H.R. 4351

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4351 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4351

To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to reduce the 
qualifying time for a spouse of an active duty member of the Armed 
Forces to take leave.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 10, 2025

Ms. Strickland (for herself and Mr. Bacon) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, 
and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and 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

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A BILL

To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to reduce the 
qualifying time for a spouse of an active duty member of the Armed 
Forces to take leave.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE.

Section 101(2) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 is 
amended by inserting at the end the following:
``(F) Spouse of a member of the armed forces 
participating in covered active duty.--In the case of 
an employee who is a spouse of a member of the Armed 
Forces who is participating in covered active duty, in 
lieu of the definition in subparagraph (A), the term 
`eligible employee' means an employee who has been 
employed for at least 90 calendar days by the employer 
with respect to whom leave is requested.''.
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