[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 279 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 279

  To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to include nurse 
practitioners and domestic partners within the scope of coverage of the 
  Act and to extend the period of family or medical leave for spouses 
                     employed by the same employer.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 2005

    Ms. Millender-McDonald introduced the following bill; which was 
   referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in 
   addition to the Committees on House Administration and Government 
 Reform, 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 amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to include nurse 
practitioners and domestic partners within the scope of coverage of the 
  Act and to extend the period of family or medical leave for spouses 
                     employed by the same employer.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Family and Medical Leave Protection 
Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT OF 1993.

    (a) Inclusion of Nurse Practitioner Within Definition of Health 
Care Provider.--Section 101(6) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 
1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611(6)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); 
        and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new 
        subparagraph:
                    ``(B) a nurse practitioner; or'';
    (b) Inclusion of Domestic Partner Within Definition of Spouse.--
Section 101(13) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2611(13)) is amended by 
inserting before the period at the end the following: ``and includes a 
domestic or civil partner registered or recognized under the applicable 
domestic or civil partnership State or local law''.
    (c) Extension of Period of Family or Medical Leave for Spouses 
Employed by Same Employer.--Section 102(f) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
2612(f)) is amended by striking ``12 workweeks'' and inserting ``24 
workweeks''.
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