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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 3089 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Secretary of Labor to carry out a grant program to award |
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| 6 | 6 | | grants to States to carry out a paid family leave program, to establish |
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| 7 | 7 | | the Interstate Paid Leave Action Network, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | APRIL30, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mrs. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | ICE(for herself, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Ms. STEVENS, |
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| 12 | 12 | | Ms. L |
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| 13 | 13 | | ETLOW, Mr. BEYER, Mr. FEENSTRA, and Mr. GOMEZ) introduced |
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| 14 | 14 | | the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and |
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| 15 | 15 | | Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, |
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| 16 | 16 | | Armed Services, Oversight and Government Reform, House Administra- |
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| 17 | 17 | | tion, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by |
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| 18 | 18 | | the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with- |
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| 19 | 19 | | in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 20 | 20 | | A BILL |
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| 21 | 21 | | To direct the Secretary of Labor to carry out a grant pro- |
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| 22 | 22 | | gram to award grants to States to carry out a paid |
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| 23 | 23 | | family leave program, to establish the Interstate Paid |
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| 24 | 24 | | Leave Action Network, and for other purposes. |
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| 25 | 25 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘More Paid Leave for 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | More Americans Act’’. 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | TITLE I—STATE PAID FAMILY 1 |
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| 34 | 34 | | LEAVE PUBLIC-PRIVATE 2 |
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| 35 | 35 | | PARTNERSHIP 3 |
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| 36 | 36 | | SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE PAID FAMILY 4 |
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| 37 | 37 | | LEAVE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP 5 |
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| 38 | 38 | | GRANT PROGRAM. 6 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (a) I |
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| 40 | 40 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor shall es-7 |
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| 41 | 41 | | tablish and administer a competitive grant program to 8 |
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| 42 | 42 | | provide grants to States that have enacted a law estab-9 |
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| 43 | 43 | | lishing a paid family leave program as described in sub-10 |
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| 44 | 44 | | section (d). 11 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (b) E |
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| 46 | 46 | | LIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 12 |
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| 47 | 47 | | under this section, a State shall— 13 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (1) have enacted a State law establishing a paid 14 |
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| 49 | 49 | | family leave program as described in subsection (d); 15 |
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| 50 | 50 | | and 16 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (2) participate in the Interstate Paid Leave Ac-17 |
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| 52 | 52 | | tion Network established under section 202(a). 18 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (c) A |
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| 54 | 54 | | PPLICATION.— 19 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (1) I |
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| 56 | 56 | | N GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 20 |
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| 57 | 57 | | grant under this section, a State shall submit to the 21 |
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| 58 | 58 | | Secretary an application at such time, in such man-22 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ner, and containing such information as the Sec-23 |
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| 60 | 60 | | retary may require, including how the funds will be 24 |
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| 61 | 61 | | used, the working population of the State, the per-25 |
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| 65 | 65 | | centage of the State’s working population that is 1 |
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| 66 | 66 | | able to access a paid family leave benefit, and the 2 |
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| 67 | 67 | | source of such benefit. 3 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (2) P |
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| 69 | 69 | | RIORITY.— 4 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (A) I |
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| 71 | 71 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 5 |
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| 72 | 72 | | prioritize States— 6 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (i) that indicate in the application 7 |
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| 74 | 74 | | submitted under paragraph (1) that the 8 |
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| 75 | 75 | | covered partnership will use software that 9 |
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| 76 | 76 | | is a commercially available off-the-shelf 10 |
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| 77 | 77 | | item (as defined in part 2.101 of the Fed-11 |
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| 78 | 78 | | eral Acquisition Regulation) to administer 12 |
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| 79 | 79 | | benefits; 13 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (ii) that have, relative to other States 14 |
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| 81 | 81 | | that have submitted an application in a 15 |
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| 82 | 82 | | given year, a lower percentage of the work-16 |
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| 83 | 83 | | ing population of the State that have ac-17 |
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| 84 | 84 | | cess to a paid family leave benefit at the 18 |
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| 85 | 85 | | time of the submission of the application; 19 |
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| 86 | 86 | | (iii) that demonstrate in the applica-20 |
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| 87 | 87 | | tion that the State has a plan to imple-21 |
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| 88 | 88 | | ment a financing mechanism that does not 22 |
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| 89 | 89 | | have long-term reliance on Federal fund-23 |
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| 90 | 90 | | ing; and 24 |
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| 94 | 94 | | (iv) that demonstrate in the applica-1 |
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| 95 | 95 | | tion how the State paid family leave pro-2 |
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| 96 | 96 | | gram serves low-income populations. 3 |
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| 97 | 97 | | (B) C |
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| 98 | 98 | | ONSIDERATION PROHIBITION .—The 4 |
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| 99 | 99 | | Secretary may not consider whether a State 5 |
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| 100 | 100 | | provides benefits in excess of those required 6 |
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| 101 | 101 | | under subsection (d) when deciding which 7 |
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| 102 | 102 | | States shall receive a grant under this title. 8 |
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| 103 | 103 | | (d) P |
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| 104 | 104 | | AIDFAMILYLEAVEPROGRAMREQUIRE-9 |
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| 105 | 105 | | MENTS.— 10 |
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| 106 | 106 | | (1) P |
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| 107 | 107 | | ROGRAM REQUIREMENTS .—A paid family 11 |
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| 108 | 108 | | leave program described in this subsection shall, at 12 |
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| 109 | 109 | | a minimum— 13 |
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| 110 | 110 | | (A) provide, through the covered partner-14 |
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| 111 | 111 | | ship, a paid family leave benefit to eligible em-15 |
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| 112 | 112 | | ployees because of— 16 |
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| 113 | 113 | | (i) the birth of a son or daughter of 17 |
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| 114 | 114 | | an eligible employee and in order to care 18 |
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| 115 | 115 | | for such son or daughter; and 19 |
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| 116 | 116 | | (ii) the placement of a son or daugh-20 |
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| 117 | 117 | | ter with the eligible employee for adoption; 21 |
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| 118 | 118 | | (B) provide 6 weeks of paid family leave 22 |
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| 119 | 119 | | benefits; 23 |
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| 120 | 120 | | (C) annually establish a weekly maximum 24 |
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| 121 | 121 | | benefit amount that is equal to 150 percent of 25 |
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| 125 | 125 | | the State’s average weekly wage (based on the 1 |
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| 126 | 126 | | most recent calendar year for which data is 2 |
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| 127 | 127 | | available from the Quarterly Census of Employ-3 |
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| 128 | 128 | | ment and Wages program of the BLS); 4 |
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| 129 | 129 | | (D) only permit an eligible employee to be 5 |
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| 130 | 130 | | entitled to a leave benefit under clauses (i) and 6 |
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| 131 | 131 | | (ii) of subparagraph (A) for a birth or place-7 |
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| 132 | 132 | | ment of a son or daughter during the 12-month 8 |
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| 133 | 133 | | period beginning on the date of such birth or 9 |
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| 134 | 134 | | placement; 10 |
