S. 242: Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015
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S. 242: Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015
114th Congress · introduced 2015-01-22 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Held at the desk.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-01-22 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title
Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015
Plain summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.) Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) Entitles any federal employee who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at 30% or more, during the 12-month period beginning on the first day of employment, to up to 104 hours of leave, without loss or reduction in pay, for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disability for which sick leave could regularly be used. Requires the forfeiture of any such leave that is not used during such 12-month period. Requires such employee to submit to the head of the employing agency certification that such employee used such leave for purposes of being furnished treatment for such disability by a health care provider.
Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate without amendment), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate without amendment)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · 2 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 242, Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015 (2015-03-31)
Cosponsors on this site
Jerry Moran (R-KS)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate without amendment)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s242.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>
Record fed-us-cong114-s242 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114