,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #djh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #e1       
#bjbe,ms4 ,smith 7for herself1 ,ms4     
,warren1 ,mr4 ,durbin1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1
 ,mr4 ,padilla1 ,mrs4 ,murray1 ,mrs4    
,gillibrand1 and ,mr4 ,sanders7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,health1 ,education1      
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
expand employees eligible for leave and 
employers subject to leave requirements1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,job ,protection ,act4  #b4 ,expansion  
of employees eligible for leave  7a7 ,in
 general ,section #aja7b7 of the ,family
 and ,medical ,leave ,act of #aiic 7#bi 
,u4,s4,c4 #bfaa7b77 is amended-- 7#a7 in
 subparagraph 7,a71 by striking         
employed-- and all that follows through 
the end of the subparagraph and         
inserting employed for not less than #ij
 days by the employer with respect to   

whom leave is requested under section   
#ajb42  7#b7 in subparagraph 7,b71 by   
striking does not include-- and all that
 follows through the end of the         
subparagraph and inserting does not     
include any ,federal officer or employee
 covered under subchapter ,v of chapter 
#fc of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code  
7as added by title ,,ii of this ,act742 
7#c7 by striking subparagraphs 7,c7 and 
7,d72 and  7#d7 by redesignating        
subparagraph 7,e7 as subparagraph 7,c74 
7b7 ,federal employees  7#a7 ,title #e  
,subchapter ,v of chapter #fc of title  
#e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 
7,a7 in section #fcha7a77;,b71 by       
striking #ab months and inserting #ij   
days2 and  7,b7 in section              
#fchb7;d77#b77;,e71 by striking #ab     
months and inserting #ij days4  7#b7    
,presidential employees ,section        
#dab7;a77#b77;,b7 of title #c1 ,united  
,states ,code1 is amended by striking   
#ab months and for at least #a1bej hours
 of employment during the previous #ab  

months and inserting #ij days4  7#c7    
,congressional employees ,section       
#bjb7;a77#b77;,b7 of the ,congressional 
,accountability ,act of #aiie 7#b       
,u4,s4,c4 #acab7;a77#b77;,b77 is amended
 by striking #ab months and for at least
 #a1bej hours of employment during the  
previous #ab months and inserting #ij   
days4  #c4 ,expansion of employers      
subject to leave requirements ,section  
#aja7d77;,a77i7 of the ,family and      
,medical ,leave ,act of #aiic 7#bi      
,u4,s4,c4 #bfaa7d77;,a77i77 is amended  
by striking #ej or more employees and   
all that follows through the end of the 
clause and inserting #a or more         
employees4  #d4 ,applicability ,this    
,act1 and the amendments made by this   
,act1 shall apply with respect to leave 
taken on or after the date of enactment 
of this ,act4