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| 135 | 135 | | (E) require the establishment and use of a 11 |
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| 136 | 136 | | covered partnership; and 12 |
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| 137 | 137 | | (F) establish premium rates or a financing 13 |
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| 138 | 138 | | method to fund the paid family leave program 14 |
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| 139 | 139 | | for employees, employers, or both to pay. 15 |
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| 140 | 140 | | (2) P |
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| 141 | 141 | | AID FAMILY LEAVE BENEFIT .—For the 16 |
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| 142 | 142 | | purposes of this title, a paid family leave benefit pro-17 |
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| 143 | 143 | | vided to an eligible employee shall, at a minimum, 18 |
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| 144 | 144 | | include weekly compensation in an amount (not to 19 |
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| 145 | 145 | | exceed the amount described in paragraph (1)(C)) 20 |
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| 146 | 146 | | equal to the product of the average weekly earnings 21 |
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| 147 | 147 | | of the eligible employee and— 22 |
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| 148 | 148 | | (A) in the case of an eligible employee 23 |
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| 149 | 149 | | whose earnings for the 4 most recently com-24 |
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| 150 | 150 | | pleted calendar quarters that immediately pre-25 |
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| 154 | 154 | | cede the paid family leave benefit request are 1 |
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| 155 | 155 | | less than or equal to the poverty line (as de-2 |
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| 156 | 156 | | fined in section 673 of the Community Services 3 |
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| 157 | 157 | | Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902)) applicable 4 |
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| 158 | 158 | | to a 4-person household, 67 percent; 5 |
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| 159 | 159 | | (B) in the case of an eligible employee 6 |
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| 160 | 160 | | whose earnings for such calendar quarters are 7 |
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| 161 | 161 | | more than such poverty line, but less than the 8 |
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| 162 | 162 | | amount that is double such poverty line, a per-9 |
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| 163 | 163 | | centage equal to— 10 |
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| 164 | 164 | | (i) 67 percent, minus 11 |
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| 165 | 165 | | (ii) the product of— 12 |
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| 166 | 166 | | (I) 17 percent; and 13 |
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| 167 | 167 | | (II) the percentage by which the 14 |
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| 168 | 168 | | employee’s earnings exceed such pov-15 |
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| 169 | 169 | | erty line; or 16 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (C) in the case of any other eligible em-17 |
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| 171 | 171 | | ployee, 50 percent. 18 |
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| 172 | 172 | | (3) R |
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| 173 | 173 | | ECALCULATION OF BENEFIT AMOUNT .— 19 |
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| 174 | 174 | | The weekly compensation calculated under para-20 |
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| 175 | 175 | | graph (2) for an eligible employee shall be recal-21 |
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| 176 | 176 | | culated each time such employee applies for a paid 22 |
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| 177 | 177 | | family leave benefit. 23 |
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| 178 | 178 | | (4) E |
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| 179 | 179 | | MPLOYEES WITH MULTIPLE EMPLOY -24 |
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| 180 | 180 | | ERS.—In the case that an employee is employed by 25 |
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| 184 | 184 | | multiple employers, such an employee is entitled to 1 |
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| 185 | 185 | | receive a benefit from each employer, but the em-2 |
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| 186 | 186 | | ployee may not receive a total combined weekly ben-3 |
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| 187 | 187 | | efit in excess of the maximum benefit amount estab-4 |
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| 188 | 188 | | lished by a State pursuant to paragraph (1)(C). 5 |
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| 189 | 189 | | (5) E |
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| 190 | 190 | | MPLOYER SELF-ADMINISTRATION FLEXI -6 |
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| 191 | 191 | | BILITY.—In the case that a State’s paid family leave 7 |
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| 192 | 192 | | program includes a requirement for employer par-8 |
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| 193 | 193 | | ticipation, States shall be deemed to be in compli-9 |
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| 194 | 194 | | ance with this section only if they allow employers 10 |
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| 195 | 195 | | to self-administer paid family leave benefits to eligi-11 |
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| 196 | 196 | | ble employees, provided such benefits meet or exceed 12 |
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| 197 | 197 | | the paid family leave program established by the 13 |
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| 198 | 198 | | State that meets the requirements of this subsection. 14 |
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| 199 | 199 | | (6) R |
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| 200 | 200 | | ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in this 15 |
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| 201 | 201 | | subsection shall be construed to limit the ability of 16 |
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| 202 | 202 | | a State to provide additional paid family leave bene-17 |
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| 203 | 203 | | fits (including benefits for reasons described in sec-18 |
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| 204 | 204 | | tion 102(a)(1) of the Family and Medical Leave Act 19 |
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| 205 | 205 | | of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1))) in excess of the 20 |
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| 206 | 206 | | benefits required to be provided under this sub-21 |
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| 207 | 207 | | section. 22 |
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| 208 | 208 | | (e) U |
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| 209 | 209 | | SE OFFUNDS.—Grants awarded under this sec-23 |
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| 210 | 210 | | tion may be used by States for the following purposes: 24 |
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| 214 | 214 | | (1) Start up costs for the implementation of the 1 |
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| 215 | 215 | | paid family leave program. 2 |
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| 216 | 216 | | (2) To pay out benefits to eligible employees, 3 |
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| 217 | 217 | | but only for the reasons described in subsection 4 |
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| 218 | 218 | | (d)(1)(A). 5 |
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| 219 | 219 | | (3) To fund the covered partnership. 6 |
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| 220 | 220 | | (4) Paid family leave program design. 7 |
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| 221 | 221 | | (5) Purchasing and maintaining any necessary 8 |
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| 222 | 222 | | software. 9 |
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| 223 | 223 | | (6) Establishing a covered partnership. 10 |
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| 224 | 224 | | (7) Obtaining technical assistance for the State 11 |
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| 225 | 225 | | or the covered partnership to carry out a paid family 12 |
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| 226 | 226 | | leave program. 13 |
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| 227 | 227 | | (8) Outreach to employers, payroll providers, 14 |
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| 228 | 228 | | relevant professional or trade associations, and the 15 |
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| 229 | 229 | | general public to increase awareness of the State’s 16 |
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| 230 | 230 | | paid family leave program and to convey relevant in-17 |
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| 231 | 231 | | formation such as program eligibility, funding re-18 |
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| 232 | 232 | | quirements, benefit information, the application 19 |
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| 233 | 233 | | process, and any other information the State deems 20 |
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| 234 | 234 | | relevant. 21 |
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| 235 | 235 | | (9) Other activities to disseminate information 22 |
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| 236 | 236 | | about, and otherwise support, the accessibility of the 23 |
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| 237 | 237 | | State’s paid family leave program, including the op-24 |
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| 238 | 238 | | eration and maintenance of a program website, run-25 |
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| 242 | 242 | | ning a call center, and sending marketing materials 1 |
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| 243 | 243 | | on the State’s covered partnership to the groups de-2 |
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| 244 | 244 | | scribed in paragraph (8). 3 |
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| 245 | 245 | | (10) Research to inform the establishment and 4 |
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| 246 | 246 | | operation of the State’s paid family leave program, 5 |
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| 247 | 247 | | including program evaluations, and the dissemina-6 |
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| 248 | 248 | | tion of such research to the public. 7 |
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| 249 | 249 | | (11) To evaluate existing programs and models. 8 |
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| 250 | 250 | | (12) To reduce administrative burdens on em-9 |
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| 251 | 251 | | ployers in the State. 10 |
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| 252 | 252 | | (f) G |
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| 253 | 253 | | RANTAMOUNTS.— 11 |
