,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dcea  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #aj1 #bjbe,ms4 
,strickland 7for herself and ,mr4       
,bacon7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,education and ,workforce1 and in       
addition to the ,committees on          
,oversight and ,government ,reform1 and 
,house ,administration1 for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the       
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,family and    
,medical ,leave ,act of #aiic to reduce 
the qualifying time for a spouse of an  
active duty member of the ,armed ,forces
 to take leave4  #a4 ,family and        
,medical ,leave ,act eligible employee  
,section #aja7b7 of the ,family and     
,medical ,leave ,act of #aiic is amended
 by inserting at the end the following3 
7,f7 ,spouse of a member of the ,armed  
,forces participating in covered active 

duty ,in the case of an employee who is 
a spouse of a member of the ,armed      
,forces who is participating in covered 
active duty1 in lieu of the definition  
in subparagraph 7,a71 the term eligible 
employee means an employee who has been 
employed for at least #ij calendar days 
by the employer with respect to whom    
leave is requested4  4