US Congress House Bill 4628 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 59-27)
Status: Introduced on May 9 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-06-20 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Military Opportunities for Mothers Act or the MOM Act - Requires military personnel who give birth to a child to be given 42 days of convalescent leave for use in connection with that birth. Allows military personnel up to 42 additional days of leave in connection with the birth of such child upon the expiration of the convalescent leave, but: makes them ineligible for basic pay for any day on which such additional leave is used, although they are to be considered to be on active duty for all other purposes; and their commanding officer may recall them from such leave when necessary to maintain unit readiness.

Military Opportunities for Mothers Act

Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Rep. Ron Barber [D-AZ]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]
Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA]
Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. William Enyart [D-IL]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Phil Gingrey [R-GA]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]
Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]	Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]
Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]
Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Gloria Negrete McLeod [D-CA]
Rep. Kristi Noem [R-SD]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]	Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]
Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Tom Price [R-GA]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]
Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]	Rep. Steve Southerland [R-FL]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-06-20	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2014-05-09	House	Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
2014-05-09	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4047)

SB2358 (Same As) 2014-05-20 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
HB4435 (Related) 2014-06-05 - Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 425.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4628/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4628/BILLS-113hr4628ih.pdf