Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008

To provide that 8 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave, and for other purposes.

4/8/2008--Introduced.
Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008 - Allows federal employees to substitute any available paid leave for any leave without pay available for either the:
(1) birth of a child; or
(2) placement of a child with the employee for either adoption or foster care. Makes available for any of the 12 weeks of leave an employee is entitled to for such purposes:
(1) eight administrative weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth or placement involved; and
(2) any accumulated annual or sick leave.
Amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to allow the same substitution for covered congressional employees.
Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to allow the same substitution for Government Accountability Office (GAO) and Library of Congress employees.
Requires GAO to study and report on the feasibility and desirability of providing an insurance benefit to federal employees which affords partial or total wage replacement with respect to periods of qualified leave. Defines "qualified leave" as leave that:
(1) is available by reason of the need to care for the spouse, child, or parent of the employee having a serious health condition or by reason of a serious health condition affecting the employee that renders such employee unable to perform the functions of his or her position; and
(2) would otherwise be leave without pay.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D, NY-14]
• and 21 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Howard Berman [D, CA-28]
  • Rep. Elijah Cummings [D, MD-7]
  • Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7]
  • Thomas Davis
  • Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D, CT-3]
  • Rep. Keith Ellison [D, MN-5]
  • Rep. Chaka Fattah [D, PA-2]
  • Rep. Bob Filner [D, CA-51]
  • Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY-20]
  • Rep. Al Green [D, TX-9]
  • Rep. Steny Hoyer [D, MD-5]
  • Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D, OH-10]
  • Rep. John Lewis [D, GA-5]
  • Rep. Betty McCollum [D, MN-4]
  • Rep. George Miller [D, CA-7]
  • Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8]
  • Rep. John Sarbanes [D, MD-3]
  • Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
  • Rep. José Serrano [D, NY-16]
  • Rep. Christopher Van Hollen [D, MD-8]
  • Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D, CA-6]
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Committees

• House Education and Labor
• 3 more
  • House Oversight and Government Reform
  • House Oversight and Government Reform
  • House Administration
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.5718

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
April 08, 2008

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• Apr 10, 2008: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
• Apr 08, 2008: Referred to House House Administration
• Apr 08, 2008: Referred to House Education and Labor
• Apr 08, 2008: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E541)
• Introduced on Apr 08, 2008.
• Apr 08, 2008: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Education and Labor, 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.
• Apr 08, 2008: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform

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Related Bills:

• H.R.3158
• H.R.3799
• H.R.5781
• S.3140

Related Issue Areas:

• Government employees
• Adoption
• Childbirth
• Children
• 25 more
• Congress
• Congressional agencies
• Congressional employees
• Congressional reporting requirements
• Employee vacations
• Families
• Family leave
• Federal employees
• Federal libraries
• Foster home care
• Government Accountability Office (GAO)
• Government information
• Governmental investigations
• Humanities
• Library of Congress
• Medical care
• Medicine
• Sick leave
• Welfare
• Administrative procedure
• Congressional investigations
• Executive departments
• Law
• Office of Personnel Management
• Leave of absence

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