HR 804 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

FAMILY Act

Introduced Feb 4, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Rosa L. DeLauro D-CT

Latest action · Feb 4, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.

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 4, 2021
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act or the FAMILY Act

This bill entitles every employee to a family and medical leave insurance (FMLI) monthly benefit payment of two-thirds of the employee's regular pay, limited to a maximum of $4,000, for not more than 60 days of qualified caregiving. The bill establishes the Office of Paid Family and Medical Leave within the Social Security Administration to administer the FMLI program.

An FMLI benefit payment must be coordinated with any periodic benefits received under a state or local temporary disability insurance or family leave program.

The bill imposes a tax on employers, employees, and self-employed individuals to fund FMLI benefits. It also establishes the Federal Family and Medical Leave Insurance Trust Fund to hold tax revenues.

Cosponsors 207

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 4, 2021 to Nov 7, 2022; 196 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-VA	A. Donald McEachin	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-VA	Abigail Davis Spanberger	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-WA	Adam Smith	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-TX	Al Green	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-FL	Al Lawson, Jr.	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NJ	Albio Sires	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NY	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NC	Alma S. Adams	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Ami Bera	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-IN	André Carson	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NJ	Andy Kim	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-MI	Andy Levin	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-MN	Angie Craig	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-MD	Anthony G. Brown	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NY	Antonio Delgado	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-MA	Ayanna Pressley	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-IL	Bill Foster	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Brad Sherman	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NY	Brian Higgins	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-GA	Carolyn Bourdeaux	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-FL	Charlie Crist	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-IL	Cheri Bustos	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-PA	Chrissy Houlahan	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-PA	Conor Lamb	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-MO	Cori Bush	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-IA	Cynthia Axne	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-FL	Darren Soto	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NC	David E. Price	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-MD	David J. Trone	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-RI	David N. Cicilline	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-GA	David Scott	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-MI	Debbie Dingell	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NC	Deborah K. Ross	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-WA	Derek Kilmer	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CO	Diana DeGette	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NV	Dina Titus	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NJ	Donald Norcross	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-PA	Dwight Evans	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-VA	Elaine G. Luria	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Eric Swalwell	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-TX	Filemon Vela	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-IN	Frank J. Mrvan	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NY	Grace Meng	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-AZ	Greg Stanton	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-MP	Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-MI	Haley M. Stevens	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-MN	Ilhan Omar	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	J. Luis Correa	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Jackie Speier	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CT	Jahana Hayes	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-MA	Jake Auchincloss	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NY	Jamaal Bowman	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CT	James A. Himes	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-RI	James R. Langevin	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-MD	Jamie Raskin	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Jared Huffman	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CO	Jason Crow	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-VA	Jennifer Wexton	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Jerry McNerney	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-TN	Jim Cooper	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Jim Costa	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-TX	Joaquin Castro	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CT	Joe Courtney	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CO	Joe Neguse	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CT	John B. Larson	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	John Garamendi	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-OH	Joyce Beatty	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Juan Vargas	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Judy Chu	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Julia Brownley	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-HI	Kaiali'i Kahele	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-FL	Kathy Castor	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Katie Porter	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-WA	Kim Schrier	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-IL	Lauren Underwood	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-FL	Lois Frankel	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-MA	Lori Trahan	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-GA	Lucy McBath	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-PA	Madeleine Dean	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-IL	Marie Newman	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-WA	Marilyn Strickland	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-WI	Mark Pocan	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Mark Takano	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-PA	Matt Cartwright	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Mike Levin	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-IL	Mike Quigley	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Mike Thompson	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NJ	Mikie Sherrill	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NY	Mondaire Jones	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-GA	Nikema Williams	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Norma J. Torres	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NY	Paul Tonko	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Pete Aguilar	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-VT	Peter Welch	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-MI	Rashida Tlaib	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Raul Ruiz	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-WA	Rick Larsen	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NY	Ritchie Torres	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Ro Khanna	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-WI	Ron Kind	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Sara Jacobs	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Scott H. Peters	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-IL	Sean Casten	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-MA	Seth Moulton	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-MD	Steny H. Hoyer	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NV	Steven Horsford	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-PA	Susan Wild	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Ted Lieu	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NM	Teresa Leger Fernandez	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-OH	Tim Ryan	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NJ	Tom Malinowski	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-FL	Val Butler Demings	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-TX	Veronica Escobar	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-MA	William R. Keating	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Karen Bass		Feb 5, 2021
D-MI	Elissa Slotkin		Feb 18, 2021
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly		Apr 16, 2021
D-HI	Ed Case		Jul 6, 2021
D-NM	Melanie A. Stansbury		Jul 13, 2021
D-NC	Kathy E. Manning		Jul 16, 2021
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer		Sep 14, 2021
D-LA	Troy A. Carter		Oct 8, 2021
D-OH	Shontel M. Brown		Nov 9, 2021
D-MN	Dean Phillips		Jul 19, 2022
D-MD	Kweisi Mfume		Nov 7, 2022

Withdrew 1 Colin Z. Allred D-TX Feb 5, 2021

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Feb 4, 2021
	Work and Welfare Subcommittee	Referred Feb 4, 2021

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 4, 2021Introduced in House
Feb 4, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 4, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.

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 of the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 21, February 4, 2021, page H387.

Related bills 2

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 248	FAMILY Act	Identical bill	Feb 4, 2021
HR 8862	PRO–LIFE Act of 2022	Related bill	Nov 1, 2022

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced: To provide paid family and medical leave benefits to certain individuals, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: FAMILY Act; Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 4, 2021Introduced in House

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