The benefit would extend 12 weeks of paid leave to federal employees who have parenting responsibilities.
“This is going to be make a big difference, I think, in their ability to address” family issues, Dayton-area Congressman Mike Turner said Tuesday.
U.S. troops would also get a 3.1% pay increase, the largest in a decade under the plan.
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The slated pay raise for the troops “certainly recognizes the sacrifices our men and women are making every day,” Turner said.
A final vote on the defense legislation is expected in the House this week, perhaps as early as Wednesday, and later in the Senate.
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