To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5, United States Code, to permit leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandchild, or grandparent who has a serious health condition, and for other purposes.

Summary: Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide for employee leave to care for a domestic partner or his or her child, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law (as well as for a spouse, child, or parent), if such person has a serious health condition.

Amends federal civil service law to apply the same leave allowance to federal employees.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Family and Medical Leave Inclusion 
Act''.

SEC. 2. LEAVE TO CARE FOR A DOMESTIC PARTNER, PARENT-IN-LAW, ADULT 
              CHILD, SIBLING, OR GRANDPARENT.

    (a) Definitions.--
            (1) Inclusion of grandparents, grandchildren, parents-in-
        law, siblings, and domestic partners.--Section 101 of such Act 
        is further amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(20) Domestic partner.--The term `domestic partner' 
        means--
                    ``(A) the person recognized as the domestic partner 
                of the employee under any domestic partner registry or 
                civil union laws of the State or political subdivision 
                of a State where the employee resides, or who is 
                lawfully married to the employee under the laws of the 
                State where the employee resides; or
                    ``(B) in the case of an unmarried employee who 
                lives in a State where a person cannot marry a person 
                of the same sex under the laws of the State, an 
                unmarried adult person of the same sex as the employee 
                who is in a committed, personal relationship with the 
                employee, is not a domestic partner to any other 
                person, and who is designated to the employer by such 
                employee as that employee's domestic partner.
            ``(21) Grandchild.--The term `grandchild' means the son or 
        daughter of an employee's son or daughter.
            ``(22) Grandparent.--The term `grandparent' means a parent 
        of a parent of an employee.
            ``(23) Parent-in-law.--The term `parent-in-law' means a 
        parent of the spouse or domestic partner of an employee.
            ``(24) Sibling.--The term `sibling' means any person who is 
        a son or daughter of an employee's parent.
            ``(25) Son-in-law and daughter-in-law.--The terms `son-in-
        law' and `daughter-in-law', used with respect to an employee, 
        means any person who is a spouse or domestic partner of a son 
        or daughter of the employee.''.
            (2) Inclusion of adult children and children of a domestic 
        partner.--Section 101(12) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2611(12)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) by inserting ``a child of an individual's 
                domestic partner,'' after ``a legal ward,''; and
                    (B) by striking ``who is--'' and all that follows 
                and inserting ``and includes an adult child''.
    (b) Leave Requirement.--Section 102 of the Family and Medical Leave 
Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)(C), by striking ``spouse, or a 
        son, daughter, or parent of the employee, if such spouse, son, 
        daughter, or parent'' and inserting ``spouse or domestic 
        partner, or a son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, 
        grandparent, grandchild, or sibling, of the employee if such 
        spouse, domestic partner, son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, 
        grandparent, grandchild, or sibling'';
            (2) in subsection (a)(1)(E), by striking ``spouse, or a 
        son, daughter, or parent'' and inserting ``spouse or domestic 
        partner, or a son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandchild, 
        or sibling'';
            (3) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ``spouse, son, 
        daughter, parent,'' and inserting ``spouse or domestic partner, 
        son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, parent, parent-in-
        law, grandparent, or sibling,'';
            (4) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by striking ``spouse, 
        parent,'' and inserting ``spouse or domestic partner, parent, 
        parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling,'';
            (5) in subsection (e)(3), by striking ``spouse, or a son, 
        daughter, or parent,'' and inserting ``spouse or domestic 
        partner, or a son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandchild, 
        or sibling,''; and
            (6) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                inserting ``or domestic partners'' after ``husband and 
                wife''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``or parent-
                in-law'' after ``parent''.
    (c) Certification.--Section 103 of the Family and Medical Leave Act 
of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2613) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``spouse, or parent'' 
        and inserting ``spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-
        law, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(4)(A), by striking ``spouse, or 
        parent and an estimate of the amount of time that such employee 
        is needed to care for the son, daughter, spouse, or parent'' 
        and inserting ``spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-
        law, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling and an estimate of the 
        amount of time that such employee is needed to care for such 
        son, daughter, spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-
        law, grandparent, or sibling''; and
            (3) in subsection (b)(7), by striking ``parent, or spouse'' 
        and inserting ``spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-
        law, grandparent, or sibling''.
    (d) Employment and Benefits Protection.--Section 104(c)(3) of the 
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2614(c)(3)) is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ``spouse, or 
        parent'' and inserting ``spouse or domestic partner, parent, 
        parent-in-law, grandparent, or sibling''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking ``spouse, or 
        parent'' and inserting ``spouse or domestic partner, parent, 
        parent-in-law, grandparent, or sibling''.

