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H.R. 1022: Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2017

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H.R. 1022: Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-02-13 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 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.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-02-13 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 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. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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What does this mean?

Official title

Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2017

Plain summary

Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2017 This bill allows federal employees to substitute any available paid leave for any leave without pay for either the birth of a child or the placement of a child for adoption or foster care. It makes available for any of the 12 weeks of leave an employee is entitled to for such purposes: (1) six administrative weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth or placement involved, and (2) any accumulated annual or sick leave. The Office of Personnel Management may promulgate regulations to increase the amount of paid parental leave available to such an employee to a total of 12 administrative workweeks. Such regulations must consider certain factors, including benefit and cost to the federal government. The bill amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 and the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to allow the same substitution for covered congressional employees, Government Accountability Office (GAO) employees, and Library of Congress employees. Service in the National Guard or the Reserves by employees of the executive branch, Congress, the GAO, or the Library of Congress shall count as service for purposes of determining eligibility to take or substitute leave as allowed under this bill.

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Official text

Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] · 82 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), John Garamendi (D-CA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Adam Smith (D-WA), William R. Keating (D-MA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Al Green (D-TX), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Bill Foster (D-IL), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Lois Frankel (D-FL) and 22 more.

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Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr1022 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115