118th Congress Armed Forces and National Security
H.R. 10200: Protecting Military Parental Leave Evaluations Act
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Summary
This bill requires the Department of Defense to prescribe regulations regarding parental leave policies for members of the Armed Forces across all branches.
Specifically, the regulations must (1) exempt a member from a performance evaluation when such member is taking parental leave that exceeds 31 consecutive days; and (2) authorize a member (without a waiver) to take leave during the two-year period after the birth of a child, adoption of a child, or placement of a minor child in the custody of such member.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
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Amendments
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Cosponsors
- Chrissy Houlahan D-PAOriginal
Who scored on this bill
- 1Stephanie Bice SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by Stephanie Bice.
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- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.