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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 789 

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, parentin-law, or adult child, or another related individual, who has a serious 

health condition, and to allow employees to take, as additional leave, 

parental involvement and family wellness leave to participate in or attend 

their children’s and grandchildren’s educational and extracurricular activities or meet family care needs. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 2, 2023 

Mrs. HAYES (for herself, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. NORTON, Mr. EVANS, 

Mr. POCAN, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. TOKUDA, Ms. 

BUDZINSKI, Ms. UNDERWOOD, and Ms. BUSH) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, 

and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by 

the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

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, or adult child, 

or another related individual, who has a serious health 

condition, and to allow employees to take, as additional 

leave, parental involvement and family wellness leave to 

participate in or attend their children’s and grandchildren’s educational and extracurricular activities or 

meet family care needs. 


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1 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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Caring for All Families 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LEAVE TO CARE FOR A DOMESTIC PARTNER, SON7 IN-LAW, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, PARENT-IN-LAW, 

8 ADULT CHILD, GRANDPARENT, GRANDCHILD, 

9 OR SIBLING OF THE EMPLOYEE, OR AN10 OTHER RELATED INDIVIDUAL. 

11 (a) DEFINITIONS.— 

12 (1) INCLUSION OF RELATED INDIVIDUALS.— 

13 Section 101 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 

14 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611) is amended by adding at the 

15 end the following: 

16 ‘‘(20) ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL WHOSE CLOSE

17 ASSOCIATION IS THE EQUIVALENT OF A FAMILY RE18 LATIONSHIP.—The term ‘any other individual whose 

19 close association is the equivalent of a family rela20 tionship’, used with respect to an employee, means 

21 any person with whom the employee has a signifi22 cant personal bond that is or is like a family rela23 tionship, regardless of biological or legal relation24 ship. 


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1 ‘‘(21) DOMESTIC PARTNER.—The term ‘domes2 tic partner’, used with respect to an employee, 

3 means— 

4 ‘‘(A) the person recognized as the domestic 

5 partner of the employee under any domestic 

6 partnership or civil union law of a State or po7 litical subdivision of a State; or 

8 ‘‘(B) in the case of an unmarried em9 ployee, an unmarried adult person who is in a 

10 committed, personal relationship with the em11 ployee, is not a domestic partner as described 

12 in subparagraph (A) to or in such a relation13 ship with any other person, and who is des14 ignated to the employer by such employee as 

15 that employee’s domestic partner. 

16 ‘‘(22) GRANDCHILD.—The term ‘grandchild’ 

17 means the son or daughter of an employee’s son or 

18 daughter. 

19 ‘‘(23) GRANDPARENT.—The term ‘grandparent’ 

20 means a parent of a parent of an employee. 

21 ‘‘(24) NEPHEW; NIECE.—The terms ‘nephew’ 

22 and ‘niece’, used with respect to an employee, mean 

23 a son or daughter of the employee’s sibling. 


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1 ‘‘(25) PARENT-IN-LAW.— The term ‘parent-in2 law’ means a parent of the spouse or domestic part3 ner of an employee. 

4 ‘‘(26) SIBLING.—The term ‘sibling’ means any 

5 person who is a son or daughter of an employee’s 

6 parent (other than the employee). 

7 ‘‘(27) SON-IN-LAW; DAUGHTER-IN-LAW.—The 

8 terms ‘son-in-law’ and ‘daughter-in-law’, used with 

9 respect to an employee, mean any person who is a 

10 spouse or domestic partner of a son or daughter, as 

11 the case may be, of the employee. 

12 ‘‘(28) UNCLE; AUNT.—The terms ‘uncle’ and 

13 ‘aunt’, used with respect to an employee, mean the 

14 son or daughter, as the case may be, of the employ15 ee’s grandparent (other than the employee’s par16 ent).’’. 

17 (2) INCLUSION OF ADULT CHILDREN AND CHIL18 DREN OF A DOMESTIC PARTNER.—Section 101(12) 

19 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2611(12)) is amended— 

20 (A) by inserting ‘‘a child of an individual’s 

21 domestic partner,’’ after ‘‘a legal ward,’’; and 

22 (B) by striking ‘‘who is—’’ and all that 

23 follows and inserting ‘‘and includes an adult 

24 child.’’. 


