US Congress House Bill 1439 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 138)
Status: Introduced on March 18 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Social Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act Establishes the Office of Paid Family and Medical Leave within the Social Security Administration (SSA), to be headed by the Deputy SSA Commissioner. Entitles every individual to a family and medical leave insurance (FMLI) benefit payment for each month beginning on the first day of the first month in which the individual meets the criteria specified below and ending 365 days later (benefit period), not to exceed 60 qualified caregiving days per period. Qualifies for such a benefit payment any individual who: is insured for disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act at the time his or her application is filed; has earned income from employment during the 12 months before filing it; has filed an application for a FMLI benefit in accordance with this Act; and was engaged in qualified caregiving (any activity, except regular employment, for a reason entitled to leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993), or anticipates being so engaged, during the 90-day period before the application is filed or within 30 days after. Prescribes a formula for determination of an individual's monthly FMLI benefit payment, as well as for the maximum and the minimum monthly benefit amounts. Requires a FMLI benefit payment to be coordinated with any periodic benefits received from temporary disability insurance or family leave insurance programs under any state law or plan, local government, or an instrumentality of two or more states. Prescribes criteria that makes an individual ineligible for a FMLI benefit payment. Specifies prohibited acts by an employer, and penalties for violations. Establishes the Federal Family and Medical Leave Insurance Trust Fund in the Treasury. Requires FMLI benefit payments to be made only from this Fund. Prohibits the use of amounts from the Social Security Trust Fund or appropriated to the SSA to administer Social Security programs for FMLI benefits or administration. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax on every individual and employer, all self-employment income, and every railroad employee, employee representative, or railroad employer to finance the Federal Family and Medical Leave Insurance Trust Fund in the Treasury for FMLI benefits.

Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act

Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takai [D-HI]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]
Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]
Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Sen. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]
Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]
Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
2015-03-18	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2015-03-18	House	Introduced in House

SB786 (Same As) 2015-03-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1439/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1439/BILLS-114hr1439ih.pdf