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| 254 | 254 | | (1) I |
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| 255 | 255 | | N GENERAL.—In determining the amount 12 |
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| 256 | 256 | | of a grant to be provided to a State, the Secretary 13 |
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| 257 | 257 | | shall consider— 14 |
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| 258 | 258 | | (A) the size of the working population of 15 |
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| 259 | 259 | | the State relative to the size of the working 16 |
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| 260 | 260 | | population of the other States that are receiving 17 |
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| 261 | 261 | | a grant; 18 |
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| 262 | 262 | | (B) the birth rate of the State relative to 19 |
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| 263 | 263 | | the other such States; 20 |
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| 264 | 264 | | (C) the share of low-income individuals in 21 |
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| 265 | 265 | | the State; and 22 |
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| 266 | 266 | | (D) the demonstrated need of a State in 23 |
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| 267 | 267 | | the grant application. 24 |
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| 271 | 271 | | (2) LIMITS.—A grant provided under this sec-1 |
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| 272 | 272 | | tion may not be less than $1,500,000 and not more 2 |
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| 273 | 273 | | than $7,000,000. 3 |
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| 274 | 274 | | SEC. 102. OVERSIGHT. 4 |
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| 275 | 275 | | (a) R |
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| 276 | 276 | | EPORT.—Not later than 1 year after a State re-5 |
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| 277 | 277 | | ceives a grant under this section, and on an annual basis 6 |
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| 278 | 278 | | thereafter, the State shall submit to the Secretary, and 7 |
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| 279 | 279 | | make publicly available, a report on— 8 |
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| 280 | 280 | | (1) how the State has used the grant funds; 9 |
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| 281 | 281 | | and 10 |
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| 282 | 282 | | (2) the number of individuals in the State that 11 |
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| 283 | 283 | | have used paid family leave benefits as a result of 12 |
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| 284 | 284 | | the grant program described in section 101. 13 |
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| 285 | 285 | | (b) A |
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| 286 | 286 | | NNUALREPORT.—The Secretary shall, on an 14 |
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| 287 | 287 | | annual basis beginning on the date that is 1 year after 15 |
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| 288 | 288 | | the date the Secretary receives the first report under sub-16 |
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| 289 | 289 | | section (a), submit a report to the appropriate committees 17 |
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| 290 | 290 | | on the progress of States establishing paid family leave 18 |
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| 291 | 291 | | programs, the modification of existing paid family leave 19 |
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| 292 | 292 | | programs, and any changes in the levels of access workers 20 |
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| 293 | 293 | | have to paid family leave benefits in each State that re-21 |
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| 294 | 294 | | ceives a grant under section 101. 22 |
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| 295 | 295 | | (c) A |
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| 296 | 296 | | UDITREQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year after 23 |
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| 297 | 297 | | a State receives a grant under section 101, and on an an-24 |
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| 298 | 298 | | nual basis thereafter, the Inspector General of the Depart-25 |
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| 302 | 302 | | ment of Labor shall conduct audits on States that received 1 |
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| 303 | 303 | | such a grant to determine whether such States— 2 |
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| 304 | 304 | | (1) are using the grant funds in compliance 3 |
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| 305 | 305 | | with the requirements described in section 101(e); 4 |
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| 306 | 306 | | and 5 |
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| 307 | 307 | | (2) engaging in any waste, fraud, or abuse. 6 |
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| 308 | 308 | | (d) A |
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| 309 | 309 | | PPROPRIATECOMMITTEESDEFINED.—In this 7 |
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| 310 | 310 | | section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees’’ means— 8 |
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| 311 | 311 | | (1) the Committee on Education and Work-9 |
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| 312 | 312 | | force, the Ways and Means Committee, and the 10 |
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| 313 | 313 | | Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-11 |
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| 314 | 314 | | resentatives; and 12 |
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| 315 | 315 | | (2) the Committee on Health, Education, 13 |
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| 316 | 316 | | Labor, and Pensions, the Committee on Finance, 14 |
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| 317 | 317 | | and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 15 |
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| 318 | 318 | | SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS. 16 |
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| 319 | 319 | | In this title: 17 |
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| 320 | 320 | | (1) A |
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| 321 | 321 | | VERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS .—The term 18 |
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| 322 | 322 | | ‘‘weekly earnings’’, with respect to an individual, 19 |
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| 323 | 323 | | means the quotient obtained by dividing— 20 |
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| 324 | 324 | | (A) the earnings of the individual, by 21 |
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| 325 | 325 | | (B) 52. 22 |
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| 326 | 326 | | (2) C |
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| 327 | 327 | | OVERED PARTNERSHIP .—The term ‘‘cov-23 |
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| 328 | 328 | | ered partnership’’— 24 |
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| 332 | 332 | | (A) means a partnership between a State 1 |
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| 333 | 333 | | and at least one private entity (such as an in-2 |
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| 334 | 334 | | surance company or other private entity han-3 |
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| 335 | 335 | | dling specific functions of the paid leave pro-4 |
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| 336 | 336 | | gram, such as the benefit application process), 5 |
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| 337 | 337 | | that provides a paid family leave benefit to eli-6 |
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| 338 | 338 | | gible employees pursuant to the paid family 7 |
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| 339 | 339 | | leave program established by the State that 8 |
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| 340 | 340 | | meets the requirements of section 101(d); and 9 |
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| 341 | 341 | | (B) includes a State that allows employers 10 |
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| 342 | 342 | | to self-administer paid family leave benefits, as 11 |
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| 343 | 343 | | described in section 101(d)(5). 12 |
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| 344 | 344 | | (3) E |
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| 345 | 345 | | ARNINGS.—The term ‘‘earnings’’, with re-13 |
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| 346 | 346 | | spect to an individual, means all compensation for 14 |
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| 347 | 347 | | employment that is considered under the applicable 15 |
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| 348 | 348 | | State unemployment compensation law for the pur-16 |
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| 349 | 349 | | pose of calculating the amount of unemployment 17 |
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| 350 | 350 | | compensation for the individual. 18 |
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| 351 | 351 | | (4) E |
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| 353 | 353 | | (A) I |
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| 354 | 354 | | N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘eligible em-20 |
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| 355 | 355 | | ployee’’ means an employee who has been em-21 |
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| 356 | 356 | | ployed— 22 |
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| 357 | 357 | | (i) for at least 12 months by the em-23 |
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| 358 | 358 | | ployer with respect to whom leave is re-24 |
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| 363 | 363 | | or daughter; and 2 |
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| 364 | 364 | | (ii) for at least 1,250 hours of service 3 |
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| 365 | 365 | | with such employer during the previous 12- 4 |
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| 366 | 366 | | month period. 5 |
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| 367 | 367 | | (B) D |
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| 368 | 368 | | ETERMINATION.—For purposes of 6 |
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| 369 | 369 | | determining whether an employee meets the 7 |
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| 370 | 370 | | hours of service requirement specified in sub-8 |
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| 371 | 371 | | paragraph (A)(ii), the legal standards estab-9 |
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| 372 | 372 | | lished under section 7 of the Fair Labor Stand-10 |
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| 373 | 373 | | ards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) shall apply. 11 |
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| 374 | 374 | | (5) E |
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| 375 | 375 | | MPLOYER.—The term ‘‘employer’’ has the 12 |
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| 376 | 376 | | meaning given the term in section 101(4)(A)(i) and 13 |
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| 377 | 377 | | (ii) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 14 |
