S 282 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act

Introduced Feb 3, 2005 Originated Senate Sponsor Christopher J. Dodd D-CT

Latest action · Feb 3, 2005 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 3, 2005
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act - Family Income to Respond to Significant Transitions Insurance Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to make five-year grants to a State or local government to pay for the Federal share of the cost of carrying out projects that assist families by providing wage replacement for eligible individuals responding to caregiving needs resulting from the birth or adoption of a son or daughter or other family caregiving needs.

Family and Medical Leave Fairness Act of 2005 - 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 2005 - 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 2005 - 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 12

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 3, 2005 to Feb 15, 2005; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MD	Barbara A. Mikulski	Original	Feb 3, 2005
D-CA	Barbara Boxer	Original	Feb 3, 2005
D-HI	Daniel K. Akaka	Original	Feb 3, 2005
D-MA	Edward M. Kennedy	Original	Feb 3, 2005
D-NJ	Frank R. Lautenberg	Original	Feb 3, 2005
D-NY	Hillary Rodham Clinton	Original	Feb 3, 2005
D-NJ	Jon S. Corzine	Original	Feb 3, 2005
D-VT	Patrick J. Leahy	Original	Feb 3, 2005
D-WA	Patty Murray	Original	Feb 3, 2005
D-IL	Richard J. Durbin	Original	Feb 3, 2005
D-HI	Daniel K. Inouye		Feb 15, 2005
D-MD	Paul S. Sarbanes		Feb 15, 2005

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 3, 2005

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 3, 2005Introduced in Senate
Feb 3, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S984-985)
Feb 3, 2005Read 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 S984Summaries S985	Christopher J. Dodd D-CT	Feb 3, 2005

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
S. Hrg. 109-229	ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT: A DOZEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE107 pages	Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee	Jun 23, 2005

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 5625	Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act	Related bill	Sep 19, 2006

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: Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2005; Time for Schools Act of 2005; Family Income to Respond to Significant Transitions Insurance Act; Family and Medical Leave Fairness Act of 2005

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 3, 2005Introduced in Senate

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