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109th Congress (2005 - 2006)
H.R.1902
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H.R.1902
Latest Title: Healthy Families Act
Sponsor: Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [CT-3] (introduced 4/27/2005)      Cosponsors (71)
Related Bills: S.932, S.1085
Latest Major Action: 5/17/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
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SUMMARY AS OF:
4/27/2005--Introduced.

Healthy Families Act - Requires certain employers, who employ 15 or more employees for each working day during 20 or more workweeks a year, to provide a minimum paid sick leave of: (1) seven days annually for those who work at least 30 hours per week; and (2) a prorated annual amount for those who work less than 30 but at least 20 hours a week, or less than 1,500 but at least 1,000 hours per year.

Allows employees to use such leave to meet their own medical needs or to care for the medical needs of certain family members.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to exercise certain investigative and enforcement authority with respect to this Act's provisions regarding employees covered by title I of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 or the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991. Provides that, for employees under their jurisdiction, such authority shall be exercised by the Librarian of Congress, the Comptroller General, the Board of Directors of the congressional Office of Compliance, or the Merit Systems Protection Board.

Declares that the requirements under this Act are minimum requirements, and are not to be construed to discourage employers from adopting or retaining more generous leave policies.

MAJOR ACTIONS:

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ALL ACTIONS:
4/27/2005:
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
4/27/2005:
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
5/17/2005:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
4/27/2005:
Referred to House Government Reform
4/27/2005:
Referred to House House Administration
TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
COSPONSORS(71), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] - 7/21/2005
Rep Allen, Thomas H. [ME-1] - 6/6/2006
Rep Andrews, Robert E. [NJ-1] - 4/27/2005
Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2] - 7/21/2005
Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] - 4/27/2005
Rep Bishop, Timothy H. [NY-1] - 9/27/2006
Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3] - 4/27/2005
Rep Brady, Robert A. [PA-1] - 4/27/2005
Rep Christensen, Donna M. [VI] - 6/27/2005
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 4/27/2005
Rep Cleaver, Emanuel [MO-5] - 6/20/2005
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] - 9/27/2006
Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7] - 4/27/2005
Rep Emanuel, Rahm [IL-5] - 5/12/2005
Rep Engel, Eliot L. [NY-17] - 4/27/2005
Rep Eshoo, Anna G. [CA-14] - 7/28/2006
Rep Evans, Lane [IL-17] - 4/27/2005
Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 7/21/2005
Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] - 4/27/2005
Rep Green, Al [TX-9] - 6/27/2005
Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] - 4/27/2005
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 4/27/2005
Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] - 4/27/2005
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22] - 4/27/2005
Rep Holt, Rush [NJ-12] - 4/27/2005
Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] - 6/20/2005
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] - 4/27/2005
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 4/27/2005
Rep Jefferson, William J. [LA-2] - 4/27/2005
Rep Kildee, Dale E. [MI-5] - 4/27/2005
Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [MI-13] - 4/27/2005
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] - 9/21/2006
Rep Lantos, Tom [CA-12] - 4/27/2005
Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 4/27/2005
Rep Lewis, John [GA-5] - 4/27/2005
Rep Lipinski, Daniel [IL-3] - 5/12/2005
Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16] - 6/22/2006
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] - 4/27/2005
Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-7] - 9/27/2006
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] - 4/27/2005
Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4] - 4/27/2005
Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 6/20/2005
Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] - 4/27/2005
Rep McKinney, Cynthia A. [GA-4] - 6/9/2005
Rep McNulty, Michael R. [NY-21] - 4/27/2005
Rep Meehan, Martin T. [MA-5] - 4/27/2005
Rep Millender-McDonald, Juanita [CA-37] - 4/27/2005
Rep Miller, George [CA-7] - 4/27/2005
Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 5/12/2005
Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] - 4/27/2005
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 4/27/2005
Rep Oberstar, James L. [MN-8] - 4/27/2005
Rep Olver, John W. [MA-1] - 4/27/2005
Rep Owens, Major R. [NY-11] - 4/27/2005
Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. [NJ-6] - 4/27/2005
Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [NJ-8] - 5/12/2005
Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10] - 9/21/2006
Rep Price, David E. [NC-4] - 3/30/2006
Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] - 4/27/2005
Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille [CA-34] - 4/27/2005
Rep Ryan, Tim [OH-17] - 9/27/2006
Rep Sanders, Bernard [VT] - 5/23/2005
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 4/27/2005
Rep Serrano, Jose E. [NY-16] - 4/27/2005
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] - 5/12/2005
Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10] - 4/27/2005
Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [FL-20] - 4/27/2005
Rep Waters, Maxine [CA-35] - 6/20/2005
Rep Waxman, Henry A. [CA-30] - 4/27/2005
Rep Weiner, Anthony D. [NY-9] - 5/12/2005
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] - 4/27/2005

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