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| 378 | 378 | | (29 U.S.C. 2611(4)(A)(i)–(ii)). 15 |
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| 379 | 379 | | (6) FLSA |
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| 380 | 380 | | TERMS.—The terms ‘‘employ’’ and 16 |
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| 381 | 381 | | ‘‘employee’’ have the meanings given the terms in 17 |
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| 382 | 382 | | section 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 18 |
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| 383 | 383 | | (29 U.S.C. 203). 19 |
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| 384 | 384 | | (7) S |
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| 385 | 385 | | TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ includes any 20 |
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| 386 | 386 | | State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 21 |
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| 387 | 387 | | Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, 22 |
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| 388 | 388 | | Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar-23 |
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| 389 | 389 | | iana Islands. 24 |
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| 394 | 394 | | daughter’’ has the meaning given the term in section 2 |
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| 395 | 395 | | 101 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 3 |
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| 396 | 396 | | (29 U.S.C. 2611). 4 |
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| 397 | 397 | | SEC. 104. RESCISSION AND APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS. 5 |
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| 398 | 398 | | (a) T |
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| 399 | 399 | | ARIFFACTENFORCEMENT ACTIONS.—Section 6 |
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| 400 | 400 | | 11334 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Author-7 |
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| 401 | 401 | | ization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (16 U.S.C. 1885a) is 8 |
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| 402 | 402 | | amended by striking ‘‘$20,000,000’’ and inserting 9 |
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| 403 | 403 | | ‘‘$10,000,000’’. 10 |
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| 404 | 404 | | (b) D |
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| 405 | 405 | | EPARTMENT OF DEFENSEGOLFCOURSES; 11 |
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| 406 | 406 | | L |
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| 407 | 407 | | IMITATION ONUSE OFAPPROPRIATEDFUNDS.—Section 12 |
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| 408 | 408 | | 2491a of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 13 |
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| 409 | 409 | | (1) by striking ‘‘(a) L |
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| 410 | 410 | | IMITATION.—Except as 14 |
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| 411 | 411 | | provided in subsection (b), funds’’ and inserting 15 |
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| 412 | 412 | | ‘‘Funds’’; and 16 |
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| 413 | 413 | | (2) by striking subsection (b). 17 |
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| 414 | 414 | | (c) C |
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| 415 | 415 | | ONTRACTMODIFICATION.— 18 |
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| 416 | 416 | | (1) R |
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| 417 | 417 | | ELEASE.—The head of each executive 19 |
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| 418 | 418 | | agency that, as of the day before the date of enact-20 |
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| 419 | 419 | | ment of this Act, has entered into a contract or pur-21 |
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| 420 | 420 | | chase order under Procurement Instrument Identi-22 |
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| 421 | 421 | | fier GS03F047CA shall take such steps as may be 23 |
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| 422 | 422 | | necessary to terminate any such order or contract 24 |
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| 426 | 426 | | and release the unexpended balances of any funds 1 |
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| 427 | 427 | | obligated to carry out any such order or contract. 2 |
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| 428 | 428 | | (2) R |
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| 429 | 429 | | ESCISSION.—Any balance released from 3 |
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| 430 | 430 | | obligation pursuant to the termination of a contract 4 |
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| 431 | 431 | | or order pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be perma-5 |
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| 432 | 432 | | nently rescinded as of the date of the termination of 6 |
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| 433 | 433 | | the applicable contract or order. 7 |
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| 434 | 434 | | (3) E |
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| 435 | 435 | | XECUTIVE AGENCY DEFINED .—In this 8 |
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| 436 | 436 | | subsection, the term ‘‘executive agency’’ has the 9 |
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| 437 | 437 | | meaning given the term in section 133 of title 41, 10 |
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| 438 | 438 | | United States Code. 11 |
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| 439 | 439 | | (d) A |
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| 440 | 440 | | UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 12 |
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| 441 | 441 | | are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title 13 |
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| 442 | 442 | | the following amounts: 14 |
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| 443 | 443 | | (1) $39,787,500 for fiscal year 2026. 15 |
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| 444 | 444 | | (2) $79,575,000 for fiscal year 2027. 16 |
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| 445 | 445 | | (3) $145,887,500 for fiscal year 2028. 17 |
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| 446 | 446 | | TITLE II—I–PLAN 18 |
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| 447 | 447 | | SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS. 19 |
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| 448 | 448 | | In this title: 20 |
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| 449 | 449 | | (1) BLS.—The term ‘‘BLS’’ means the Bureau 21 |
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| 450 | 450 | | of Labor Statistics. 22 |
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| 451 | 451 | | (2) E |
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| 452 | 452 | | MPLOYER-PROVIDED PAID FAMILY AND 23 |
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| 453 | 453 | | MEDICAL LEAVE PLAN .—The terms ‘‘employer-pro-24 |
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| 457 | 457 | | vided paid family and medical leave plan’’ and ‘‘em-1 |
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| 458 | 458 | | ployer plan’’ mean a plan that— 2 |
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| 459 | 459 | | (A) is provided by an employer to the em-3 |
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| 460 | 460 | | ployees of such employer (whether directly, 4 |
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| 461 | 461 | | under a contract with an insurer, or provided 5 |
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| 462 | 462 | | through a multiemployer plan); 6 |
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| 463 | 463 | | (B) is an option for an employer within the 7 |
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| 464 | 464 | | structure of a State paid family and medical 8 |
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| 465 | 465 | | leave program in such State; and 9 |
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| 466 | 466 | | (C) meets or exceeds the requirements of 10 |
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| 467 | 467 | | the State paid family and medical leave pro-11 |
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| 468 | 468 | | gram of the State in which such employee is 12 |
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| 469 | 469 | | employed. 13 |
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| 470 | 470 | | (3) I–PLAN.—The term ‘‘I–PLAN’’ means the 14 |
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| 471 | 471 | | Interstate Paid Leave Action Network established in 15 |
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| 472 | 472 | | section 202(a). 16 |
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| 473 | 473 | | (4) I–PLAN |
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| 474 | 474 | | AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘I– 17 |
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| 475 | 475 | | PLAN Agreement’’ means the interstate agreement 18 |
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| 476 | 476 | | produced pursuant to section 202(b). 19 |
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| 477 | 477 | | (5) N |
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| 478 | 478 | | ATIONAL INTERMEDIARY .—The term ‘‘na-20 |
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| 479 | 479 | | tional intermediary’’ means a national nongovern-21 |
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| 480 | 480 | | mental workforce organization that has extensive ex-22 |
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| 481 | 481 | | perience partnering with the Department of Labor 23 |
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| 482 | 482 | | to operate interstate technological systems and the 24 |
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| 486 | 486 | | electronic transmission of information and data for 1 |
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| 487 | 487 | | State workforce agencies and employers. 2 |
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| 488 | 488 | | (6) P |
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| 489 | 489 | | AID LEAVE.—The term ‘‘paid leave’’ 3 |
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| 490 | 490 | | means an increment of compensated leave that is 4 |
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| 491 | 491 | | provided, in the case of a State program, by such 5 |
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| 492 | 492 | | State or, in the case of an employer plan, by such 6 |
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| 493 | 493 | | employer for use during a period in which such indi-7 |
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| 494 | 494 | | vidual is not working due to a qualifying reason. 8 |
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| 495 | 495 | | (7) Q |
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| 496 | 496 | | UALIFYING REASON .—The term ‘‘quali-9 |
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| 497 | 497 | | fying reason’’ means, in relation to an individual, a 10 |
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| 498 | 498 | | reason described in subparagraphs (A) through (D) 11 |
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| 499 | 499 | | of section 102(a)(1) of the Family and Medical 12 |
