[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5364 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5364

To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to eliminate an hours 
          of service requirement for benefits under that Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 11, 2006

Ms. Baldwin (for herself, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Wexler, 
 Mr. Owens, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Ms. 
 Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Payne, 
 Mrs. Maloney, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Al Green of Texas, 
Mr. Crowley, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Carson, Mr. Kildee, 
 and Ms. Schakowsky) 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 House Administration, 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 eliminate an hours 
          of service requirement for benefits under that Act.

    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 Fairness Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF HOURS OF SERVICE REQUIREMENT.

    Section 101(2)(A) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 
U.S.C. 2611(2)(A)) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `eligible employee' 
                means an employee who has been employed, either as a 
                full-time or part-time employee, for at least 12 months 
                by the employer with respect to whom leave is requested 
                under section 102.''.
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