# 119-hr-9261: Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act 119-hr-9261, Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-29). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9261 - As of: 2026-08-29 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-hr-9261 - Congress: 119 - Title: Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act - Status: in_committee - Introduced: 2026-06-11 - Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA) - Cosponsors: 16 - Policy area: Government Operations and Politics - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-08-29 ## Summary **Paid family and medical leave**: This bill would create a comprehensive paid family and medical leave program for federal employees and extend coverage to the Government Accountability Office, the United States Postal Service, and the Postal Regulatory Commission. - Eligible federal employees would get a base entitlement of 12 administrative workweeks to bond with a new child, care for a family member with a serious health condition, or address their own serious health condition. Leave can be combined with annual and sick leave and may be extended by additional paid periods. - The bill would add paid leave for domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking. Covered activities include medical care, counseling, legal services, safe housing, and helping affected family members, and agencies may accept a certification or a sworn statement when formal documentation is not yet available. - Agencies would be required to issue transitional guidance to implement and coordinate the program. A required work-obligation agreement would apply to certain paid leave with possible recovery of government contributions if the agreement is not met, and the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration and the D.C. Public Defender Service would establish matching paid leave programs 6 months after enactment. ## Cosponsors (16) - Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2026-06-11T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6] (D-PA), 2026-06-11T00:00:00.000Z - Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2026-06-15T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2026-06-15T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7] (D-MD), 2026-06-15T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2026-06-18T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13] (D-IL), 2026-06-18T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2026-06-18T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2026-06-18T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA), 2026-06-18T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12] (D-PA), 2026-06-18T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1] (D-OH), 2026-06-30T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2026-06-30T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2026-06-30T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2026-06-30T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2] (D-RI), 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - Expanded parental and placement leave: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would give covered employees 12 administrative workweeks of paid leave for a birth or child placement. Some related leaves can combine for a 26-workweek total where the Act allows. The law would also cover pregnancy loss, failed assisted reproduction or surrogacy, contested or… - Paid leave for violence survivors: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would create paid leave for employees who are victims of domestic or dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, or stalking, and for family members of employee-victims. The leave would cover medical care, counseling, victim services, legal help, safe housing or relocatio… - When the new rules would start: cost, low. If enacted, the bill would not take effect immediately. The Act and its amendments would begin to apply on a date 6 months after enactment. That delay would postpone when employees and agencies can use or put in place the new paid leave rules. - Who the leave would cover: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would extend the paid leave rules to many more federal and legislative-branch employees, including Congressional, EOP, GAO, Library of Congress, USPS, and Postal Regulatory Commission staff. The Department of Veterans Affairs would have to change VA leave rules to match this Ac… - Work agreement and repayment rules: mixed, medium. If enacted, you would have to sign a written agreement before certain paid parental or placement leave. You would agree to work for your agency for time equal to the paid leave or to repay required amounts. If you fail to complete the work, the agency may recover government health plan contribution… ## Related bills - 119-hr-8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 - 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026 - 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act - 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025 - 119-hr-2086: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act - 119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025 ## Sources - [119-hr-9261 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9261) ## Related - [119-hr-8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8800) - [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877) - [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973) - [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20) - [119-hr-2086: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2086) - [119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1589) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9261 (as of 2026-08-29).