Congress 110 - HR 3556 - To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act to provide an additional 12 weeks of leave for a family member to care for a member of the Armed Forces who is seriously injured in combat.

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Armed Forces and National Security Armed forces reserves Caregivers Disabled Families Family leave Health Labor and Employment Military medicine Military personnel National Guard Rehabilitation of the disabled Veterans' medical care War casualties

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Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to entitle an eligible employee to up to 24 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period to care for a spouse, parent, son, or daughter who is an injured member of the Armed Forces, including a member of the National Guard or a Reserve, who is undergoing medical treatment, recuperation, or therapy for a serious combat-related injury or illness.

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Oct 17, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Sep 26, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
Sep 17, 2007

Referred 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.
Sep 17, 2007

Introduced in House

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