H.R. 2096: Paid Vacation Act
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H.R. 2096: Paid Vacation Act
113th Congress · introduced 2013-05-22 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2013-05-22 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Paid Vacation Act
Plain summary
Paid Vacation Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act to require: (1) upon enactment of this Act, each employer who employs 100 or more employees to provide each employee one week of paid vacation during each 12-month period; and (2) beginning three years after enactment of this Act, each employer who employs 50 or more employees to provide each employee one week of paid vacation during each 12-month period, and each employer that employs 100 or more employees to provide each employee two weeks paid vacation during each 12-month period, beginning on the employee's first anniversary of employment. Requires an employee to provide the employer not less than 30 days' prior notice of his or her intent to take paid vacation, including the date the paid vacation will begin. Requires the Secretary of Labor to conduct: (1) a public awareness campaign, through the Internet and other media, to inform the public of the entitlement to paid leave under the Act; and (2) a study on workplace productivity and the effect of paid leave on such productivity.
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Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9] · 0 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr2096.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>
Record fed-us-cong113-hr2096 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113