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Panel backs bill to extend loan fund and legal support for federal employees facing layoffs
Summary
Delegate Mark Edelson urged the Appropriations Committee to support HB 14-24, which would broaden an existing fund to provide interest-free loans and legal assistance to federal employees affected by closures, relocations or mass layoffs.
Delegate Mark Edelson presented House Bill 14-24, the Protect Our Federal Workers Act, proposing to expand the scope of an existing federal-employee assistance loan fund and to broaden attorney-general authority to defend federal employees in certain circumstances.
"This legislation is designed to reaffirm Maryland's commitment to our indispensable federal employees, providing them with essential protections as they face potential job losses," Edelson said. He described renaming the fund to the Federal Government Employee Assistance Loan Fund and…
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