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On the recordMay 27, 2010
Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Amendment No. 3 offered by Mr. Smith of Washington: At the end of subtitle I of title V, insert the following: SEC. 5__. ANNUAL LEAVE FOR FAMILY OF DEPLOYED MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES. (a) In General.--Part III of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new chapter: ``CHAPTER 44--ANNUAL LEAVE FOR FAMILY OF DEPLOYED MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES ``Sec. ``4401. Definitions. ``4402. Leave requirement. ``4403. Certification. ``4404. Employment and benefits protection. ``4405. Prohibited acts. ``4406. Enforcement. ``4407. Miscellaneous provisions. ``Sec. 4401. Definitions ``In this chapter: ``(1) The terms `benefit', `rights and benefits', `employee', `employer', and `uniformed services' have the meaning given such terms in section 4303 of this title. ``(2) The term `contingency operation' has the same meaning given such term in section 101(a)(13) of title 10. ``(3) The term `eligible employee' means an individual who is-- ``(A) a family member of a member of a uniformed service; ``(B) an employee of the employer with respect to whom leave is requested under section 4402 of this title; and ``(C) not entitled to leave under section 102(a)(1)(E) of the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)(E)).…
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