Sec. 4. Weather and safety leave for COVID–19
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including subsection
(b)of section 6329c of title 5, United States Code, during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2020, any employee who is prevented from safely traveling to or performing work at an approved location as a result of the COVID–19 pandemic, or who is prevented from performing work in order to care for a child, relative of the employee, or other individual as a result of the COVID–19 pandemic, shall be provided weather and safety leave under such section. Notwithstanding subparagraph
(B)of subsection (a)(2)(B) of such section 6329c, intermittent employees described in such subparagraph shall be eligible for the leave provided by paragraph
(1)of this subsection. In this subsection, the term employee has the meaning given that term in section 2(c)(1). Section 6329c(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— by striking and at the end of paragraph (1); by striking the period at the end of paragraph
(2)and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: the term approved location means any location at which an employee has been approved to perform work, including any Federal office, a teleworking site, or other location as determined by the head of the agency at which the employee is employed. .