To amend the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 to require employers to post a notice of the rights and duties that apply under that Act.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 2, 2004

Mr. MCGOVERN (for himself, Mr. BRADLEY of New Hampshire, and Mr. EVANS) introduced the following bill, which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

A BILL

To amend the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 to require employers to post a notice of the rights and duties that apply under that Act.

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1 SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR EMPLOYERS TO POST NOTICE

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OF RIGHTS AND DUTIES UNDER USERRA.

(a) NOTICE.-Chapter 43 of title 38, United States

4 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new

5 section:

6 "§ 4334. Notice of rights and duties

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"(a) REQUIREMENT TO POST NOTICE.-Each em

8 ployer shall post in a conspicuous place in the place of 9 employment for persons entitled to rights and benefits 10 under this chapter a notice of the rights, benefits, and ob11 ligations of such persons and such employers under this 12 chapter.

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"(b) CONTENT OF NOTICE.-The Secretary shall 14 provide to employers the text of the notice to be provided 15 under this section.".

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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.-The table of sections 17 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding

18 at the end the following new item:

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"4334. Notice of rights and duties.".

(c) IMPLEMENTATION.-(1) Not later than the date 20 that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 21 Act, the Secretary of Labor shall make available to em22 ployers the notice required under section 4334 of title 38, 23 United States Code, as added by subsection (a).

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(2) The amendments made by this section shall apply

2 to employers under chapter 43 of such title on and after

3 the first date referred to in paragraph (1).

To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to prevent the disruption of the education of children who change residence based on the military service of their parents.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 4, 2004

Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself and Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

A BILL

To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to prevent

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the disruption of the education of children who change residence based on the military service of their parents.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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This Act may be cited as the “Safeguarding School

5 children of Deployed Soldiers Act of 2004".

5 Title VII of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50

6 U.S.C. App. 501 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 7 the following new section:

8 "SEC. 707. ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL OF CHILDREN WITH

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PARENTS IN MILITARY SERVICE.

“(a) ATTENDANCE FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN.—For the 11 duration of the military service on which a child's change 12 of residence is based and at the request of a child's parent, 13 a State educational agency or local educational agency 14 shall, for purposes of enrollment (including tuition, fees, 15 and costs) in elementary or secondary school, treat a child 16 who changes residence based on the military service of one 17 or both of the child's parents as if the child has the resi18 dence the child had before the change of residence, and 19 the child shall be deemed, for all other purposes relating 20 to enrollment, to have the residence the child had before 21 the change of residence.

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"(b) NO PROVISION OF TRANSPORTATION.-No 23 State educational agency or local educational agency shall 24 be responsible for the transportation of a child described 25 in subsection (a) to or from school by reason of subsection 26 (a).