Today, I introduce the Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act of 2026, which would make short-term disability insurance available to federal employees... I urge my colleagues to support this bill.
Introduce and support the Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act to make short-term disability insurance available to federal employees.
Occurrences
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today reintroduced her Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act, which would allow federal employees to purchase short-term disability insurance at group rates to replace a portion of their income lost due to a short-term injury or disability, pregnancy, or pregnancy-related illness.
today, I introduce the Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act of 2026, which would make short-term disability insurance available to federal employees.
I introduce the Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act of 2026, which would make short-term disability insurance available to federal employees.
Evidence
On May 11, 2026, Eleanor Holmes Norton said, "today, I introduce the Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act of 2026" and urged colleagues to support the bill.
In the Congressional Record, Norton stated, "today, I introduce" the Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act of 2026 and added, "I urge my colleagues to support this bill."
Assessments
The promise was to introduce and support the Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act, not necessarily to enact it. The provided Congressional Record evidence shows Eleanor Holmes Norton introduced the named 2026 bill on May 11, 2026 and urged colleagues to support it, directly satisfying the promised action during her current federal term.
Eleanor Holmes Norton publicly introduced the Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act of 2026 on May 11, 2026 and urged colleagues to support it, which directly satisfies the claim to introduce and support the measure for federal employees. The action occurred while she was in office, so the timing is same_term.
The promise was to introduce and support the Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act. The evidence shows Eleanor Holmes Norton personally introduced the Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act of 2026 on May 11, 2026 and urged colleagues to support it while serving in federal office. Because the commitment was specifically to introduce and support the bill, not necessarily enact it, this satisfies the promised action in the same term.