Federal Employees Family Friendly Leave Act
Public Law 103-388 · H.R. 4361 · 103rd Congress · began in the House
Signed by Bill Clinton (D) on Oct 22, 1994 · Government Operations and Politics
Sponsor: Rep. Eleanor Norton (D-DC)
Cosponsors (5): Rep. Constance Morella, Rep. Norman Mineta,
Passage votes
- HouseUnanimous consent
- SenateVoice vote
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Federal Employees Family Friendly Leave Act - Amends Federal law to allow Federal employees to use a certain amount of sick leave each year to attend to the medical needs, or make arrangements for or attend the funeral, of a family member.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Post Office and Civil Service Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Compensation and Employee Benefits Subcommittee
Data notes
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 23 actions.
- Oct 22, 1994Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 103-388.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Oct 14, 1994PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Oct 8, 1994Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendments Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. McCloskey asked unanimous consent that the House agree to the Senate amendments.
- CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
- Oct 7, 1994FloorFloor · Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
- FloorFloor · Amendment SP 2644 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- FloorFloor · Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
- Sep 22, 1994CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
- Sep 19, 1994FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- FloorFloor · Ms. Norton moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
- Aug 10, 1994CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from Compensation and Employee Benefits Subcommittee of the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
- Jul 26, 1994CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Compensation and Employee Benefits Subcommittee of the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Compensation and Employee Benefits Subcommittee of the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
- May 18, 1994CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Compensation and Employee Benefits Subcommittee of the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Compensation and Employee Benefits Subcommittee of the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
- May 5, 1994CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
Data notes
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Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.