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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those that want to read the language, the conference report is here: https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20191209/CRPT-116hrpt333.pdf 
and the Federal Employee Paid Leave Act language starts on page 2647.

The summary report language states:
Federal Employee Paid Leave Act (secs. 7601-7606)
The House amendment contained several provisions(sec. 1121 through 1126) that would provide 12 weeks of paid leave to the Federal workforce for reasons covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (Public Law 115-232).
The Senate bill contained no similar provision.
The Senate recedes with an amendment that would provide 12 weeks of paid leave to Federal employees in connection with the birth or placement of a child to an eligible employee.[/quote]

I understand the thinking behind not giving paid fmla and only giving paid maternity/paternity leave. Women have kids in the 25-35 year range when they often don’t have enough leave saved to cover 12 weeks. Whereas those getting cancer or heart attacks are normally much older and have thousands of hours of leave saved. (I’m past having kids now so it doesn’t matter to me). [/quote]

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