Military Family Leave Act of 2024
Summary
Military Family Leave Act of 2024 This bill 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. Such leave may (1) be taken intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule; and (2) consist of paid or unpaid leave, as the employer considers appropriate. Additionally, the bill (1) allows an employer to require certification of entitlement to such leave within a leave request, (2) provides employment and benefits protection for employees upon their return from such leave, and (3) prohibits an employer from interfering with or otherwise denying the exercise of such leave rights.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Mar 6, 2024
Last action Mar 6, 2024
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Total actions
2
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Committee
1
Mar 6, 2024
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
lower
Mar 6, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 13 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Matt Cartwright
DDemocratic
Co
Betty McCollum
DDemocratic
Co
Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
Co
Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan
DDemocratic
Co
Gwen Moore
DDemocratic
Co
James C. Moylan
RRepublican
Co
James P. McGovern
DDemocratic
Co
Jill N. Tokuda
DDemocratic
Co
Josh Gottheimer
DDemocratic
Co
Lois Frankel
DDemocratic
Co
Mary Sattler Peltola
DDemocratic
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