I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1274 
To permit employees to request, and to ensure employers consider requests 
for, flexible work terms and conditions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2009 
Mrs. MALONEY (for herself, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. LEWIS 
of Georgia, and Mr. CUMMINGS) 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, House Adminis-
tration, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To permit employees to request, and to ensure employers 
consider requests for, flexible work terms and conditions, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Working Families 
Flexibility Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘employee’’ means 
an individual— 
(A) who is— 
(i)(I) an employee (including an appli-
cant), as defined in section 3(e) of the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
203(e)), who is not covered under any of 
clauses (ii) through (v), including such an 
employee of the Library of Congress, ex-
cept that a reference in such section to an 
employer shall be considered to be a ref-
erence to an employer described in clauses 
(i)(I) and (ii) of paragraph (2)(A); or 
(II) an employee (including an appli-
cant) of the Government Accountability 
Office; 
(ii) a State employee (including an ap-
plicant) described in section 304(a) of the 
Government Employee Rights Act of 1991 
(42 U.S.C. 2000e–16c(a)); 
(iii) a covered employee (including an 
applicant), as defined in section 101 of the 
Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 
(2 U.S.C. 1301); 
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(iv) a covered employee (including an 
applicant), as defined in section 411(c) of 
title 3, United States Code; or 
(v) a Federal officer or employee (in-
cluding an applicant) covered under sub-
chapter V of chapter 63 of title 5, United 
States Code; and 
(B) who works an average of at least 20 
hours per week or, in the alternative, at least 
1,000 hours per year. 
(2) EMPLOYER.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘employer’’ 
means a person who is— 
(i)(I) a covered employer, as defined 
in subparagraph (B), who is not covered 
under any of subclauses (II) through (V); 
(II) an entity employing a State em-
ployee described in section 304(a) of the 
Government Employee Rights Act of 1991; 
(III) an employing office, as defined 
in section 101 of the Congressional Ac-
countability Act of 1995; 
(IV) an employing office, as defined in 
section 411(c) of title 3, United States 
Code; or 
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