FAMILY Act
- Last Action
- 2/12/2019
CRS Summary
As of 2019-02-12 (00)
Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act or the FAMILY Act
This bill establishes the Office of Paid Family and Medical Leave within the Social Security Administration.
The bill entitles every individual to a family and medical leave insurance (FMLI) benefit payment for a specified benefit period and prescribes a formula for determining the individual's monthly benefit amount.
An FMLI benefit payment shall be coordinated with any periodic benefits received under a state or local temporary disability insurance or family leave program.
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax on employers, employees, and self-employed individuals to fund FMLI benefits. It also establishes the Federal Family and Medical Leave Insurance Trust Fund to hold tax revenues.
Cosponsors (20)
- Ben Cardin (D-MD)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- John Reed (D-RI)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- Michael Bennet (D-CO)
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Charles Schumer (D-NY)
- Edward Markey (D-MA)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Angus King (I-ME)
- Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
- Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Kamala Harris (D-CA)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Adult day care
- Advisory bodies
- Child care and development
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Disability assistance
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Employee leave
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Employment taxes
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government studies and investigations
- Government trust funds
- Railroads
- Social Security Administration
- Social security and elderly assistance
- Transportation employees
- Wages and earnings
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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