regard to whether section #gdba7;a7 of  
that title1 section #gdbe7;b7 of that   
title1 or any other provision of chapter
 #gd of that title is inconsistent with 
that inclusion2  7iv7 an employee of the

 ,transportation ,security              
,administration1 including an employee  
under section #aaa7;d7 of the ,aviation 
and ,transportation ,security ,act 7#di 
,u4,s4,c4 #ddice note72  7v7 a ,foreign 
,service officer2  7vi7 an employee of  
the ,diplomatic ,security ,service of   
the ,department of ,state2 and  7vii7   
any other individual occupying a        
position in the civil service1 as that  
term is defined in section #baja7a7 of  
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4  7b7   
,restoration of leave ,any leave lost by
 an employee during a pandemic declared 
to be a nationwide public health        
emergency under section #cai of the     
,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #bdg;d7 because the amount of 
the leave accumulated by the employee   
would have been in excess of the maximum
 amount that may be accumulated by the  
employee under any provision of law or  
policy 7including under section #fcjd of
 title #e1 ,united ,states ,code7 shall 
be restored to the employee4  7c7       

,applicability ,subsection 7b7 shall    
apply to any leave lost on or after the 
date of enactment of this ,act4