,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bjif  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bb1 #bjac ,mr4 
,grayson introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,education and the ,workforce  ,a ,,bill
  ,to amend the ,fair ,labor ,standards 
,act to require that employers provide a
 minimum of #a week of paid annual leave
 to employees4  #a4 ,short title ,this  
,act may be cited as the ,paid ,vacation
 ,act4  #b4 ,entitlement to vacation    
,section #g of the ,fair ,labor         
,standards ,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bjg7 is 
amended by inserting after subsection   
7b7 the following3  7c7 7#a7 ,beginning 
on the date of enactment of the ,paid   
,vacation ,act1 an eligible employee of 
an employer that employs #ajj or more   
employees at any time during a calendar 
year shall be entitled to a total of #a 
workweek of paid vacation during each   
#ab-month period4  7#b7 ,beginning on   
the date that is #c years after the date
 of enactment of the ,paid ,vacation    

,act1 an eligible employee of an        
employer that employs #ej or more       
employees at any time during a calendar 
year shall be entitled to a total of #a 
workweek of paid vacation during each   
#ab-month period1 and an eligible       
employee of an employer that employs    
#ajj or more employees shall be entitled
 to a total of #b workweeks of paid     
vacation during each #ab-month period1  
beginning on that eligible employee's   
first anniversary of employment4  7#c7  
,an eligible employee shall provide the 
employer with not less than #cj days'   
notice1 before the date the paid        
vacation under paragraph 7#a7 or 7#b7 is
 to begin1 of the employee's intention  
to take paid vacation under such        
paragraph1 and identify the date such   
paid vacation shall begin4  7#d7 ,for   
purposes of this subsection--  7,a7 the 
term eligible employee means an employee
 who has been employed for at least #ab 
months by the employer with respect to  
whom leave is requested under paragraph 

7#a7 or 7#b7 and for at least #a1bej    
hours of service with such employer     
during such #ab-month period2 and  7,b7 
the term #a workweek of paid vacation   
means vacation time1 in addition to and 
apart from sick leave and any leave     
otherwise required by law1 to be taken  
in a continuous series or block of work 
days comprising #g calendar days that   
cannot be rolled over1 but must be used 
within the #ab-month period4  7#e7 ,the 
exemptions to this section provided in  
section #ac shall not apply to this     
subsection4  4  #c4 ,public awareness   
campaign by ,department of ,labor ,the  
,secretary of ,labor is authorized to   
conduct a public awareness campaign1    
through the ,internet and other media1  
to inform the public of the entitlement 
to leave afforded by this ,act4 ,there  
is authorized to be appropriated such   
sums as may be necessary for the public 
awareness campaign4  #d4 ,study on      
productivity ,the ,secretary of ,labor  
shall conduct a study on workplace      

productivity and the effect on          
productivity of the leave requirement in
 this ,act4 ,the study shall also       
address any benefits to public health   
and psychological well-being as a result
 of such leave4 ,not later than #c years
 after the date of enactment of this    
,act1 the ,secretary shall transmit to  
,congress a report containing the       
findings of the study1 and shall publish
 such findings on the website of the    
,department of ,labor4