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1 (b) LEAVE REQUIREMENT.—Section 102 of the Fam2 ily and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612) is 

3 amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

6 (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

7 ‘‘spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent, of 

8 the employee, if such spouse, son, daugh9 ter, or parent’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or 

10 domestic partner, or a son or daughter, 

11 son-in-law or daughter-in-law, parent, par12 ent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sib13 ling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece of 

14 the employee, or any other individual 

15 whose close association is the equivalent of 

16 a family relationship with the employee, if 

17 such spouse, domestic partner, son or 

18 daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, 

19 parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grand20 child, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or 

21 niece, or such other individual’’; and 

22 (ii) in subparagraph (E), by striking 

23 ‘‘spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent of 

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1 in-law or daughter-in-law, parent, parent2 in-law, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, 

3 or nephew or niece of the employee, or any 

4 other individual whose close association is 

5 the equivalent of a family relationship with 

6 the employee’’; and 

7 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘spouse, 

8 son, daughter, parent, or next of kin of a cov9 ered servicemember’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or 

10 domestic partner, son or daughter, son-in-law 

11 or daughter-in-law, parent, parent-in-law, 

12 grandparent, sibling, uncle or aunt, nephew or 

13 niece, or next of kin of a covered servicemem14 ber, or any other individual whose close associa15 tion is the equivalent of a family relationship 

16 with the covered servicemember’’; 

17 (2) in subsection (e)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘son, 

19 daughter, spouse, parent, or covered service20 member of the employee, as appropriate’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in-law or 

22 daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, 

23 parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, 

24 sibling, uncle or aunt, nephew or niece, or cov25 ered servicemember of the employee, or any 


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1 other individual whose close association is the 

2 equivalent of a family relationship with the em3 ployee, as appropriate’’; and 

4 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘spouse, 

5 or a son, daughter, or parent, of the employee’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘spouse or domestic partner, or a 

7 son or daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, 

8 parent, parent-in-law, grandchild, sibling, uncle 

9 or aunt, or nephew or niece of the employee, or 

10 any other individual whose close association is 

11 the equivalent of a family relationship with the 

12 employee, as appropriate,’’; and 

13 (3) in subsection (f)— 

14 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

15 (i) in the matter preceding subpara16 graph (A), by inserting ‘‘, or domestic 

17 partners,’’ after ‘‘husband and wife’’; and 

18 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

19 ‘‘or parent-in-law’’ after ‘‘parent’’; and 

20 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, or 

21 those domestic partners,’’ after ‘‘husband and 

22 wife’’ each place it appears. 

23 (c) CERTIFICATION.—Section 103 of the Family and 

24 Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2613) is amend25 ed— 


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1 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘son, daugh2 ter, spouse, or parent of the employee, or of the next 

3 of kin of an individual in the case of leave taken 

4 under such paragraph (3), as appropriate’’ and in5 serting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in6 law, spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in7 law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, 

8 or nephew or niece of the employee, or the next of 

9 kin of an individual, or any other individual whose 

10 close association is the equivalent of a family rela11 tionship with the employee, as appropriate’’; and 

12 (2) in subsection (b)— 

13 (A) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking ‘‘son, 

14 daughter, spouse, or parent and an estimate of 

15 the amount of time that such employee is need16 ed to care for the son, daughter, spouse, or par17 ent’’ and inserting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in-law 

18 or daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, 

19 parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, 

20 sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece of the 

21 employee, or any other individual whose close 

22 association is the equivalent of a family rela23 tionship with the employee, as appropriate, and 

24 an estimate of the amount of time that such 

25 employee is needed to care for such son or 


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1 daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, spouse 

2 or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, 

3 grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, 

4 or nephew or niece, or such other individual’’; 

5 and 

6 (B) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘son, 

7 daughter, parent, or spouse who has a serious 

8 health condition, or will assist in their recov9 ery,’’ and inserting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in-law 

10 or daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, 

11 parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, 

12 sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece, with 

13 a serious health condition, of the employee, or 

14 an individual, with a serious health condition, 

15 who is any other individual whose close associa16 tion is the equivalent of a family relationship 

17 with the employee, as appropriate, or will assist 

18 in the recovery,’’. 

