Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act

Bill: 109-hr-5625
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2006-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Adoption
Caregivers
Confidential communications
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Crime and Law Enforcement
Disability insurance
Disabled
Diseases
Economics and Public Finance
Employment subsidies
Evidence (Law)
Families
Family leave
Family violence
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Foster home care
Geriatrics
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Health
Law
Leave of absence
Sick leave
Social Welfare
Unemployment insurance
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: 
Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act - Family Income to Respond to Significant Transitions Insurance Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to make five-year grants to a state or local government to pay for the federal share of the cost of carrying out projects that assist families by providing wage replacement for eligible individuals responding to caregiving needs resulting from the birth or adoption of a son or daughter or other family caregiving needs.
 
Family and Medical Leave Fairness Act of 2005 - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to extend coverage to employees at worksites where the employer employs at least 25 (currently 50) employees at the worksite and within 75 miles of that worksite. 
Amends FMLA and federal civil service law to entitle to leave those employees who must address the effects of domestic violence. 
Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2005 - Permits the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to contract with one or more employing agencies to conduct a grant project that provides paid leave for eligible individuals who are responding to caregiving needs resulting from the birth or adoption of a son or daughter or other family caregiving needs. Requires the leave to last for at least six weeks during a 12-month period. 
Time for Schools Act of 2005 - Amends FMLA to allow employees covered by such Act to take up to 24 hours, during any 12-month period, of school involvement leave to participate in: (1) an academic activity of their child's school, such as a parent-teacher conference or an interview for a school; or (2) literacy training under a family literacy program. Amends federal civil service law to provide the same school involvement leave allowance for federal employees.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on 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.
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on 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.
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on 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.
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on 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.
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1171-1172)
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Introduced in House