Date: September 25, 2019

Subject: Forcing Taxpayers to Provide Paid Family Leave to Federal Employees

Description: This resolution, introduced by Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI), would instruct the Senate conferees to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to acquiesce to the Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) House language to mandate paid family leave for all federal employees (beyond the Department of Defense). Specifically, the resolution would provide federal employees with 12 weeks' paid leave in addition to the 13 to 26 days' paid leave (plus holidays) already available -- resulting in a cost to taxpayers of $3.3 billion over the next four years. ACU has a pair of novel suggestions. No. 1: the NDAA should only be for issues pertaining to national security. No. 2: acquiescing to anything that is called "Pelosi language" will most assuredly be negatively scored. ACU recognizes, as noted in a 2017 Congressional Budget Office study, that federal employees already receive higher compensation than comparable private sector employees, and opposes burdening taxpayers with billions in additional costs to provide even more lucrative benefits to government employees.

Result: Resolution Rejected, 47-48

Democrat: 42 Yeas, 0 Nays, 3 Not voting
Republican: 4 Yeas, 48 Nays, 1 Not voting
Independent: 1 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Not voting

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