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H.R. 564: Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act

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H.R. 564: Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-01-28 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-01-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act

Plain summary

Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act This bill provides paid family and medical leave to federal employees. Currently, federal employees are entitled to 12 weeks of administrative leave for one or more of the following reasons: (1) the birth of a child, (2) the adoption or foster care of a child, (3) the care of an immediate family member with a serious health condition, (4) inability to work due to a serious health condition, and (5) exigencies relating to an immediate family member's active duty service in the Armed Forces. However, of these reasons, employees are entitled to paid administrative leave only in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care of a child (i.e., parental leave). The bill provides 12 weeks of paid administrative leave for any of these reasons, and specifies that this leave is in addition to any annual or sick leave to which employees are entitled.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] · 37 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 564, Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act (2021-09-15)

Cosponsors on this site

Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), Adam Smith (D-WA), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Nikema Williams (D-GA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Peter Welch (D-VT), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr564 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117