19 (d) EMPLOYMENT AND BENEFITS PROTECTION.— 

20 Section 104(c)(3) of the Family and Medical Leave Act 

21 of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2614(c)(3)) is amended— 

22 (1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ‘‘son, 

23 daughter, spouse, or parent of the employee, as ap24 propriate,’’ and inserting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in25 law or daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, 


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1 parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sib2 ling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece of the em3 ployee, or any other individual whose close associa4 tion is the equivalent of a family relationship with 

5 the employee, as appropriate,’’; and 

6 (2) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking ‘‘son, 

7 daughter, spouse, or parent’’ and inserting ‘‘employ8 ee’s son or daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, 

9 spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, 

10 grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or 

11 nephew or niece, or (with relation to the employee) 

12 any other individual whose close association is the 

13 equivalent of a family relationship, as appropriate,’’. 

14 SEC. 3. LEAVE TO CARE FOR A DOMESTIC PARTNER, SON15 IN-LAW, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, PARENT-IN-LAW, 

16 ADULT CHILD, GRANDPARENT, GRANDCHILD, 

17 OR SIBLING OF THE EMPLOYEE, OR AN18 OTHER RELATED INDIVIDUAL FOR FEDERAL 

19 EMPLOYEES. 

20 (a) DEFINITIONS.— 

21 (1) INCLUSION OF A DOMESTIC PARTNER, SON22 IN-LAW, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, PARENT-IN-LAW, ADULT

23 CHILD, GRANDPARENT, GRANDCHILD, OR SIBLING

24 OF THE EMPLOYEE, OR ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL

25 WHOSE CLOSE ASSOCIATION IS THE EQUIVALENT OF


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1 A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP.—Section 6381 of title 5, 

2 United States Code, is amended— 

3 (A) in paragraph (11) by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

4 and inserting a semicolon; 

5 (B) in paragraph (12), by striking the pe6 riod and inserting a semicolon; and 

7 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(13) the term ‘any other individual whose 

9 close association is the equivalent of a family rela10 tionship’, used with respect to an employee, means 

11 any person with whom the employee has a signifi12 cant personal bond that is or is like a family rela13 tionship, regardless of biological or legal relation14 ship; 

15 ‘‘(14) the term ‘domestic partner’, used with re16 spect to an employee, means— 

17 ‘‘(A) the person recognized as the domestic 

18 partner of the employee under any domestic 

19 partnership or civil union law of a State or po20 litical subdivision of a State; or 

21 ‘‘(B) in the case of an unmarried em22 ployee, an unmarried adult person who is in a 

23 committed, personal relationship with the em24 ployee, is not a domestic partner as described 

25 in subparagraph (A) or in such a relationship 


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1 with any other person, and who is designated to 

2 the employing agency by such employee as that 

3 employee’s domestic partner; 

4 ‘‘(15) the term ‘grandchild’ means the son or 

5 daughter of an employee’s son or daughter; 

6 ‘‘(16) the term ‘grandparent’ means a parent of 

7 a parent of an employee; 

8 ‘‘(17) the terms ‘nephew’ and ‘niece’, used with 

9 respect to an employee, mean a son or daughter of 

10 the employee’s sibling; 

11 ‘‘(18) the term ‘parent-in-law’ means a parent 

12 of the spouse or domestic partner of an employee; 

13 ‘‘(19) the term ‘sibling’ means any person who 

14 is a son or daughter of an employee’s parent (other 

15 than the employee); 

16 ‘‘(20) the terms ‘son-in-law’ and ‘daughter-in17 law’, used with respect to an employee, mean any 

18 person who is a spouse or domestic partner of a son 

19 or daughter, as the case may be, of the employee; 

20 ‘‘(21) the term ‘State’ has the same meaning 

21 given the term in section 3 of the Fair Labor Stand22 ards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203); and 

23 ‘‘(22) the terms ‘uncle’ and ‘aunt’, used with 

24 respect to an employee, mean the son or daughter, 


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1 as the case may be, of the employee’s grandparent 

2 (other than the employee’s parent).’’. 

