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• Key Bills in Senate, House Differ on Many Federal Workplace Issues - August 7, 2024

• FEDweek

  Although the Senate version of the annual general government appropriations bill mirrors the House version in effectively endorsing a 2 percent federal employee raise in January (see related story) they differ on other workplace issues.

  That bill—along with the DoD authorization bill — is a main annual vehicle for Congress to act on ongoing federal workplace issues. With Congress on recess until after Labor Day, initial floor votes are a month or more away, and final action may be left until after the elections. However, the bills represent a way to take policy stances ahead of the elections.

  The House bill for example would ban enforcement of Biden administration DEI initiatives and reimposition of COVID-19 vaccine or mask mandates in the federal workplace; and ban investments through the TSP mutual fund window in funds that use environmental-social-governance criteria in selecting investments. Further, an amendment has been offered for floor voting to ban coverage of gender-affirming care in the FEHB program.

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