3.0.0 1649 2023-01-12T17:52:47Z 2023-01-12T17:52:47Z Senate S S 2007-06-19 110 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing ssga03 Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia Subcommittee Referred to 2007-07-13T14:33:29Z Referred to 2007-06-19T18:53:09Z Military Family Support Act of 2008 110 6326 HR 2008-07-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Related bill CRS Military Family Support Act 110 3163 S 2008-07-21 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia. Related bill CRS 2007-07-13 ssga03 Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia Subcommittee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia. Committee 2007-06-19 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7890-7891) IntroReferral 2007-06-19 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7890) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-06-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. N C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2007-06-19 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2007-06-21 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2007-07-10 False C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2007-07-10 False Government Operations and Politics Armed Forces and National Security Armed forces abroad Armed forces reserves Authorization Caregivers Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Defense budgets Economics and Public Finance Families Federal employees Iraq compilation Leave of absence Married people Military dependents Military operations Military research Research and development Science, Technology, Communications Sick leave Government Operations and Politics 00 2007-06-19 Introduced in Senate 2008-10-28T13:41:33Z Military Family Support Act of 2007 - Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to establish a program to authorize a caregiver (a federal employee at least 21 years of age capable of providing care to a child or other dependent family member of a member of the Armed Forces) to use: (1) any available sick leave for the provision of such care in the same manner as annual leave is used; and (2) any federal leave available to that caregiver as though that period of caregiving is a medical emergency. Requires the service member for whom the caregiving is provided to be performing service in support of a contingency operation or in situations for which hostile fire or imminent danger pay is authorized and to designate the caregiver for his or her family. Terminates the program on December 31, 2012.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) establish a program to authorize employees of private businesses to use sick or any other leave for caregiving in the same manner as above; and (2) solicit businesses to voluntarily participate in the program. Requires caregiver designation. Terminates the program on December 31, 2012.

Provides for an offsetting reduction in FY2008 appropriations for the Department of Defense (DOD) for research, development, test and evaluation.

]]> Military Family Support Act of 2007 Display Title Military Family Support Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for 2 programs to authorize the use of leave by caregivers for family members of certain individuals performing military service, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Military Family Support Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-06-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1649is/xml/BILLS-110s1649is.xml 2007-07-13 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.