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HR 4796 114th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Adoption and foster care Employee leave Family relationships Military personnel and dependents Women's health

Military Parental Leave Modernization Act

Introduced: March 17, 2016 Introduced by: Duckworth, Tammy Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Mar 23, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Mar 17, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Mar 17, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Military Parental Leave Modernization Act

This bill revises military parental leave requirements to state that:

  • a member of the armed forces, regardless of gender or marital status, shall be authorized to take at least 84 days of parental leave in connection with the birth of a child, a qualifying adoption of a child, or the placement of a child in foster care with the service member; and
  • in the case of a dual military family, both service members shall be authorized to take parental leave. (The Department concerned shall permit the transfer of such leave between the two service members to accommodate individual family circumstances.)

Such parental leave shall be in addition to other leave.

Convalescent or other leave taken before childbirth by a pregnant service member shall not reduce the number parental leave days.

What's happening now March 23, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 9
D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Sep 21, 2016
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Sep 6, 2016
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Apr 29, 2016
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Apr 27, 2016
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Apr 26, 2016
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Apr 26, 2016
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Apr 18, 2016
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Apr 12, 2016
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 22, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4796: Military Parental Leave Modernization Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4796/
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"H.R. 4796: Military Parental Leave Modernization Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4796/.
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H.R. 4796, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4796/.
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