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To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to apply the Act to a greater percentage of the United States workforce and to allow employees to take parental involvement leave to participate in…

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To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to apply the Act to a greater percentage of the United States workforce and to allow employees to take parental involvement leave to participate in or attend their children's educational and extracurricular activities, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 24, 1996 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Jul 8, 1996

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

Jun 27, 1996

Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.

Jun 24, 1996

Introduced in House

Jun 24, 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 24, 1996

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6694-6699, E1152)

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 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.

Allows employees covered by such Act to take up to four hours during any 30-day period, and up to 24 hours during any 12-month period, of parental involvement leave to participate in or attend their children's educational and extracurricular activities.

Amends Federal civil service law to apply the same parental involvement leave allowance to Federal employees.

What's happening now July 8, 1996

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 1 version

Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

Committees of jurisdiction 5

Civil Service and Agency Organization Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Committee on House Administration
House of Representatives
Education and Workforce Committee
House of Representatives
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Education and Workforce Committee
Oversight and Government Reform Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 3

Lofgren, Zoe

California · Sep 17, 1996

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

District of Columbia · Sep 17, 1996

Sanders, Bernard

Vermont · Sep 17, 1996

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3704: To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to apply the Act to a greater percentage of the United States workforce and to allow employees to take parental involvement leave to participate in or attend their children's educational and extracurricular activities, and for other purposes.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3704/

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"H.R. 3704: To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to apply the Act to a greater percentage of the United States workforce and to allow employees to take parental involvement leave to participate in or attend their children's educational and extracurricular activities, and for other purposes.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3704/.

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H.R. 3704, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3704/.

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[H.R. 3704: To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to apply the Act to a greater percentage of the United States workforce and to allow employees to take parental involvement leave to participate in or attend their children's educational and extracurricular activities, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3704/)