NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING
Hon. PAUL D. RYAN, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Washington, DC. DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Section 304(b)(3) of the Congressional Accountability Act (‘‘CAA’’), 2 U.S.C. §1384(b)(3), requires that, with regard to substantive regulations under the CAA, after the Board of Directors of the Office of Compliance (‘‘Board’’) has published a general notice of proposed rulemaking as required by subsection (b)(1), and received comments as required by subsection (b)(2), ‘‘the Board shall adopt regulations and shall transmit notice of such action together with a copy of such regulations to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate for publication in the Congressional Record on the first day on which both Houses are in the session following such transmittal.’’ The Board has adopted the regulations in the Notice of Adoption of Substantive Regulations and Transmittal for Congressional Approval which accompany this transmittal letter. The Board requests that the accompanying Notice be published in the House version of the Congressional Record on the first day on which both Houses are in the session following receipt of this transmittal. The Board has adopted the same regulations for the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the other covered entities and facilities, and therefore recommends that the adopted regulations be approved by concurrent resolution of the Congress. All inquiries regarding this notice should be addressed to Barbara J. Sapin, Executive Director of the Office of Compliance, Room LA–200, 110 2nd Street, SE, Washington, DC 20540; (202) 724–9250.
Sincerely, BARBARA L. CLEMENS, Chair of the Board of Directors, Office of Compliance. FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF REGULATIONS AND TRANSMITTAL FOR CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL
Modifications to the rights and protections under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), Notice of Adoption of Regulations, as required by 2 U.S.C. § 1384, Congressional Accountability Act of 1995, as amended (CAA). Background The purpose of this Notice is to announce the adoption of modifications to the existing legislative branch FMLA substantive regulations under section 202 of the CAA (2 U.S.C. §1302 et seq.), which applies to covered employees the rights and protections of sections 101 through 105 of the FMLA (29 U.S.C. §§2611 through 2615), and such remedies as would be appropriate if awarded under paragraph (1) of section 107(a) of the FMLA (29 U.S.C. §2617(a)(1)). These modifications are necessary in order to bring previously approved existing legislative branch FMLA regulations (approved by Congress April 15, 1996) in line with current Department of Labor (DOL) regulations implementing recent statutory changes to the FMLA, 29 U.S.C. §2601 et seq.
