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Introduced Session

To provide that 12 weeks of family leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave, and for other purposes. This bill provides paid family leave for certain federal employees in all instances covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act, which currently only guarantees unpaid leave for such instances. Specifically, the bill requires that the 12 weeks of administrative leave to which certain federal employees are entitled for family care be paid leave. This applies to all federal employees in the competitive service (all civilian positions in the executive branch, all positions in the legislative and judicial branches, and all positions in the government of the District of Columbia), congressional employees, Government Accountability Office employees, employees who are members of the National Guard or Reserves, and certain Transportation Security Administration employees. The Office of Personnel Management is authorized to increase the amount of paid parental leave available to such employees to a total of 16 administrative work weeks.

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Carolyn Maloney (D)*,  Joyce Beatty (D),  Don Beyer (D),  Suzanne Bonamici (D),  Anthony Brown (D),  Gil Cisneros (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Gerry Connolly (D),  Jim Cooper (D),  Elijah Cummings (D),  Rosa DeLauro (D),  Suzan DelBene (D),  Mark DeSaulnier (D),  Michael Doyle (D),  Brian Fitzpatrick (R),  Josh Harder (D),  Steny Hoyer (D),  Joseph Kennedy (D),  Derek Kilmer (D),  Peter King (R),  Ann Kirkpatrick (D),  Barbara Lee (D),  Ted Lieu (D),  Zoe Lofgren (D),  Alan Lowenthal (D),  Elaine Luria (D),  Stephen Lynch (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Jerry McNerney (D),  Gregory Meeks (D),  Grace Meng (D),  Gwen Moore (D),  Seth Moulton (D),  Jerry Nadler (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D),  Ilhan Omar (D),  Frank Pallone (D),  Chellie Pingree (D),  Ayanna Pressley (D),  Kathleen Rice (D),  José Serrano (D),  Adam Smith (D),  Jackie Speier (D),  Lori Trahan (D),  David Trone (D),  Nydia Velázquez (D),  Jennifer Wexton (D), 

Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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. (on 03/05/2019)

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