A bill to provide that the authority to establish and administer flexible and compressed work schedules for Federal Government employees be extended through November 14, 1985.
Public Law 99-109 · H.R. 3414 · 99th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Sep 30, 1985 · Government Operations and Politics
Sponsor: Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY-7)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateVoice vote
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Amends the Federal Employees Flexible and Compressed Work Schedules Act of 1982 to extend its provisions to October 31, 1985.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Post Office and Civil Service Committee · House · discharged from, referred to
Data notes
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 9 actions.
- Sep 30, 1985Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 99-109.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Sep 26, 1985FloorFloor · Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.
- FloorFloor · Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- FloorFloor · Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
- CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
- Sep 23, 1985CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.