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S 683 108th Congress Senate

Military Families Leave Act of 2003

Official title: A bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide entitlement to leave to eligible employees whose spouse, son, daughter, or parent is a memb… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide entitlement to leave to eligible employees whose spouse, son, daughter, or parent is a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty in support of a contingency operation or notified of an impending call or order to active duty in support of a contingency operation.

Introduced: February 27, 2004 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Armed Forces and National SecurityArmed forces reservesFamiliesFamily leave
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This bill died when the 108th Congress ended
It never became law before the 108th Congress (2003–2004) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 21, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4281-4282)
Mar 21, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4280-4281)
Mar 21, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action March 21, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4281-4282)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Military Families Leave Act of 2003 - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to entitle an eligible employee to 12 work weeks of leave during any 12-month period because a spouse, son, daughter, or parent of the employee is a member of the Armed Forces who is either on active duty in support of a contingency operation or has been notified of an impending call or order to such status. Allows such leave only for issues relating to or resulting from such family member's military duty.

Amends Federal law to grant leave under the same conditions to civil service employees.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Feb 27, 2004
 D
Murray, Patty
Washington · Jan 20, 2004
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 683: Military Families Leave Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-683/
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"S. 683: Military Families Leave Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-683/.
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S. 683, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-683/.
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