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H.R.2744
Title: To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to clarify the eligibility requirements with respect to airline flight crews.
Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Timothy H. [NY-1] (introduced 6/15/2007)      Cosponsors (241)
Related Bills: S.2059
Latest Major Action: 5/21/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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SUMMARY AS OF:
5/20/2008--Passed House amended.    (There is 1 other summary)

Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 with respect to hours-of-service requirement airline flight crews must meet to be eligible for leave under such Act.

Declares that a flight attendant or flight crewmember will be considered to meet such requirement if he or she has worked or been paid for: (1) 60% of the applicable monthly guarantee, or the equivalent annualized over the preceding 12-month period; and (2) a minimum of 504 hours during such period.

Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to provide, by regulation, a method for calculating such leave for airline flight crews.

MAJOR ACTIONS:

6/15/2007 Introduced in House
10/30/2007 Committee on Education and Labor discharged.
10/30/2007 Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
10/30/2007 Committee on House Administration discharged.
5/20/2008 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 402 - 9 (Roll no. 337).
5/21/2008 Referred to Senate committee: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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          See also: Related House Committee Documents
6/15/2007:
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
6/15/2007:
Referred to House Education and Labor
7/24/2007:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
7/24/2007:
Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Discharged.
6/15/2007:
Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
6/15/2007:
Referred to House House Administration
10/30/2007 2:51pm:
Mr. Yarmuth asked unanimous consent that the Committees on Education & Labor, House Administration and Oversight & Government Reform be discharged from further consideration of the bill H.R. 2744, and that the bill be rereferred to the Committee on Education & Labor.
10/30/2007 3:04pm:
Committee on Education and Labor discharged.
10/30/2007 3:05pm:
Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
10/30/2007 3:05pm:
Committee on House Administration discharged.
5/14/2008:
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
5/14/2008:
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 0.
5/19/2008 2:40pm:
Mr. Bishop (NY) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
5/19/2008 2:40pm:
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4096-4098)
5/19/2008 2:40pm:
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2744.
5/19/2008 2:48pm:
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
5/20/2008 5:31pm:
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4282)
5/20/2008 5:37pm:
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 402 - 9 (Roll no. 337). (text: CR 05/19/2008 H4096)
5/20/2008 5:37pm:
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
5/21/2008:
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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