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| 500 | 500 | | Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)) (applied 13 |
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| 501 | 501 | | for purposes of this paragraph as if the individual 14 |
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| 502 | 502 | | involved were the employee referred to in such sec-15 |
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| 503 | 503 | | tion). 16 |
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| 504 | 504 | | (8) S |
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| 505 | 505 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 17 |
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| 506 | 506 | | the Secretary of Labor. 18 |
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| 507 | 507 | | (9) S |
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| 508 | 508 | | TATE FOCAL.—The term ‘‘State focal’’ 19 |
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| 509 | 509 | | means, with respect to a State, an individual— 20 |
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| 510 | 510 | | (A) designated by the State agency in 21 |
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| 511 | 511 | | charge of such State’s paid family and medical 22 |
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| 512 | 512 | | leave program to— 23 |
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| 513 | 513 | | (i) participate in the I–PLAN; 24 |
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| 518 | 518 | | and implement the I–PLAN Agreement; 2 |
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| 519 | 519 | | and 3 |
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| 520 | 520 | | (iii) communicate with key paid leave 4 |
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| 521 | 521 | | stakeholders across the State; and 5 |
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| 522 | 522 | | (B) who— 6 |
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| 523 | 523 | | (i) is employed by such State’s paid 7 |
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| 524 | 524 | | family and medical leave program; and 8 |
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| 525 | 525 | | (ii) has knowledge, experience, and 9 |
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| 526 | 526 | | authority in paid leave matters. 10 |
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| 527 | 527 | | (10) S |
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| 528 | 528 | | TATE PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE 11 |
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| 529 | 529 | | PROGRAM.—The terms ‘‘State paid family and med-12 |
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| 530 | 530 | | ical leave program’’ and ‘‘State program’’ mean a 13 |
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| 531 | 531 | | program under State law that provides, during any 14 |
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| 532 | 532 | | 24-month period, a total of not less than 6 weeks of 15 |
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| 533 | 533 | | paid leave to individuals— 16 |
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| 534 | 534 | | (A) for each qualifying reason; and 17 |
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| 535 | 535 | | (B) in aggregate. 18 |
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| 536 | 536 | | SEC. 202. INTERSTATE PAID LEAVE ACTION NETWORK. 19 |
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| 537 | 537 | | (a) I |
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| 538 | 538 | | NGENERAL.— 20 |
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| 539 | 539 | | (1) E |
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| 540 | 540 | | STABLISHMENT.—There is established an 21 |
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| 541 | 541 | | Interstate Paid Leave Action Network the purpose 22 |
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| 542 | 542 | | of which is to provide support and incentives for the 23 |
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| 543 | 543 | | development and adoption of an interstate agree-24 |
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| 548 | 548 | | ees, States, and employers by— 2 |
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| 549 | 549 | | (A) facilitating streamlined benefit deliv-3 |
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| 550 | 550 | | ery; 4 |
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| 551 | 551 | | (B) reducing administrative burden; and 5 |
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| 552 | 552 | | (C) coordinating and harmonizing State 6 |
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| 553 | 553 | | programs. 7 |
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| 554 | 554 | | (2) M |
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| 555 | 555 | | EMBERSHIP.—The I–PLAN shall include 8 |
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| 556 | 556 | | a State focal from each State receiving a conforming 9 |
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| 557 | 557 | | grant under section 204(a). 10 |
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| 558 | 558 | | (3) M |
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| 559 | 559 | | EETINGS.—The I–PLAN shall meet not 11 |
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| 560 | 560 | | less than 3 times in each calendar year. 12 |
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| 561 | 561 | | (4) P |
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| 562 | 562 | | ROCESSES.— 13 |
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| 563 | 563 | | (A) C |
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| 564 | 564 | | ERTIFICATION.—States shall certify 14 |
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| 565 | 565 | | to the Secretary their participation in the I– 15 |
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| 566 | 566 | | PLAN. 16 |
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| 567 | 567 | | (B) P |
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| 568 | 568 | | ROCEDURES.—State focals may de-17 |
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| 569 | 569 | | termine, in coordination with the Secretary, the 18 |
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| 570 | 570 | | process for the following: 19 |
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| 571 | 571 | | (i) the order in which States approach 20 |
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| 572 | 572 | | the substance of each I–PLAN require-21 |
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| 573 | 573 | | ment; 22 |
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| 574 | 574 | | (ii) the process by which States reach 23 |
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| 575 | 575 | | consensus on such substance and agree to 24 |
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| 576 | 576 | | the I–PLAN Agreement; 25 |
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| 581 | 581 | | leave the I–PLAN; and 2 |
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| 582 | 582 | | (iv) other processes relevant to the 3 |
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| 583 | 583 | | success and administration of the I–PLAN 4 |
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| 584 | 584 | | as the Secretary determines. 5 |
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| 585 | 585 | | (5) R |
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| 586 | 586 | | OADMAP.—The I–PLAN shall develop, 6 |
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| 587 | 587 | | and annually update, a roadmap for developing and 7 |
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| 588 | 588 | | implementing the interstate agreement described in 8 |
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| 589 | 589 | | subsection (b) including metrics for success. 9 |
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| 590 | 590 | | (b) D |
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| 591 | 591 | | UTIES.—The duty of the I–PLAN shall be to 10 |
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| 592 | 592 | | produce an interstate agreement into which States offer-11 |
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| 593 | 593 | | ing a State paid family and medical leave program may 12 |
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| 594 | 594 | | enter and to periodically update such agreement as nec-13 |
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| 595 | 595 | | essary to improve clarity and scope. Such agreement shall 14 |
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| 596 | 596 | | be publicly available and pursue each of the following re-15 |
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| 597 | 597 | | quirements: 16 |
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| 598 | 598 | | (1) P |
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| 599 | 599 | | OLICY STANDARD.—Create a single policy 17 |
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| 600 | 600 | | standard with respect to all participating States to 18 |
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| 601 | 601 | | facilitate easier compliance with and understanding 19 |
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| 602 | 602 | | of paid leave programs across States, including defi-20 |
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| 603 | 603 | | nitions for the following: 21 |
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| 604 | 604 | | (A) Benefit day, week, and year. 22 |
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| 605 | 605 | | (B) Base period. 23 |
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| 606 | 606 | | (C) Intermittent and reduced schedule 24 |
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| 607 | 607 | | leave. 25 |
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| 612 | 612 | | (E) Family members. 2 |
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| 613 | 613 | | (F) Employee eligibility. 3 |
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| 614 | 614 | | (G) Employee coverage. 4 |
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| 615 | 615 | | (H) Waiting period. 5 |
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| 616 | 616 | | (I) Covered wage. 6 |
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| 617 | 617 | | (2) A |
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| 618 | 618 | | DMINISTRATIVE STANDARD .—Create a sin-7 |
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| 619 | 619 | | gle administrative standard with respect to all par-8 |
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| 620 | 620 | | ticipating States to facilitate easier compliance with 9 |
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| 621 | 621 | | and understanding of paid leave programs across 10 |
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| 622 | 622 | | States, including— 11 |
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| 623 | 623 | | (A) the process by which employers re-12 |
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| 624 | 624 | | spond to requests from States to verify and pro-13 |
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| 625 | 625 | | vide employee information for eligibility deter-14 |
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| 626 | 626 | | minations, including wages and work history; 15 |
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| 627 | 627 | | (B) the process by which employers provide 16 |
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| 628 | 628 | | periodic and permanent notice of the avail-17 |
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| 629 | 629 | | ability of paid leave under a State program or 18 |
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| 630 | 630 | | employer plan to employees; 19 |
