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H.R.9358

Improving the Lives of the American People Act Restore Trust in Government Act

Improving the Lives of the American People Act

Introduced·6/18/26

Improving the Lives of the American People Act to enhance annual leave rights, restrict investment ownership, and increase military pay.

The Improving the Lives of the American People Act mandates employers to provide up to 80 hours of paid annual leave per year, allowing employees to carry over unused leave to the next year. Employers must compensate employees at their regular rate while on leave and cannot require employees to find replacements or disclose the purpose of their leave. The act also prohibits Members of Congress from owning individual stocks and mandates divestiture of certain investments.

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Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Committee
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History

Jul 7

House

Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability.

Jun 18

House

Introduced in House

Jun 18

House

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, Education and Workforce, Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, Armed Services, Veterans' Affairs, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Financial Services, Appropriations, the Budget, Energy and Commerce, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Rules, Ethics, the Judiciary, Small Business, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.