Legislative Bill Tracker

Below is a list of AFGE-endorsed legislation supporting federal and D.C. government workers that has been introduced in the 117^th Congress:

Title	House	Senate	Status
Equal COLA Act What it would do: Revises the formula used to calculate cost-of-living adjustments for annuities paid under the Federal Employees Retirement System to achieve parity with COLAs paid under the Civil Service Retirement System Take Action: Write to your elected officials and urge them to support the Equal COLA Act.	HR 304	NA	Introduced
Federal Firefighter Pay Equity Act What it would do: Ensure that all hours worked by federal fighters are counted toward retirement, including mandatory overtime Take Action: Tell Congress to support federal firefighters and support H.R. 393! Federal firefighters work hard to protect lives and property at military bases, VA hospitals, and other federal installations across the country.	HR 393	NA	Introduced
First Responder Fair RETIRE Act What it would do: Ensure that federal firefighters, law enforcement officials, Border Patrol officers, and other federal first responders qualify for full retirement benefits if they are injured on the job	HR 521	S 129	Passed House
Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act What it would do: Expand the newly enacted benefit that provided federal workers with 12 weeks of paid parental leave to include other reasons covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), including care for close family members, serious employee health conditions, and for circumstances that arise when the employee or a family member is detailed for covered duty in the armed forces Take Action: Tell your lawmakers to support 12 weeks of family leave for feds under the Comprehensive Paid Leave Act.	HR 564	S 1158	Introduced
Rights for the Transportation Security Administration Workforce Act What it would do: Provide TSA employees with full Title 5 workplace rights and protections, put employees on the General Schedule pay scale, and provide for third-party review of workforce disciplinary matters Take Action: Ask Your Lawmakers to Support H.R. 903/S. 1856 - Let's Secure Title 5 Rights	HR 903	S 1856	Passed House
Wildland Firefighter Recognition Act What it would do: Require the Office of Personnel Management to create a classification that more accurately reflects the vital role of wildland firefighters	HR 938	S 1221	Introduced
Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act What it would do: Expand the definition of law enforcement officer under Title 5 of the U.S. Code to include all federal employees who are authorized to carry a firearm and whose duties involve the investigation or apprehension of suspected or convicted individuals Take Action: Tell Congress to support federal law enforcement officers and support H.R. 962! Federal law enforcement officers work hard to protect lives and property at military bases, VA hospitals, and other federal installations across the country.	HR 962	S 1888	Introduced
Chai Suthammanont Remembrance Act of 2021 What it would do: Require federal agencies to develop and post on its website worker safety plans related to the coronavirus, including descriptions of personal protective equipment provided to employees and contractors; protections for employees whose work requires them to travel off-site; testing, contact tracing, and vaccination protocols; and continuity of operations plans	HR 978	S 2343	Introduced
Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act What it would do: Require the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to develop a federal standard that directs health care and social service employers to implement a workplace violence prevention plan and protect workers who report violence from retaliation	HR 1195	NA	Passed House
COST of Relocations Act What it would do: Require federal agencies to conduct a benefit-cost analysis on relocations involving the movement of employment positions to different areas	HR 1272	S 392	Introduced
Pandemic Heroes Compensation Act What it would do: Establish a fund to compensate all essential workers, personnel, and their families who were required to leave their homes to do their jobs and became sick or died as a result of COVID-19	HR 1357	S 476	Introduced
Funding for Aviation Screeners and Threat Elimination Restoration (FASTER) Act What it would do: End the diversion of revenues from airline passenger security fees to pay for unrelated government spending, ensuring that these fees are used solely for aviation security, and allow the TSA administrator to use revenue from the September 11 Security Fee to pay TSO salaries during any government shutdown Take Action: Tell lawmakers to support the FASTER Act to secure funding for security & TSO salaries.	HR 1813	S 2717	Introduced
