United States HR 6655: Hazardous Duty Pay for Frontline Federal Workers Act

Status: Introduced in House (as of 2020-05-01)

State: United States · Session: 116 · Bill: HR 6655

Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures, Aviation and airports, Cardiovascular and respiratory health, Department of Homeland Security, Emergency medical services and trauma care, Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management, Infectious and parasitic diseases, Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Transportation safety and security, Worker safety and health

Sponsors: Donald M. Payne, Ann Kirkpatrick, BENNIE THOMPSON, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Dina Titus, Emanuel Cleaver, J. Luis Correa, Nanette Diaz Barragan, Xochitl Torres Small

Bill Text

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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION H. R. 6655
To provide hazardous duty pay for Federal employees who may be exposed
to COVID–19, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 1, 2020
Mr. PAYNE (for himself, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. CORREA, Ms.
TITUS, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. CLEAVER, and Ms. BARRAGA ́N) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Reform
A BILL
To provide hazardous duty pay for Federal employees who
may be exposed to COVID–19, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hazardous Duty Pay 4
for Frontline Federal Workers Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. PAY DIFFERENTIAL FOR DUTY RELATED TO COVID– 1
19. 2
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5545 of title 5, United 3
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-4
lowing: 5
‘‘(e)(1) The Office shall establish a schedule or sched-6
ules of pay differentials for duty during which an employee 7
is exposed to an individual who has (or who has been ex-8
posed to) COVID–19. 9
‘‘(2) Under such regulations as the Office may pre-10
scribe, during the period beginning on March 15, 2020, 11
and ending on September 30, 2020, an employee to whom 12
chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 applies, and 13
an employee appointed under chapter 73 or 74 of title 38, 14
is entitled to be paid the differential under paragraph (1) 15
for any period in which the employee is carrying out the 16
duty described in such paragraph.’’. 17
(b) TSA EMPLOYEES.—Section 111(d)(2) of the 18
Aviation and Transportation Security Act (49 U.S.C. 19
44935 note) is amended by adding at the end the fol-20
lowing: 21
‘‘(C) HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY FOR COVID– 22
19.—The provisions of section 5545(e) of title 23
5, United States Code, shall to apply to any in-24
dividual appointed under paragraph (1).’’. 25
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