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[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6938 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6938

To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act to expand employees eligible 
 for leave and employers subject to leave requirements, and for other 
                               purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 3, 2022

   Ms. Underwood (for herself, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Titus, Mr. Levin of 
California, Mrs. McBath, Ms. Porter, Ms. Speier, Ms. Norton, Mr. Evans, 
   Mr. Carson, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. 
Scanlon, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Adams, Ms. Schakowsky, 
  Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Garcia of 
    Illinois, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Takano, Mr. Raskin, Mr. 
  McGovern, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Newman, Ms. 
    Chu, Ms. Ross, Ms. Manning, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Price of North 
Carolina, Mr. Khanna, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Ms. Tlaib, 
  Mr. Levin of Michigan, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Casten, Mrs. Lawrence, Ms. 
Barragan, Ms. Stevens, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Larson 
of Connecticut, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. Jayapal, and Ms. Wilson of 
   Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on 
  Oversight and 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 expand employees eligible 
 for leave and employers subject to leave requirements, 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 ``Job Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF EMPLOYEES ELIGIBLE FOR FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE.

    (a) In General.--Section 101(2) of the Family and Medical Leave Act 
of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``employed--'' and all 
        that follows through the end of the subparagraph and inserting 
        ``employed for at least 90 days by the employer with respect to 
        whom leave is requested under section 102.'';
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``does not include--'' 
        and all that follows through the end of the subparagraph and 
        inserting ``does not include any Federal officer or employee 
        covered under subchapter V of chapter 63 of title 5, United 
        States Code (as added by title II of this Act).'';
            (3) by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D); and
            (4) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (C).
    (b) Federal Employees.--
            (1) In general.--Title 5, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in section 6381(1)(B), by striking ``12 
                months'' and inserting ``90 days''; and
                    (B) in section 6382(d)(2)(E), by striking ``12 
                months'' and inserting ``90 days''.
            (2) Presidential employees.--Section 412(a)(2)(B) of title 
        3, United States Code, is amended by striking ``12 months and 
        for at least 1,250 hours of employment during the previous 12 
        months'' and inserting ``90 days''.
            (3) Congressional employees.--Section 202(a)(2)(B) of the 
        Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
        1312(a)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ``12 months and for at 
        least 1,250 hours of employment during the previous 12 months'' 
        and inserting ``90 days''.

SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF EMPLOYERS SUBJECT TO LEAVE REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 101(4)(A)(i) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2611(4)(A)(i)) is 
amended by striking ``50 or more employees'' and all that follows 
through the end of the clause and inserting ``1 or more employees''.
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