[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 389 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 389

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

                            January 9, 2009

  Ms. Baldwin (for herself, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, 
   Mrs. Capps, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Hastings of 
 Florida, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Kildee, and Mr. Cohen) 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 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 2009''.

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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