[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8944 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8944

  To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and the Emergency 
 Paid Sick Leave Act to include leave for employees who are unable to 
work due to minor children in optional virtual or hybrid learning, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 10, 2020

   Ms. Meng introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on 
 House Administration, Oversight and Reform, and Ways and Means, 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 and the Emergency 
 Paid Sick Leave Act to include leave for employees who are unable to 
work due to minor children in optional virtual or hybrid learning, and 
                          for other purposes.

    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 ``Access To Health-based Options and 
More Ease with Learning Act'' or the ``AT HOME Learning Act''.

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

    (a) Emergency Leave Extension.--Section 102(a)(1)(F) of the Family 
and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)(F)) is amended by 
striking ``December 31, 2020'' and inserting ``June 25, 2021''.
    (b) Qualifying Need Related to a Public Health Emergency.--Section 
110(a)(2)(A) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 
2620(a)(2)(A)) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(A) Qualifying need related to a public health 
                emergency.--The term `qualifying need related to a 
                public health emergency', with respect to leave, means 
                the employee is unable to work (or telework) due to a 
                need for leave to care for the son or daughter of such 
                employee if, due to COVID-19--
                            ``(i) the child care provider of such son 
                        or daughter is unavailable;
                            ``(ii) the school or place of care of such 
                        son or daughter is closed; or
                            ``(iii) the school of such son or 
                        daughter--
                                    ``(I) requires or makes optional a 
                                virtual learning instruction model; or
                                    ``(II) requires or makes optional a 
                                hybrid of in-person and virtual 
                                learning instruction models.''.

SEC. 3. EMERGENCY PAID SICK LEAVE ACT.

    (a) Paid Sick Time Requirement.--Section 5102(a)(5) of the 
Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (29 U.S.C. 2601 note) is amended to read 
as follows:
            ``(5) The employee is caring for a son or daughter of such 
        employee if, due to COVID-19--
                    ``(A) the child care provider of such son or 
                daughter is unavailable;
                    ``(B) the school or place of care of such son or 
                daughter is closed; or
                    ``(C) the school of such son or daughter--
                            ``(i) requires or makes optional a virtual 
                        learning instruction model; or
                            ``(ii) requires or makes optional a hybrid 
                        of in-person and virtual learning instruction 
                        models.''.
    (b) Allowing Employees To Access the Balance of Their Emergency 
Paid Sick Leave Entitlement.--Section 5102 of the Emergency Paid Sick 
Leave Act (29 U.S.C. 2601 note) is amended by striking subsection 
(b)(3).
    (c) Emergency Paid Sick Leave Extension.--Section 5109 of the 
Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (29 U.S.C. 2601 note) is amended by 
striking ``December 31, 2020'' and inserting ``June 25, 2021''.

SEC. 4. TAX CREDITS FOR PAID SICK AND PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE.

    (a) Paid Sick Leave.--Section 7001(g) of the Families First 
Coronavirus Response Act (26 U.S.C. 3111 note) is amended by striking 
``December 31, 2020'' and inserting ``June 25, 2021''.
    (b) Paid Family Leave.--Section 7003(g) of the Families First 
Coronavirus Response Act (26 U.S.C. 3111 note) is amended by striking 
``December 31, 2020'' and inserting ``June 25, 2021''.
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