[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1113 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1113

 To provide that if an employer provides additional leave to a parent 
 for the birth such employer shall provide the same leave to a parent 
                for an adopted child or a foster child.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 18, 1997

  Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the 
Committees on Government Reform and Oversight and House Oversight, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide that if an employer provides additional leave to a parent 
 for the birth such employer shall provide the same leave to a parent 
                for an adopted child or a foster child.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. LEAVE FOR ADOPTED AND FOSTER CHILDREN.

    If an employer provides to an employee who is a parent leave, in 
addition to the leave required by the Family and Medical Leave Act of 
1993, for the birth of a child, such employer shall provide the same 
leave to an employee who is a parent for an adopted child or a foster 
child. For purposes of enforcement such additional leave shall be 
considered leave required to be provided under section 102 of such Act.
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