HR 1573
105th Congress
House
Labor and Employment
Adoption
Adoptive parents
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Damages
Discrimination in employment
Employee rights
Families
Family leave
Finance and Financial Sector
Foster home care
Foster parents
Injunctions
Interest
Law
Legal fees
Sick leave
Leave Equity for Adoptive Families Act of 1997
Introduced: May 8, 1997
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 22, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
May 8, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
May 8, 1997
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Leave Equity for Adoptive Families Act of 1997 - Entitles any employee who needs it, because of placement of a child with the employee for adoption or foster care, to any leave benefit provided by the employer for care of an employee's newborn biological child or for recovery from the employee's own illness, injury, or disability. Requires that such leave commence no later than 12 months after such placement.
Authorizes civil actions to enforce this Act.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Committees of jurisdiction
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