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