# 116-hr-6812: Emergency Limitation Periods Extensions for Workers Act

116-hr-6812, Emergency Limitation Periods Extensions for Workers Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] (D-CT); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-6812
- Congress: 116
- Title: Emergency Limitation Periods Extensions for Workers Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
- Introduced: 2020-05-12
- Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] (D-CT)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Emergency Limitation Periods Extensions for Workers Act This bill extends the limitation period for filing specified claims or complaints under federal labor or employment laws that overlap with the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. For such an overlap, the filing limitation period is extended for 90 days beginning on the date after the public health emergency ends plus the number of days of overlap between the initial limitation period and the public health emergency.

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8954: Seasonal Worker Solidarity Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8871: COVID HCBS Relief Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8598: Emergency Social Security COLA for 2021 Act
- 116-hr-8542: Defeat Pandemic Propaganda Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8451: Know Your Home Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8402: To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and to place the statue in the United States Capitol in National Statuar…

## Sources
- [116-hr-6812 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6812)

## Related
- [116-hr-8954: Seasonal Worker Solidarity Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8954)
- [116-hr-8871: COVID HCBS Relief Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8871)
- [116-hr-8598: Emergency Social Security COLA for 2021 Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8598)
- [116-hr-8542: Defeat Pandemic Propaganda Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8542)
- [116-hr-8451: Know Your Home Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8451)
- [116-hr-8402: To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Ruth Bader G…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8402)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6812 (as of 2025-11-18).