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HR 3681 104th Congress House Labor and Employment Adopted children Adoption Adoptive parents Families Foster home care Foster parents Parental leave

To provide that if an employer provides additional leave to a parent for the birth such employer shall provide the same leave to a parent for an adopted child or a foster child.

Introduced: June 19, 1996 Introduced by: Norton, Eleanor Holmes Democratic · District of Columbia See on congress.gov
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Jul 18, 1996
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1325)
Jul 8, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Jun 25, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.
Jun 20, 1996
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1123)
Jun 19, 1996
Referred to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform and Oversight, and House Oversight, 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.
Jun 19, 1996
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Requires an employer to provide an employee who is a parent of an adopted child or a foster child with the same leave the employer provides (in addition to leave required by the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993) an employee who is on parental leave for the birth of a child.

What's happening now July 18, 1996

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1325)

 Bill text 1 version

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3681: To provide that if an employer provides additional leave to a parent for the birth such employer shall provide the same leave to a parent for an adopted child or a foster child.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3681/
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"H.R. 3681: To provide that if an employer provides additional leave to a parent for the birth such employer shall provide the same leave to a parent for an adopted child or a foster child.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3681/.
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H.R. 3681, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3681/.
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[H.R. 3681: To provide that if an employer provides additional leave to a parent for the birth such employer shall provide the same leave to a parent for an adopted child or a foster child.](https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3681/)
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