HR 616 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2011

Introduced Feb 10, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY

Latest action · Feb 10, 2011 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 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.

Progress

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IntroducedFeb 10, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2011 - Allows federal employees to substitute any available paid leave for any leave without pay available for either the: (1) birth of a child; or (2) placement of a child with the employee for either adoption or foster care. Makes available (subject to specified requirements) for any of the 12 weeks of leave an employee is entitled to for such purposes: (1) four administrative weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth or placement involved; and (2) any accumulated annual or sick leave.

Authorizes the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to promulgate regulations to increase the amount of paid parental leave available to such an employee to a total of eight administrative workweeks, based on the consideration of: (1) the benefits to the federal government, including enhanced recruitment and employee retention; (2) the cost to the government; (3) trends in the private sector and in state and local governments; (4) the federal government's role as a model employer; and (5) the impact of increased paid parental leave on lower-income and economically disadvantaged employees and their children.

Amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 and the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to allow the same substitution for covered congressional employees, Government Accountability Office (GAO) employees, and Library of Congress employees. Counts certain service by an employee of the executive branch, Congress, GAO, or the Library of Congress while on active duty as a member of the National Guard or Reserves as service for that branch or agency for purposes of determining such employee's eligibility to take or substitute leave as provided under this Act.

Cosponsors 28

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 10, 2011 to Jul 31, 2012; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-TX	Al Green	Original	Feb 10, 2011
D-MA	Barney Frank	Original	Feb 10, 2011
D-CA	Bob Filner	Original	Feb 10, 2011
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen	Original	Feb 10, 2011
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Feb 10, 2011
D-CA	Fortney Pete Stark	Original	Feb 10, 2011
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly	Original	Feb 10, 2011
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Feb 10, 2011
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Feb 10, 2011
D-RI	James R. Langevin	Original	Feb 10, 2011
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.	Original	Feb 10, 2011
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano	Original	Feb 10, 2011
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey	Original	Feb 10, 2011
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Feb 10, 2011
D-MD	Steny H. Hoyer	Original	Feb 10, 2011
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Feb 14, 2011
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Mar 9, 2011
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Mar 9, 2011
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Mar 17, 2011
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich		Mar 29, 2011
D-VA	James P. Moran		Apr 5, 2011
D-CA	Judy Chu		Apr 15, 2011
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		May 2, 2011
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.		May 26, 2011
D-CO	Jared Polis		Dec 13, 2011
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Apr 17, 2012
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Apr 19, 2012
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez		Jul 31, 2012

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Referred Feb 10, 2011
House	Committee on House Administration	Referred Feb 10, 2011

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 10, 2011Introduced in House
Feb 10, 2011Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E197)
Feb 10, 2011Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 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.

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
Extensions	Debate and remarks E197	Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY	Feb 10, 2011

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H682.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To provide that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2011

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 10, 2011Introduced in House

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