US Congress House Bill 532 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 70-1)
Status: Introduced on January 26 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-02-05 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E174-175)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2015 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 (subject to specified requirements) for any of the 12 weeks of leave an employee is entitled to for such purposes: (1) six administrative weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth or placement involved, and (2) any accumulated annual or sick leave. Authorizes the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to promulgate regulations to increase the amount of paid parental leave available to such an employee to a total of 12 administrative workweeks, based on the consideration of: (1) the benefits to the federal government, including enhanced recruitment and employee retention; (2) the cost to the government; (3) trends in the private sector and in state and local governments; (4) the federal government's role as a model employer; and (5) the impact of increased paid parental leave on lower-income and economically disadvantaged employees and their children. Amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 and the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to allow the same substitution for covered congressional employees, Government Accountability Office (GAO) employees, and Library of Congress employees. Counts certain service by an employee of the executive branch, Congress, GAO, or the Library of Congress while on active duty as a member of the National Guard or Reserves as service for that branch or agency for purposes of determining such employee's eligibility to take or substitute leave as provided under this Act.

Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2015

Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]
Rep. Steny Hoyer [D-MD]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]
Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]
Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]
Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]
Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-05	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E174-175)
2015-01-27	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E119)
2015-01-26	House	Referred to House Administration
2015-01-26	House	Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2015-01-26	House	Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
2015-01-26	House	Introduced in House

SB2033 (Related) 2015-09-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
SB2814 (Related) 2016-04-19 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/532/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr532/BILLS-114hr532ih.pdf