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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 408
5	5	To expand employees eligible for leave and employers subject to leave
6	6	requirements, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
8	8	FEBRUARY5, 2025
9	9	Ms. S
10	10	MITH(for herself, Ms. WARREN, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr.
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12	12	ADILLA, Mrs. MURRAY, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, and Mr. SANDERS) intro-
13	13	duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com-
14	14	mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
15	15	A BILL
16	16	To expand employees eligible for leave and employers subject
17	17	to leave requirements, and for other purposes.
18	18	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
19	19	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
20	20	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
21	21	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Job Protection Act’’. 4
22	22	SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF EMPLOYEES ELIGIBLE FOR LEAVE. 5
23	23	(a) I
24	24	NGENERAL.—Section 101(2) of the Family and 6
25	25	Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611(2)) is amend-7
26	26	ed— 8
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29	29	•S 408 IS
30	30	(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘em-1
31	31	ployed—’’ and all that follows through the end of 2
32	32	the subparagraph and inserting ‘‘employed for not 3
33	33	less than 90 days by the employer with respect to 4
34	34	whom leave is requested under section 102.’’; 5
35	35	(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘does not 6
36	36	include—’’ and all that follows through the end of 7
37	37	the subparagraph and inserting ‘‘does not include 8
38	38	any Federal officer or employee covered under sub-9
39	39	chapter V of chapter 63 of title 5, United States 10
40	40	Code (as added by title II of this Act).’’; 11
41	41	(3) by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D); and 12
42	42	(4) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub-13
43	43	paragraph (C). 14
44	44	(b) F
45	45	EDERALEMPLOYEES.— 15
46	46	(1) T
47	47	ITLE 5.—Subchapter V of chapter 63 of 16
48	48	title 5, United States Code, is amended— 17
49	49	(A) in section 6381(1)(B), by striking ‘‘12 18
50	50	months’’ and inserting ‘‘90 days’’; and 19
51	51	(B) in section 6382(d)(2)(E), by striking 20
52	52	‘‘12 months’’ and inserting ‘‘90 days’’. 21
53	53	(2) P
54	54	RESIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES .—Section 22
55	55	412(a)(2)(B) of title 3, United States Code, is 23
56	56	amended by striking ‘‘12 months and for at least 24
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60	60	1,250 hours of employment during the previous 12 1
61	61	months’’ and inserting ‘‘90 days’’. 2
62	62	(3) C
63	63	ONGRESSIONAL EMPLOYEES .—Section 3
64	64	202(a)(2)(B) of the Congressional Accountability 4
65	65	Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1312(a)(2)(B)) is amended 5
66	66	by striking ‘‘12 months and for at least 1,250 hours 6
67	67	of employment during the previous 12 months’’ and 7
68	68	inserting ‘‘90 days’’. 8
69	69	SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF EMPLOYERS SUBJECT TO LEAVE RE-9
70	70	QUIREMENTS. 10
71	71	Section 101(4)(A)(i) of the Family and Medical 11
72	72	Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611(4)(A)(i)) is amended 12
73	73	by striking ‘‘50 or more employees’’ and all that follows 13
74	74	through the end of the clause and inserting ‘‘1 or more 14
75	75	employees’’. 15
76	76	SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY. 16
77	77	This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, 17
78	78	shall apply with respect to leave taken on or after the date 18
79	79	of enactment of this Act. 19
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