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
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Committees of jurisdiction
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