[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4351 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4351

    To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to reduce the 
  qualifying time for a spouse of an active duty member of the Armed 
                         Forces to take leave.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 10, 2025

  Ms. Strickland (for herself and Mr. Bacon) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, 
 and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, 
and House Administration, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to reduce the 
  qualifying time for a spouse of an active duty member of the Armed 
                         Forces to take leave.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE.

    Section 101(2) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 is 
amended by inserting at the end the following:
                    ``(F) Spouse of a member of the armed forces 
                participating in covered active duty.--In the case of 
                an employee who is a spouse of a member of the Armed 
                Forces who is participating in covered active duty, in 
                lieu of the definition in subparagraph (A), the term 
                `eligible employee' means an employee who has been 
                employed for at least 90 calendar days by the employer 
                with respect to whom leave is requested.''.
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