                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
                CHAPTER 24--CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY
 
           SUBCHAPTER II--EXTENSION OF RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS
 
Part A--Employment Discrimination, Family and Medical Leave, Fair Labor 
    Standards, Employee Polygraph Protection, Worker Adjustment and 
  Retraining, Employment and Reemployment of Veterans, and Intimidation
 
Sec. 1312. Rights and protections under Family and Medical Leave 
        Act of 1993
        

(a) Family and medical leave rights and protections provided

                           (1) In general

        The rights and protections established by sections 101 through 
    105 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611 
    through 2615) shall apply to covered employees.

                           (2) Definitions

        For purposes of the application described in paragraph (1)--
            (A) the term ``employer'' as used in the Family and Medical 
        Leave Act of 1993 means any employing office, and
            (B) the term ``eligible employee'' as used in the Family and 
        Medical Leave Act of 1993 means a covered employee who has been 
        employed in any employing office for 12 months and for at least 
        1,250 hours of employment during the previous 12 months.

(b) Remedy

    The remedy for a violation of subsection (a) of this section shall 
be such remedy, including liquidated damages, as would be appropriate if 
awarded under paragraph (1) of section 107(a) of the Family and Medical 
Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2617(a)(1)).

(c) Omitted

(d) Regulations

                           (1) In general

        The Board shall, pursuant to section 1384 of this title, issue 
    regulations to implement the rights and protections under this 
    section.

                       (2) Agency regulations

        The regulations issued under paragraph (1) shall be the same as 
    substantive regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Labor to 
    implement the statutory provisions referred to in subsection (a) of 
    this section except insofar as the Board may determine, for good 
    cause shown and stated together with the regulation, that a 
    modification of such regulations would be more effective for the 
    implementation of the rights and protections under this section.

(e) Effective date

                           (1) In general

        Subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be effective 1 
    year after January 23, 1995.

        (2) General Accounting Office and Library of Congress

        Subsection (c) of this section shall be effective 1 year after 
    transmission to the Congress of the study under section 1371 of this 
    title.

(Pub. L. 104-1, title II, Sec. 202, Jan. 23, 1995, 109 Stat. 9.)

                       References in Text

    The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, referred to in subsec. 
(a)(2), is Pub. L. 103-3, Feb. 5, 1993, 107 Stat. 6, as amended, which 
enacted sections 60m and 60n of this title, sections 6381 to 6387 of 
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, and chapter 28 
(Sec. 2601 et seq.) of Title 29, Labor, amended section 2105 of Title 5, 
and enacted provisions set out as notes under section 2601 of Title 29. 
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title 
note set out under section 2601 of Title 29 and Tables.
    Subsection (c) of this section, referred to in subsec. (e)(2), 
amended section 6381 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, 
and sections 2611 and 2617 of Title 29, Labor.

                          Codification

    Section is comprised of section 202 of Pub. L. 104-1. Subsec. (c) of 
section 202 of Pub. L. 104-1 amended section 6381 of Title 5, Government 
Organization and Employees, and sections 2611 and 2617 of Title 29, 
Labor.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1435 of this title.
