[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3556 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3556

 To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act to provide an additional 12 
 weeks of leave for a family member to care for a member of the Armed 
               Forces who is seriously injured in combat.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 17, 2007

Mr. Rodriguez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on 
Oversight and 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 to provide an additional 12 
 weeks of leave for a family member to care for a member of the Armed 
               Forces who is seriously injured in combat.

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

SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL LEAVE FOR FAMILIES OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
              FORCES.

    (a) Amendment to FMLA.--Section 102(a) of the Family and Medical 
Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(a) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
            ``(3) Additional leave for families of injured members of 
        the armed forces.--If leave is taken under paragraph (1)(C) to 
        care for a spouse, parent, son, or daughter who is an injured 
        member of the Armed Forces, an eligible employee shall be 
        entitled to a total of 24 workweeks of leave during any 12-
        month period.''.
    (b) Definition.--Section 101 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 
1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611) is amended by redesignating paragraphs (7) 
through (13) as paragraphs (8) through (14), respectively, and 
inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
            ``(7) Injured member of the armed forces.--The term 
        `injured member of the Armed Forces' means a member of the 
        Armed Forces, including a member of the National Guard or a 
        Reserve, who is undergoing medical treatment, recuperation, or 
        therapy for a serious combat-related injury or illness.''.
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