Safe Line Speeds During COVID–19 Act What it would do: Suspend all current and future USDA waivers and regulations that allow companies to increase production line speeds at meatpacking plants during the COVID-19 pandemic	HR 1815	S 713	Introduced
VA Employee Fairness Act What it would do: Restore full collective bargaining rights to VA employees who are under Title 38. Take Action: Contact your lawmakers now and ask them to cosponsor H.R 1948, or its companion bill, S.771, to stop VA from singling out Title 38 VA clinicians.	HR 1948	S 771	Introduced
Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act What it would do: Allow federal firefighters to trade shifts across multiple pay periods without decreasing their regular pay or triggering overtime pay requirements	HR 2059	S 838	Introduced
Federal Firefighter Fairness Act What it would do: Ensure that federal firefighters are covered by workers' compensation if they are harmed in the line of duty or fall ill as a result of their service.	HR 2499	S 1116	Passed House
Honoring our Fallen TSA Officers Act What it would do: Amend federal law so the survivors of Transportation Security Officers can receive public safety officers' death benefits like those offered to the families of fallen firefighters, police officers, FBI agents, and state troopers	HR 2616	NA	Introduced
VA Equal Employment Opportunity Counselor Modernization Act What it would do: Remove a workforce cap on EEO counselors at the Department of Veterans Affairs, allowing the agency to place additional counselors in the regional offices around the country	HR 2788	NA	Passed House
Locality Pay Equity Act What it would do: Equalize the local pay boundaries for salaried and hourly workers and prohibit having more than one local wage area within a pay locality, while ensuring no federal employee will lose pay as a result Take Action: Ask your Member of Congress to support the Locality Pay Equity Act.	HR 3086	S 1561	Introduced
Eric's Law/The Thin Blue Line Act What it would do: Allow prosecutors to impanel a second jury if a jury in a federal death penalty case fails to reach a unanimous decision on a sentence, thereby potentially avoiding situations where those convicted of violent crimes escape further punishment because they are already serving a life sentence	HR 3151	S 1595	Introduced
Veterans Affairs Continuing Professional Education Modernization Act What it would do: Expand the types of clinicians who are eligible to receive reimbursement for continuing professional education at the VA and increase the amounts they may receive to pursue continuing education and training to better serve our veteran patients. Take Action: Tell Congress to support the VA Continuing Professional Education Modernization Act	HR 3693	NA	Introduced
Protecting Firefighters from Adverse Substances (PFAS) Act What it would do: Direct the Federal Emergency Management Agency to develop guidance for firefighters and other emergency response personnel on best practices to protect them from exposure to PFAS and to limit and prevent the release of PFAS into the environment	HR 4954	S 231	Introduced
Tim Hart Wildland Firefighter Classification and Pay Parity Act What it would do: Reform and enhance the pay and benefits of Federal wildland firefighters.	HR 5631	N/A	Introduced
Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act What it would do: Provide federal workers with a 5.1% pay raise in 2023 Take Action: Contact Your Lawmakers NOW and Ask them to Cosponsor the FAIR Act.	HR 6398	S 3518	Introduced
Chance to Compete Act of 2022 What it would do: Reestablish competitive hiring as the preferred method for staffing the civil service by ensuring that vacancies are open to the public and to other qualified federal workers, establishing panels of subject-matter experts to assist with screening applicants, and allow applicants deemed qualified for certain kinds of work to be considered for multiple jobs across the government without having to reapply for each one	HR 6967	S 3423	Introduced
Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act What it would do: Increase death gratuities and funeral allowances for federal employees killed in the line of duty	HR 7376	S 3487	Introduced
Time Off to Vote Act What it would do: Provide employees with a minimum of two consecutive hours of paid leave in order to vote in Federal elections	HR 7489	N/A	Introduced
Telework Metrics and Cost Savings Act What it would do: Ensure that federal firefighters are covered by workers’ compensation if they are harmed in the line of duty or fall ill as a result of their service	HR 7951	N/A	Introduced
Second Chance at Public Service Loan Forgiveness Act What it would do: Fix long-standing problems with the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF) and enable millions of previously ineligible public servants including teachers, firefighters, nurses, and social workers to have their student loans forgiven	HR 8484	S 4581	Introduced

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