Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act
Latest action · Jun 27, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
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.
- IntroducedMar 7, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot 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 [sic]- 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 [sic]- Permits the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to contract with one or more employing agencies to conduct a grant 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 [sic] - 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 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 15, 2007 to Mar 12, 2008.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | May 15, 2007 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 12, 2008 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Mar 7, 2007 |
| Workforce Protections Subcommittee | Referred Jun 27, 2007 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Mar 7, 2007 |
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Mar 7, 2007 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 27, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- Jun 20, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1365)
- Mar 7, 2007Introduced in House
- Mar 7, 2007Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Adoption
- Caregivers
- Confidential communications
- 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.
- Mar 7, 2007Introduced in House
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