HR 3704
104th Congress
House
Labor and Employment
Commerce
Community organization
Day care
Education
Educational policy
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary school students
Families
Federal employees
Foster parents
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Leave of absence
Parent-school relationships
Parental leave
Preschool education
Secondary school students
Sick leave
Small business
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
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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
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)
Jun 24, 1996
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.