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| 631 | 631 | | (C) employees’ responsibility to provide no-20 |
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| 632 | 632 | | tices of leave to their employers; 21 |
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| 633 | 633 | | (D) timing of and process for collecting 22 |
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| 634 | 634 | | payroll contributions; 23 |
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| 635 | 635 | | (E) coordinating with other types of paid 24 |
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| 636 | 636 | | time off and leaves of absence; 25 |
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| 641 | 641 | | (G) accessing employee leave information; 2 |
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| 642 | 642 | | (H) protecting personal information; 3 |
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| 643 | 643 | | (I) creating and updating written leave 4 |
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| 644 | 644 | | materials such as handbooks; 5 |
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| 645 | 645 | | (J) maintaining records and documenta-6 |
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| 646 | 646 | | tion; and 7 |
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| 647 | 647 | | (K) if a State program permits employers 8 |
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| 648 | 648 | | to elect to provide employer plans, facilitating 9 |
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| 649 | 649 | | such election, including by creating a single 10 |
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| 650 | 650 | | equivalency standard with respect to all partici-11 |
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| 651 | 651 | | pating States to determine whether the max-12 |
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| 652 | 652 | | imum monetary value of an employer plan for 13 |
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| 653 | 653 | | the average weekly wage of workers in the State 14 |
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| 654 | 654 | | for total covered establishments in all industries 15 |
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| 655 | 655 | | (based on the most recent calendar year for 16 |
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| 656 | 656 | | which data are available from the Quarterly 17 |
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| 657 | 657 | | Census of Employment and Wages program of 18 |
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| 658 | 658 | | the BLS) is greater than or equal to the max-19 |
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| 659 | 659 | | imum monetary value of a State program (or 20 |
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| 660 | 660 | | that of multiple States), taking into account 21 |
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| 661 | 661 | | programmatic elements such as— 22 |
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| 662 | 662 | | (i) how benefit duration, wage replace-23 |
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| 663 | 663 | | ment, absence of a weekly benefit cap, ab-24 |
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| 668 | 668 | | interact in a quantitative manner; and 2 |
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| 669 | 669 | | (ii) how an individual taking paid 3 |
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| 670 | 670 | | family and medical leave for a qualifying 4 |
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| 671 | 671 | | reason affects the ability of such individual 5 |
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| 672 | 672 | | to take paid family and medical leave for 6 |
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| 673 | 673 | | another qualifying reason. 7 |
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| 674 | 674 | | (3) C |
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| 675 | 675 | | OORDINATION OF BENEFITS ACROSS 8 |
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| 676 | 676 | | STATE PROGRAMS .—Create a single process for 9 |
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| 677 | 677 | | State programs to process claims for an individual 10 |
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| 678 | 678 | | who has work history across multiple participating 11 |
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| 679 | 679 | | States so that a single State program may provide 12 |
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| 680 | 680 | | benefits to such individual on the basis of all such 13 |
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| 681 | 681 | | work history. 14 |
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| 682 | 682 | | SEC. 203. NATIONAL INTERMEDIARY TO SUPPORT THE 15 |
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| 683 | 683 | | INTERSTATE PAID LEAVE ACTION NETWORK. 16 |
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| 684 | 684 | | (a) A |
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| 685 | 685 | | UTHORITYTOMAKEGRANTS.—Subject to the 17 |
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| 686 | 686 | | availability of appropriations under section 205(a), the 18 |
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| 687 | 687 | | Secretary, acting through the Employment and Training 19 |
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| 688 | 688 | | Administration, shall award a grant to one national inter-20 |
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| 689 | 689 | | mediary to facilitate the activities of the I–PLAN. 21 |
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| 690 | 690 | | (b) U |
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| 691 | 691 | | SE OFFUNDS.—A national intermediary award-22 |
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| 692 | 692 | | ed a grant under subsection (a) shall use funds for the 23 |
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| 693 | 693 | | costs related to each of the following: 24 |
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| 694 | 694 | | (1) M |
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| 695 | 695 | | EETINGS.—Meeting activities, including— 25 |
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| 701 | 701 | | el, transportation, and other expenses of State 3 |
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| 702 | 702 | | focals and staff of the national intermediary 4 |
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| 703 | 703 | | (and any necessary accompanying State per-5 |
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| 704 | 704 | | sonnel); 6 |
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| 705 | 705 | | (B) making publicly available information 7 |
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| 706 | 706 | | on the agendas and outcomes of such meetings; 8 |
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| 707 | 707 | | and 9 |
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| 708 | 708 | | (C)(i) not later than 12 months after the 10 |
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| 709 | 709 | | date of enactment of this title, making publicly 11 |
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| 710 | 710 | | available the roadmap described under section 12 |
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| 711 | 711 | | 202(a)(5); and 13 |
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| 712 | 712 | | (ii) making any updates to such roadmap 14 |
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| 713 | 713 | | publicly available. 15 |
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| 714 | 714 | | (2) A |
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| 715 | 715 | | NNUAL REPORT.—Producing and making 16 |
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| 716 | 716 | | publicly available on an annual basis a report that 17 |
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| 717 | 717 | | compares State programs, including information 18 |
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| 718 | 718 | | on— 19 |
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| 719 | 719 | | (A) benefit eligibility; 20 |
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| 720 | 720 | | (B) the maximum number of weeks an eli-21 |
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| 721 | 721 | | gible employee is allowed to receive benefits— 22 |
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| 722 | 722 | | (i) for each qualifying reason; and 23 |
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| 723 | 723 | | (ii) in aggregate; 24 |
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| 727 | 727 | | (C) wage replacement rate and how that 1 |
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| 728 | 728 | | may vary based on prior earnings; 2 |
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| 729 | 729 | | (D) maximum weekly benefit amount; 3 |
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| 730 | 730 | | (E) how such programs are financed by 4 |
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| 731 | 731 | | employees and employers, including the payroll 5 |
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| 732 | 732 | | tax rate and amount of wages subject to tax; 6 |
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| 733 | 733 | | (F) whether and how such programs allow 7 |
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| 734 | 734 | | employers to provide employer plans, taking 8 |
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| 735 | 735 | | into consideration elements such as— 9 |
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| 736 | 736 | | (i) benefit payment timeliness; and 10 |
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| 737 | 737 | | (ii) employer and employee adminis-11 |
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| 738 | 738 | | trative complexity; 12 |
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| 739 | 739 | | (G) whether and how such programs co-13 |
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| 740 | 740 | | ordinate with other types of paid-time off and 14 |
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| 741 | 741 | | leaves of absence; 15 |
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| 742 | 742 | | (H) the reasons, including qualifying rea-16 |
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| 743 | 743 | | sons, under which an individual is eligible to 17 |
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| 744 | 744 | | take paid family and medical leave; and 18 |
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| 745 | 745 | | (I) other activities essential for the success, 19 |
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| 746 | 746 | | effectiveness, and sustainability of the I–PLAN. 20 |
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| 747 | 747 | | (3) O |
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| 748 | 748 | | UTREACH AND COORDINATION .—Engage-21 |
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| 749 | 749 | | ment, consulting, and gathering relevant information 22 |
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| 750 | 750 | | in coordination with I–PLAN States from a wide 23 |
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| 751 | 751 | | range of external stakeholders, including— 24 |
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| 752 | 752 | | (A) State legislatures; 25 |
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| 757 | 757 | | (C) employees; 2 |
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| 758 | 758 | | (D) representatives of employers, includ-3 |
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| 759 | 759 | | ing— 4 |
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| 760 | 760 | | (i) employers with employees in mul-5 |
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| 761 | 761 | | tiple States; and 6 |
