3.0.0 1543 2023-01-11T13:18:13Z 2023-01-11T13:18:13Z Senate S S 2009-07-30 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-07-30T17:53:42Z Supporting Military Families Act of 2009 111 3403 HR 2009-10-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Identical bill CRS 2009-07-30 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2009-07-30 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8561-8562) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-07-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN N K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2009-07-30 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2009-07-30 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2009-07-30 True C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2009-08-03 False Armed Forces and National Security Employee leave Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Military operations and strategy Military personnel and dependents National Guard and reserves Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2009-07-30 Introduced in Senate 2009-10-30T20:07:24Z Supporting Military Families Act of 2009 - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to revise its requirements for exigency leave with respect to employees belonging to the family of members of the Armed Forces, particularly the requirement that an employee's spouse, son, daughter, or parent be on active duty in the Armed Forces in support of a contingency operation. Repeals the condition "in support of a contingency operation," and requires only that the Armed Forces member be on duty during deployment to a foreign country.

Entitles to coverage by the Act an eligible employee who is a family member caring for a veteran undergoing medical treatment, recuperation, or therapy for a serious injury or illness who was a member of the Armed Forces (or of the National Guard or Reserves) at any time during the five-year period preceding the date on which the veteran undergoes that treatment, recuperation, or therapy.

Defines a veteran's serious injury or illness of a veteran to be one: (1) incurred by the veteran as an Armed Forces member in the line of duty while on active duty in the Armed Forces, or which existed before the beginning of the member's active duty but was aggravated by service in line of duty on active duty in the Armed Forces; and (2) that manifested itself before or after the Armed Forces member became a veteran.

Amends federal civil service law to entitle civilian federal employees to the same leave allowance with respect to family members who are: (1) members of the Armed Forces in deployment to a foreign country; or (2) ill or injured veterans for whom they are caring.

]]> Supporting Military Families Act of 2009 Display Title Supporting Military Families Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5, United States Code, to provide leave for family members of members of regular components of the Armed Forces, and leave to care for covered veterans, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Supporting Military Families Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-07-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1543is/xml/BILLS-111s1543is.xml 2009-07-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.