[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1359 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1359

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that individuals 
 who are required to leave their employment because of certain medical 
  or family reasons will not be denied unemployment compensation when 
                   they are ready to return to work.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 16, 1993

  Mrs. Mink introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that individuals 
 who are required to leave their employment because of certain medical 
  or family reasons will not be denied unemployment compensation when 
                   they are ready to return to work.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) subsection (a) 
of section 3304 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to 
approval of State unemployment compensation laws) is amended by 
striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (17), by redesignating 
paragraph (18) as paragraph (19), and by inserting after paragraph (17) 
the following new paragraph:
            ``(18)(A) if any individual leaves employment for a 
        qualified family-related reason, for purposes of determining 
        such individual's eligibility for compensation for any 
        subsequent week for which such individual meets the State law 
        requirements relating to availability for work and active 
        search for work--
                    ``(i) such individual shall be treated as leaving 
                such employment for good cause, and
                    ``(ii) any failure while the qualified family-
                related reason continues to return to such employment 
                or to otherwise meet such State law requirements shall 
                be disregarded,
            ``(B) for purposes of subparagraph (A), the term `qualified 
        family reason' means any circumstance which entitles the 
        individual to unpaid leave under the Family and Medical Leave 
        Act of 1993 (or would entitle the individual to such leave if 
        the individual's employer were subject to the requirements of 
        such Act) whether or not the individual returns to employment 
        after the leave to which such individual is (or would be 
        entitled); and''.
    (b)(1) Except as provided by paragraph (2), the amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on November 1, 1993.
    (2) In the case of any State the legislature of which has not been 
in session for at least 30 calendar days (whether or not successive) 
between the date of the enactment of this Act and November 1, 1993, the 
amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 30 calendar days 
after the first day on which such legislature is in session on or after 
November 1, 1993.

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