SEC. 3. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

    (a) Definitions.--
            (1) Inclusion of grandparents, parents-in-law, siblings, 
        and domestic partners.--Section 6381 of title 5, United States 
        Code, is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (11) by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) in paragraph (12), by striking the period and 
                inserting a semicolon; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(13) the term `domestic partner' means--
                    ``(A) the person recognized as the domestic partner 
                of the employee under any domestic partner registry or 
                civil union laws of the State or political subdivision 
                of a State where the employee resides, or who is 
                lawfully married to the employee under the laws of the 
                State where the employee resides; or
                    ``(B) in the case of an unmarried employee who 
                lives in a State where a person cannot marry a person 
                of the same sex under the laws of the State, an 
                unmarried adult person of the same sex as the employee 
                who is in a committed, personal relationship with the 
                employee, is not a domestic partner to any other 
                person, and who is designated to the employing agency 
                by such employee as that employee's domestic partner;
            ``(14) the term `parent-in-law' means a parent of the 
        spouse or domestic partner of an employee;
            ``(15) the term `grandchild' means the son or daughter of 
        an employee's son or daughter;
            ``(16) the term `grandparent' means a parent of a parent of 
        an employee;
            ``(17) the term `sibling' means any person who is a son or 
        daughter of an employee's parent; and
            ``(18) the terms `son-in-law and daughter-in-law', used 
        with respect to an employee, means any person who is a spouse 
        or domestic partner of a son or daughter of the employee.''.
            (2) Inclusion of adult children and children of a domestic 
        partner.--Section 6381(6) of such title is amended--
                    (A) by inserting ``a child of an individual's 
                domestic partner,'' after ``a legal ward,''; and
                    (B) by striking ``who is--'' and all that follows 
                and inserting ``and includes an adult child''.
    (b) Leave Requirement.--Section 6382 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)(C), by striking ``spouse, or a 
        son, daughter, or parent of the employee, if such spouse, son, 
        daughter, or parent'' and inserting ``spouse or domestic 
        partner, or a son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, 
        grandparent, grandchild, or sibling, of the employee if such 
        spouse, domestic partner, son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, 
        grandparent, grandchild, or sibling'';
            (2) in subsection (a)(1)(E), by striking ``spouse, or a 
        son, daughter, or parent'' and inserting ``spouse or domestic 
        partner, or a son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandchild, 
        or sibling'';
            (3) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ``spouse, son, 
        daughter, parent,'' and inserting ``spouse or domestic partner, 
        son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, parent, parent-in-
        law, grandparent, sibling,'';
            (4) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by striking ``spouse, 
        parent,'' and inserting ``spouse or domestic partner, parent, 
        parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling,''; and
            (5) in subsection (e)(3), by striking ``spouse, or a son, 
        daughter, or parent,'' and inserting ``spouse or domestic 
        partner, or a son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandchild, 
        or sibling,''.
    (c) Certification.--Section 6383 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``spouse, or parent'' 
        and inserting ``spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-
        law, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(4)(A), by striking ``spouse, or 
        parent, and an estimate of the amount of time that such 
        employee is needed to care for such son, daughter, spouse, or 
        parent'' and inserting ``spouse or domestic partner, parent, 
        parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling and an 
        estimate of the amount of time that such employee is needed to 
        care for such son, daughter, spouse or domestic partner, 
        parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling''.