Emergency Relief for Federal Workers Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 19
- Latest action
- Oct 1, 2025
What it does
The Emergency Relief for Federal Workers Act of 2025 would waive the 10% early withdrawal penalty on distributions from the Thrift Savings Plan for federal employees affected by a government shutdown lasting at least two weeks, up to $30,000 per lapse (adjusted for inflation after 2025). It also allows affected employees to make hardship or age-based withdrawals and repay missed Thrift Savings Plan loan payments during a shutdown without those payments being treated as taxable distributions, and permits recontribution of withdrawn amounts within 120 days after the shutdown ends. The bill applies to distributions and loan payments made after September 30, 2025.
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