Sec. 150001. Reimbursement for child and family care for Federal employees during COVID–19 pandemic
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During the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2020, any employee who is unable to care for a dependent child of the employee or a relative of the employee who has COVID–19 as a result of the employee being required to report to their duty station (either permanent or temporary) or to telework shall be entitled to reimbursement for the costs of such care. Any payment provided by operation of subsection
(a)shall be paid on a monthly basis, with payments being made to the employee on the last day of each month. For purposes of determining reimbursement amounts, each employee shall submit to their employing office receipts or other documents as the office may require. Reimbursement may not be paid to any employee under this section for any month in an amount greater than $2,000 per child or relative. In this section— the term employee means any individual occupying a position in the civil service (as that term is defined in section 2101(1) of title 5, United States Code); and the terms dependent child and relative have the meaning given those terms in paragraphs
(2)and (16), respectively, of section 109 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 ( 5 U.S.C. App. 109(2) ).