S.204: Emergency Relief for Federal Workers Act of 2019

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Introduced Jan. 24, 2019
Latest Major Action Jan. 24, 2019

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Tim Kaine (D-Va.)

Bill Cosponsors

31 (28 Democrats, 1 Independent Democrat, 2 Republicans)

Susan Collins (R-Maine)
Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)
Patty Murray (D-Wash.)
Doug Jones (D-Ala.)
Michael Bennet (D-Colo.)
Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.)
Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)
Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.)
Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)
Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.)
Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)
Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.)
Christopher A. Coons (D-Del.)
Bernard Sanders (ID-Vt.)
Mark Warner (D-Va.)
Margaret Hassan (D-N.H.)
Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)
Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)
Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.)
Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii)
Cory Booker (D-N.J.)
Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)
Tina Smith (D-Minn.)
Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)
Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)
Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)
Rob Portman (R-Ohio)
Tom Udall (D-N.M.)
Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.)
Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)
Bob Casey (D-Pa.)

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Introduced in Senate - Jan. 24, 2019

Bill Summary

Emergency Relief for Federal Workers Act of 2019 This bill allows federal employees who are affected by a government shutdown to make certain penalty-free withdrawals from their Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) accounts. The bill waives various penalties and requirements that would otherwise apply to TSP distributions and loans during a government shutdown.

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Date	Description
Jan. 24, 2019	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S588)
Jan. 24, 2019	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan. 24, 2019	Introduced in the Senate by Tim Kaine (D-Va.)

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Introduced in the Senate by Tim Kaine (D-Va.)