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HR 1113 105th Congress House Labor and Employment Adopted children Adoption Adoptive parents Families Family leave Foster home care Foster parents

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: March 18, 1997 Introduced by: Norton, Eleanor Holmes Democratic · District of Columbia See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 14, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Mar 25, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.
Mar 18, 1997
Referred to House Oversight
Mar 18, 1997
Referred to House Government Reform
Mar 18, 1997
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Mar 18, 1997
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
Mar 18, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E500-501)
Mar 18, 1997
Introduced in House
 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 April 14, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

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