,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eabb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #af1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,bishop of ,new ,york introduced the   
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and the    
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,family and ,medical ,leave ,act of     
#aiic to clarify the eligibility        
requirements with respect to railroad   
,hours of ,service employees4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,railroad ,hours of ,service        
,employees ,technical ,corrections ,act4
  #b4 ,leave requirement for railroad   
hours of service employees  7a7         
,inclusion of railroad hours of service 
employees ,section #aja7b7 of the       
,family and ,medical ,leave ,act of     
#aiic 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bfaa7b77 is       
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7,e7 ,railroad hours of     
service employees  7i7 ,determination   
,for purposes of determining whether a  
railroad employee who is subject to the 

hours of service laws under chapter #baa
 of title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1   
meets the hours of service requirement  
specified in subparagraph 7,a77ii71 the 
employee will be considered to meet the 
requirement if--  7,i7 the employee has 
worked or been paid for not less than   
#fj percent of the applicable total     
guarantee1 or the equivalent1 for the   
previous #ab-month period1 for or by the
 employer with respect to whom leave is 
requested under section #ajb2 and       
7,,ii7 the employee has worked or been  
paid for not less than #ejd hours 7not  
counting personal commute time or time  
spent on vacation leave or medical or   
sick leave7 during the previous         
#ab-month period1 for or by that        
employer4  7ii7 ,file ,each employer of 
an employee described in clause 7i7     
shall maintain on file with the         
,secretary 7in accordance with such     
regulations as the ,secretary may       
prescribe7 information specifying the   
applicable guarantee with respect to    

each category of employee to which such 
guarantee applies4  7iii7 ,definition   
,in this subparagraph1 the term         
applicable guarantee means--  7,i7 for  
an employee described in clause 7i7     
other than an employee on reserve       
status1 the minimum number of hours for 
which an employer has agreed to schedule
 such employee for any given period2 and
  7,,ii7 for an employee described in   
clause 7i7 who is on reserve status1 the
 number of hours for which an employer  
has agreed to pay such employee on      
reserve status for any given period1  as
 established in the applicable          
collective bargaining agreement or1 if  
none exists1 in the employer's policies4
  4  7b7 ,calculation of leave for      
railroad hours of service employees     
,section #ajb7;a7 of the ,family and    
,medical ,leave ,act of #aiic 7#bi      
,u4,s4,c4 #bfab7;a77 is amended by      
adding at the end the following3  7#e7  
,calculation of leave for railroad hours
 of service employees ,the ,secretary   

may provide1 by regulation1 a method for
 calculating the leave described in     
paragraph 7#a7 with respect to employees
 described in section #aja7b77;,e74  4