US Congress House Bill 1845 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 32-2)
Status: Introduced on April 16 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-05-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Military Family Leave Act of 2015 Entitles an employed family member of a member of the Armed Forces who receives notification of a call or order to active duty in support of a contingency operation, or who is deployed in connection with a contingency operation, to two workweeks of leave per year for each family member who is so called or deployed. Allows such leave to: (1) be taken intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule; and (2) consist of paid or unpaid leave, as the employer considers appropriate. Allows an employer to require certification of entitlement to such leave within a leave request. Provides employment and benefits protection for employees upon their return from such leave. Prohibits an employer from interfering with or otherwise denying the exercise of such leave rights.

Military Family Leave Act of 2015

Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Brad Ashford [D-NE]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-05-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
2015-04-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2015-04-16	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1845/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1845/BILLS-114hr1845ih.pdf