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| 762 | 762 | | (ii) employers with fewer than 50 em-7 |
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| 763 | 763 | | ployees; 8 |
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| 764 | 764 | | (E) self-employed individuals; 9 |
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| 765 | 765 | | (F) policy experts and other organizations 10 |
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| 766 | 766 | | with expertise on paid leave and unemployment 11 |
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| 767 | 767 | | compensation programs; and 12 |
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| 768 | 768 | | (G) Tribal governments. 13 |
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| 769 | 769 | | (4) S |
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| 770 | 770 | | TANDARDIZED AND INTEROPERABLE 14 |
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| 771 | 771 | | TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM FOR WAGES .—Providing a 15 |
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| 772 | 772 | | standardized technology-based system to facilitate 16 |
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| 773 | 773 | | States’ ability to carry out the I–PLAN Agreement, 17 |
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| 774 | 774 | | allowing States to process interstate claims and 18 |
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| 775 | 775 | | strengthen program integrity, that— 19 |
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| 776 | 776 | | (A) adopts or leverages modular technology 20 |
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| 777 | 777 | | that— 21 |
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| 778 | 778 | | (i) ensures privacy, security, and 22 |
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| 779 | 779 | | prompt data availability; 23 |
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| 783 | 783 | | (ii) enhances and streamlines the 1 |
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| 784 | 784 | | claimant, employer, and participating State 2 |
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| 785 | 785 | | experience; and 3 |
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| 786 | 786 | | (iii) is interoperable with other rel-4 |
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| 787 | 787 | | evant State systems; and 5 |
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| 788 | 788 | | (B) permits States to report on, to the ex-6 |
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| 789 | 789 | | tent reasonable and technologically feasible, and 7 |
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| 790 | 790 | | disaggregated by qualifying reason, on trends 8 |
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| 791 | 791 | | such as— 9 |
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| 792 | 792 | | (i) the number of initial and contin-10 |
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| 793 | 793 | | ued benefit claims; 11 |
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| 794 | 794 | | (ii) average duration of benefits; 12 |
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| 795 | 795 | | (iii) average weekly benefit amount; 13 |
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| 796 | 796 | | (iv) average time between filing a 14 |
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| 797 | 797 | | claim and receiving an initial benefit pay-15 |
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| 798 | 798 | | ment; and 16 |
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| 799 | 799 | | (v) the accuracy of benefit payment 17 |
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| 800 | 800 | | amounts. 18 |
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| 801 | 801 | | (5) A |
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| 802 | 802 | | DDITIONAL USES.—Additional activities, 19 |
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| 803 | 803 | | including— 20 |
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| 804 | 804 | | (A) hiring and compensating staff; 21 |
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| 805 | 805 | | (B) formulating guidance, recommenda-22 |
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| 806 | 806 | | tions, and best practices for States; 23 |
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| 807 | 807 | | (C) providing training on program admin-24 |
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| 808 | 808 | | istration; 25 |
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| 812 | 812 | | (D) providing technical assistance to 1 |
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| 813 | 813 | | States; and 2 |
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| 814 | 814 | | (E) creating or leveraging technology es-3 |
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| 815 | 815 | | sential for the success and effectiveness of the 4 |
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| 816 | 816 | | I–PLAN. 5 |
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| 817 | 817 | | (c) D |
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| 818 | 818 | | URATION OFAWARD.— 6 |
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| 819 | 819 | | (1) I |
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| 820 | 820 | | N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 7 |
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| 821 | 821 | | the period during which payments are made to an 8 |
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| 822 | 822 | | entity from an award of a grant under subsection 9 |
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| 823 | 823 | | (a) shall be 5 years. 10 |
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| 824 | 824 | | (2) C |
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| 825 | 825 | | OMPLIANCE.—The Secretary shall annu-11 |
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| 826 | 826 | | ally evaluate whether the national intermediary is 12 |
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| 827 | 827 | | complying with the requirements of this title and, if 13 |
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| 828 | 828 | | the Secretary determines that the national inter-14 |
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| 829 | 829 | | mediary is not so complying, shall withhold any pay-15 |
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| 830 | 830 | | ment or part of the payment to the national inter-16 |
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| 831 | 831 | | mediary under this section for the following fiscal 17 |
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| 832 | 832 | | year unless and until the Secretary determines the 18 |
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| 833 | 833 | | national intermediary has remedied such compliance 19 |
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| 834 | 834 | | issue. 20 |
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| 835 | 835 | | (d) N |
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| 836 | 836 | | ATIONALINTERMEDIARY OVERSIGHT.—The 21 |
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| 837 | 837 | | Secretary shall— 22 |
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| 838 | 838 | | (1) monitor the national intermediary to ensure 23 |
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| 839 | 839 | | compliance with the requirements of this title; 24 |
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| 843 | 843 | | (2) provide technical assistance to assist the na-1 |
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| 844 | 844 | | tional intermediary with such compliance; and 2 |
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| 845 | 845 | | (3) require regular reports on the performance 3 |
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| 846 | 846 | | of the national intermediary, including on the road-4 |
|---|
| 847 | 847 | | map under section 202(a)(5), the use of funds under 5 |
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| 848 | 848 | | section 203(b), and other methods of evaluation. 6 |
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| 849 | 849 | | SEC. 204. GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE STATES. 7 |
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| 850 | 850 | | (a) C |
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| 851 | 851 | | ONFORMINGGRANTS.— 8 |
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| 852 | 852 | | (1) I |
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| 853 | 853 | | N GENERAL.— 9 |
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| 854 | 854 | | (A) A |
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| 855 | 855 | | UTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS .—Sub-10 |
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| 856 | 856 | | ject to the availability of appropriations under 11 |
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| 857 | 857 | | section 205(b), the Secretary, acting through 12 |
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| 858 | 858 | | the Employment and Training Administration, 13 |
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| 859 | 859 | | shall, on an annual basis, make a conforming 14 |
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| 860 | 860 | | grant to each eligible State. 15 |
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| 861 | 861 | | (B) A |
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| 862 | 862 | | MOUNT OF GRANT.— 16 |
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| 863 | 863 | | (i) I |
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| 864 | 864 | | N GENERAL.—A grant to an eligi-17 |
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| 865 | 865 | | ble State under this subsection shall be— 18 |
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| 866 | 866 | | (I) not less than $1,500,000 and 19 |
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| 867 | 867 | | not more than $8,000,000; and 20 |
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| 868 | 868 | | (II) subject to subclause (I), 21 |
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| 869 | 869 | | awarded on the basis of the relative 22 |
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| 870 | 870 | | annual level of employment (as pub-23 |
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| 871 | 871 | | lished by the Current Employment 24 |
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| 872 | 872 | | Statistics program of the BLS) of the 25 |
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| 876 | 876 | | eligible State, compared to the annual 1 |
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| 877 | 877 | | level of employment in all eligible 2 |
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| 878 | 878 | | States. 3 |
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| 879 | 879 | | (ii) A |
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| 880 | 880 | | DJUSTMENT.—The amounts 4 |
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| 881 | 881 | | specified in clause (i) shall be ratably in-5 |
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| 882 | 882 | | creased or decreased to the extent that 6 |
|---|
| 883 | 883 | | funds available under section 205(b) ex-7 |
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| 884 | 884 | | ceed or are less than (respectively) the 8 |
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| 885 | 885 | | amount required to provide the amounts 9 |
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| 886 | 886 | | specified in clause (i). 10 |
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| 887 | 887 | | (2) E |
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| 888 | 888 | | LIGIBLE STATES.— 11 |
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| 889 | 889 | | (A) I |
