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H.R. 5519 114th Congress House

Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act

Official title: To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5, United States Code, to permit leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5, United States Code, to permit leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandchild, or grandparent who has a serious health condition, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 16, 2016 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Employee leaveFamily relationshipsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel management
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Sep 19, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Jun 16, 2016
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
Jun 16, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 19, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act

This bill amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to entitle an eligible employee to leave to care for a domestic partner or his or her child, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, or any other person related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship, if that person has a serious health condition.

This bill applies the same leave allowance to federal employees.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 6
D
Takano, Mark
California · Jun 22, 2016
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Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · Jun 16, 2016
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jun 16, 2016
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jun 16, 2016
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Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Jun 16, 2016
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Jun 16, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5519: Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5519/
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