Adoption Leave for Military Families Act

Bill: 114-hr-4750
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. MacArthur, Thomas [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2016-03-16
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Adoption and foster care

Employee leave

Military personnel and dependents
Latest action: action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-03-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Adoption Leave for Military Families Act</strong></p> <p>This bill revises adoptive leave requirements for dual military couples to permit one service member to take up to 21 days of leave and the other service member to take up to 14 days of leave. (Current law permits up to 21 days of leave for only one service member.)</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4750 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 16, 2016 Mr. MacArthur (for himself and Mr. Langevin ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the prohibition on providing adoptive leave to each member of a dual military couple.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Adoption Leave for Military Families Act . 2. Revision in Department of Defense policies regarding adoptive leave for dual military couples Section 701(i)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking only one such member shall be allowed leave under this subsection and inserting one of the members is allowed up to 21 days of leave under this subsection and the other member may be allowed up to 14 days of leave under this subsection .