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| 890 | 890 | | N GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive 12 |
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| 891 | 891 | | a grant under paragraph (1), a State shall— 13 |
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| 892 | 892 | | (i) have a State focal; and 14 |
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| 893 | 893 | | (ii) participate in the I–PLAN in good 15 |
|---|
| 894 | 894 | | faith. 16 |
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| 895 | 895 | | (B) G |
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| 896 | 896 | | OOD FAITH REQUIREMENT .— 17 |
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| 897 | 897 | | (i) W |
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| 898 | 898 | | ITHHOLDING.—If the Secretary, 18 |
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| 899 | 899 | | in consultation with the national inter-19 |
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| 900 | 900 | | mediary awarded the grant under section 20 |
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| 901 | 901 | | 203(a), determines that a State is not par-21 |
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| 902 | 902 | | ticipating in the I–PLAN in good faith, 22 |
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| 903 | 903 | | the Secretary— 23 |
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| 907 | 907 | | (I) shall provide warning and 1 |
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| 908 | 908 | | feedback to States in a prompt man-2 |
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| 909 | 909 | | ner; and 3 |
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| 910 | 910 | | (II) if, six months after the date 4 |
|---|
| 911 | 911 | | on which the Secretary provides such 5 |
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| 912 | 912 | | warning and feedback, the Secretary 6 |
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| 913 | 913 | | determines such State continues not 7 |
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| 914 | 914 | | to participate in the I–PLAN in good 8 |
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| 915 | 915 | | faith, the Secretary may elect to with-9 |
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| 916 | 916 | | hold a portion or the total amount of 10 |
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| 917 | 917 | | a grant under paragraph (1) to such 11 |
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| 918 | 918 | | State. 12 |
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| 919 | 919 | | (ii) R |
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| 920 | 920 | | ESTORATION.—If the Secretary 13 |
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| 921 | 921 | | elects to withhold an amount from a State 14 |
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| 922 | 922 | | under clause (i)(II), the Secretary may 15 |
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| 923 | 923 | | later elect to provide the amount so with-16 |
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| 924 | 924 | | held to such State if the Secretary later 17 |
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| 925 | 925 | | determines that such State is participating 18 |
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| 926 | 926 | | in good faith. 19 |
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| 927 | 927 | | (b) I |
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| 928 | 928 | | MPLEMENTATION GRANTS.— 20 |
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| 929 | 929 | | (1) I |
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| 930 | 930 | | N GENERAL.— 21 |
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| 931 | 931 | | (A) A |
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| 932 | 932 | | UTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS .—Sub-22 |
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| 933 | 933 | | ject to the availability of appropriations under 23 |
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| 934 | 934 | | section 205(c), the Secretary, acting through 24 |
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| 935 | 935 | | the Employment and Training Administration, 25 |
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| 939 | 939 | | shall, on an annual basis, make an implementa-1 |
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| 940 | 940 | | tion grant to each eligible State. 2 |
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| 941 | 941 | | (B) A |
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| 942 | 942 | | MOUNT OF GRANT.— 3 |
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| 943 | 943 | | (i) I |
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| 944 | 944 | | N GENERAL.—A grant to an eligi-4 |
|---|
| 945 | 945 | | ble State under this subsection shall be— 5 |
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| 946 | 946 | | (I) not less than $1,500,000 and 6 |
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| 947 | 947 | | not more than $8,000,000; and 7 |
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| 948 | 948 | | (II) subject to subclause (I), 8 |
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| 949 | 949 | | awarded on the basis of the relative 9 |
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| 950 | 950 | | annual level of employment (as pub-10 |
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| 951 | 951 | | lished by Current Employment Statis-11 |
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| 952 | 952 | | tics program of the BLS) of the eligi-12 |
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| 953 | 953 | | ble State, compared to the annual 13 |
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| 954 | 954 | | level of employment in all eligible 14 |
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| 955 | 955 | | States. 15 |
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| 956 | 956 | | (ii) A |
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| 957 | 957 | | DJUSTMENT.—The amounts 16 |
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| 958 | 958 | | specified in clause (i) shall be ratably in-17 |
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| 959 | 959 | | creased or decreased to the extent that 18 |
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| 960 | 960 | | funds available under section 205(c) exceed 19 |
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| 961 | 961 | | or are less than (respectively) the amount 20 |
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| 962 | 962 | | required to provide the amounts specified 21 |
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| 963 | 963 | | in clause (i). 22 |
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| 964 | 964 | | (2) E |
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| 965 | 965 | | LIGIBILITY.— 23 |
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| 969 | 969 | | (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-1 |
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| 970 | 970 | | graph (B), to be eligible to receive a grant 2 |
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| 971 | 971 | | under paragraph (1), a State shall— 3 |
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| 972 | 972 | | (i) meet the requirements of sub-4 |
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| 973 | 973 | | section (a)(2)(A); and 5 |
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| 974 | 974 | | (ii) have entered into the I–PLAN 6 |
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| 975 | 975 | | Agreement. 7 |
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| 976 | 976 | | (B) L |
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| 977 | 977 | | IMITATION.—A State described in 8 |
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| 978 | 978 | | subparagraph (A) shall be ineligible to receive a 9 |
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| 979 | 979 | | grant for any fiscal year beginning after the 10 |
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| 980 | 980 | | date that is 4 years after the date on which 11 |
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| 981 | 981 | | such State enters into the I–PLAN Agreement 12 |
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| 982 | 982 | | in which such State does not meet the require-13 |
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| 983 | 983 | | ments of such Agreement. 14 |
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| 984 | 984 | | (c) U |
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| 985 | 985 | | SE OFFUNDS.—A State may use grants re-15 |
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| 986 | 986 | | ceived under this section— 16 |
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| 987 | 987 | | (1) to help pay administrative costs, including 17 |
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| 988 | 988 | | costs related to— 18 |
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| 989 | 989 | | (A) customer service; 19 |
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| 990 | 990 | | (B) staffing and training; 20 |
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| 991 | 991 | | (C) technology; 21 |
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| 992 | 992 | | (D) data sharing; 22 |
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| 993 | 993 | | (E) identity validation; and 23 |
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| 994 | 994 | | (F) program awareness; and 24 |
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| 997 | 997 | | •HR 3089 IH |
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| 998 | 998 | | (2) to help small businesses, as defined by the 1 |
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| 999 | 999 | | State, afford employer payroll contributions or ac-2 |
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| 1000 | 1000 | | cess other forms of technical and operational assist-3 |
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| 1001 | 1001 | | ance related to State paid family and medical leave. 4 |
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| 1002 | 1002 | | SEC. 205. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 5 |
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| 1003 | 1003 | | (a) N |
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| 1004 | 1004 | | ATIONALINTERMEDIARY GRANT.—There are 6 |
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| 1005 | 1005 | | authorized to be appropriated not more than 7 |
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| 1006 | 1006 | | $8,824,106.36 for the purposes of section 203 for each 8 |
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| 1007 | 1007 | | of fiscal years 2026 through 2028. 9 |
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| 1008 | 1008 | | (b) C |
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| 1009 | 1009 | | ONFORMINGGRANTS.—There are authorized to 10 |
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| 1010 | 1010 | | be appropriated not more than $35,296,425.43 for the 11 |
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| 1011 | 1011 | | purposes of section 204(a) for each of fiscal years 2026 12 |
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| 1012 | 1012 | | through 2028. 13 |
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| 1013 | 1013 | | (c) I |
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| 1014 | 1014 | | MPLEMENTATION GRANTS.—There are author-14 |
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| 1015 | 1015 | | ized to be appropriated not more than $35,296,425.43 for 15 |
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| 1016 | 1016 | | the purposes of section 204(b) for each of fiscal years 16 |
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| 1017 | 1017 | | 2026 through 2028. 17 |
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