Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act
Latest action · Feb 5, 2003 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2003
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Family and Medical Leave Fairness Act of 2003 - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to extend coverage to employees at worksites where the employer employs at least 25 (currently 50) employees at the worksite and within 75 miles of that worksite.
Amends FMLA and Federal civil service law to entitle to leave those employees who must address the effects of domestic violence.
Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2003 - Permits the Office of Personnel Management to contract with one or more employing agencies to conduct a demonstration project that provides paid leave for eligible individuals who are responding to caregiving needs resulting from the birth or adoption of a son or daughter or other family caregiving needs. Requires the leave to last for at least six weeks during a 12-month period.
Time for Schools Act of 2003 - Amends FMLA to allow employees covered by such Act to take up to 24 hours, during any 12-month period, of school involvement leave to participate in: (1) an academic activity of their child's school, such as a parent-teacher conference or an interview for a school; or (2) literacy training under a family literacy program. Amends Federal civil service law to provide the same school involvement leave allowance for Federal employees.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 5, 2003 to Apr 7, 2003; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Original | Feb 5, 2003 |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Original | Feb 5, 2003 |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Original | Feb 5, 2003 |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Original | Feb 5, 2003 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Original | Feb 5, 2003 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | Feb 5, 2003 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | Feb 5, 2003 |
| D-NJ | Jon S. Corzine | Original | Feb 5, 2003 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Feb 5, 2003 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Feb 12, 2003 | |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Mar 13, 2003 | |
| D-SD | Thomas A. Daschle | Mar 13, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Apr 7, 2003 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Feb 5, 2003 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 5, 2003Introduced in Senate
- Feb 5, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1980-1981)
- Feb 5, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1980Summaries S1981 | Christopher J. Dodd D-CT | Feb 5, 2003 |
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to expand the scope of the Act, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act
- Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Time for Schools Act of 2003
- Family Income to Respond to Significant Transitions Insurance Act
- Family and Medical Leave Fairness Act of 2003
- Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2003
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Adoption
- Caregivers
- Confidential communications
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Cost effectiveness
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Disability insurance
- Disabled
- Diseases
- Economics and Public Finance
- Employment subsidies
- Evidence (Law)
- Families
- Family leave
- Family violence
- Federal employees
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Foster home care
- Geriatrics
- Government Operations and Politics
- Grants-in-aid
- Health
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Leave of absence
- Sick leave
- Social Welfare
- Unemployment insurance
- Women
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 5, 2003Introduced in Senate
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