3.0.0 880 2023-01-11T19:46:00Z 2023-01-11T19:46:00Z Senate S S 2007-03-14 110 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-03-14T19:51:37Z Executive Branch Family Leave Act 110 80 S 2007-03-30 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 2007-03-14 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2007-03-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000888 Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] THEODORE STEVENS R AK F. N B001210 Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] ROBERT BYRD D WV CARLYLE 2007-03-14 True I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2007-03-14 True H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2007-04-16 False Government Operations and Politics Adoption Child health Childbirth Congress Congressional agencies Congressional employees Education Elementary and secondary education Families Family leave Federal employees Foster home care Government Accountability Office (GAO) Health Library of Congress Parent-school relationships Senate Social Welfare Government Operations and Politics 00 2007-03-14 Introduced in Senate 2007-04-03T16:26:43Z Senate Family Leave Act - Amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (CAA) to entitle a covered legislative branch employee, other than an employee of the House of Representatives, and in accordance with the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), to paid leave of: (1) eight weeks for giving birth; (2) at least five days for a father (or partner) for the birth of a child; (3) at least five days for adopting a child or taking it into foster care; and (4) eight hours during any 12-month period to accompany a child to medical or school appointments.

Applies such leave separately for each child of the employee.

Extends certain FMLA employment and benefits protections to such an employee. Prescribes a remedy for any violation of such protections.

Applies the paid leave requirements of this Act to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Library of Congress, and each of their employees who has met certain length of employment requirements.

]]> Senate Family Leave Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to provide for 8 weeks of paid leave for Senate employees giving birth, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Senate Family Leave Act Short Titles as Introduced Senate Family Leave Act Introduced in Senate 2007-03-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s880is/xml/BILLS-110s880is.xml 2007-03-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.