Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8731 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8731 To provide a short-term disability insurance program for Federal employees for disabilities that are not work-related, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 11, 2026 Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide a short-term disability insurance program for Federal employees for disabilities that are not work-related, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Act is to offer voluntary insurance to Federal employees for protection against the loss of pay resulting from-- (1) short-term injury or disability; (2) short-term leave taken for the purpose of caring for a family member; (3) the birth of a child of such an employee; or (4) making arrangements to adopt a child or to become a foster parent. SEC. 3. NON-WORK RELATED DISABILITY INSURANCE. (a) In General.--Title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 87 the following: ``CHAPTER 88--NON-WORK RELATED SHORT-TERM DISABILITY INSURANCE ``Sec. ``8801. Definitions. ``8802. Availability of insurance. ``8803. Contracting authority. ``8804. Benefits. ``8805. Premiums. ``8806. Preemption. ``8807. Studies, reports, and audits. ``8808. Jurisdiction of courts. ``8809. Administrative functions. ``8810. Cost accounting standards. ``Sec. 8801. Definitions ``For purposes of this chapter-- ``(1) the term `Director' means the Director of the Office of Personnel