About the bill
The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) is a United States labor law requiring covered employers to provide employees with job-protected and unpaid leave for qualified medical and family reasons. These include pregnancy, adoption, foster care placement of a child, personal or family illness, or family military leave. The FMLA is administered by the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor.
The FMLA was intended "to balance the demands of the workplace with the needs of families." The Act allows eligible employees to take up to 12 work weeks of unpaid leave during any 12-month period to attend to the serious health condition of the employee, parent, spouse or child, or for pregnancy or care of a newborn child, or for adoption …
Sponsor and status
103rd Congress (1993–1994)
Enacted — Signed by the President on Feb 5, 1993
This bill was enacted after being signed by the President on February 5, 1993.
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Last Updated: Feb 4, 1993
Length: 60 pages
170 Cosponsors (156 Democrats, 13 Republicans, 1 Independent)
History
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Jan 5, 1993
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Introduced
Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber.
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Jan 21, 1993
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Text Published
Updated bill text was published as of Introduced. |
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Jan 27, 1993
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Ordered Reported
A committee has voted to issue a report to the full chamber recommending that the bill be considered further. Only about 1 in 4 bills are reported out of committee.
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Feb 3, 1993
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Rules Change —
Agreed To
This activity took place on a related bill, H.Res. 58 (103rd). |
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Feb 3, 1993
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Passed House (Senate next)
The bill was passed in a vote in the House. It goes to the Senate next. |
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Feb 4, 1993
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Passed Senate with Changes (back to House)
The Senate passed the bill with changes not in the House version and sent it back to the House to approve the changes. |
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Feb 4, 1993
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Bill Causing Indirect Action —
Agreed To
This activity took place on a related bill, H.Res. 71 (103rd), possibly in lieu of similar activity on H.R. 1 (103rd). |
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Feb 4, 1993
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House Agreed to Changes
The bill was passed by both chambers in identical form. It goes to the President next who may sign or veto the bill. The vote was by special rule so no record of individual votes was made. |
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Feb 5, 1993
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Enacted — Signed by the President
The President signed the bill and it became law.
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H.R. 1 (103rd) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 1. This is the one from the 103rd Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 103rd Congress, which met from Jan 5, 1993 to Dec 1, 1994. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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