3 (2) INCLUSION OF ADULT CHILDREN AND CHIL4 DREN OF A DOMESTIC PARTNER.—Section 6381(6) 

5 of such title is amended— 

6 (A) by inserting ‘‘a child of an individual’s 

7 domestic partner,’’ after ‘‘a legal ward,’’; and 

8 (B) by striking ‘‘who is—’’ and all that 

9 follows and inserting ‘‘and includes an adult 

10 child’’. 

11 (b) LEAVE REQUIREMENT.—Section 6382 of title 5, 

12 United States Code, is amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (a)— 

14 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

15 (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

16 ‘‘spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent, of 

17 the employee, if such spouse, son, daugh18 ter, or parent’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or 

19 domestic partner, or a son or daughter, 

20 son-in-law or daughter-in-law, parent, par21 ent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sib22 ling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece of 

23 the employee, or any other individual 

24 whose close association with the employee 

25 is the equivalent of a family relationship, if 


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1 such spouse, domestic partner, son or 

2 daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, 

3 parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grand4 child, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or 

5 niece, or such other individual’’; and 

6 (ii) in subparagraph (E), by striking 

7 ‘‘spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent of 

8 the employee’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or do9 mestic partner, or a son or daughter, son10 in-law or daughter-in-law, parent, parent11 in-law, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, 

12 or nephew or niece of the employee, or any 

13 other individual whose close association is 

14 the equivalent of a family relationship with 

15 the employee’’; and 

16 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘spouse, 

17 son, daughter, parent, or next of kin of a cov18 ered servicemember’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or 

19 domestic partner, son or daughter, son-in-law 

20 or daughter-in-law, parent, parent-in-law, 

21 grandparent, sibling, uncle or aunt, nephew or 

22 niece, or next of kin of a covered servicemem23 ber, or any other individual whose close associa24 tion is the equivalent of a family relationship 

25 with the covered servicemember’’; and 


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1 (2) in subsection (e)— 

2 (A) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘son, 

3 daughter, spouse, parent, or covered service4 member of the employee, as appropriate’’ and 

5 inserting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in-law or 

6 daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, 

7 parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, 

8 sibling, uncle or aunt, nephew or niece, or cov9 ered servicemember of the employee, or any 

10 other individual whose close association is the 

11 equivalent of a family relationship with the em12 ployee, as appropriate’’; and 

13 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘spouse, 

14 or a son, daughter, or parent, of the employee’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘spouse or domestic partner, or a 

16 son or daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, 

17 parent, parent-in-law, grandchild, sibling, uncle 

18 or aunt, or nephew or niece of the employee, or 

19 any other individual whose close association is 

20 the equivalent of a family relationship with the 

21 employee, as appropriate,’’. 

22 (c) CERTIFICATION.—Section 6383 of title 5, United 

23 States Code, is amended— 

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1 priate’’ and inserting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in-law 

2 or daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, par3 ent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, 

4 uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece of the employee, 

5 or any other individual whose close association is the 

6 equivalent of a family relationship with the em7 ployee, as appropriate’’; and 

8 (2) in subsection (b)(4)(A), by striking ‘‘son, 

9 daughter, spouse, or parent, and an estimate of the 

10 amount of time that such employee is needed to care 

11 for such son, daughter, spouse, or parent’’ and in12 serting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in13 law, spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in14 law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, 

15 or nephew or niece of the employee, or any other in16 dividual whose close association is the equivalent of 

17 a family relationship with the employee, as appro18 priate, and an estimate of the amount of time that 

19 such employee is needed to care for such son or 

20 daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, spouse or 

21 domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grand22 parent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew 

23 or niece, or such other individual’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. ENTITLEMENT TO ADDITIONAL LEAVE UNDER THE 

2 FMLA FOR PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND 

3 FAMILY WELLNESS. 

4 (a) LEAVE REQUIREMENT.—Section 102(a) of the 

5 Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 

6 2612(a)), as amended by section 2(b), is further amend7 ed— 

8 (1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para9 graph (6); and 

10 (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol11 lowing new paragraph: 

12 ‘‘(5) ENTITLEMENT TO ADDITIONAL LEAVE FOR

13 PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND FAMILY

14 WELLNESS.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara16 graph (B) and section 103(g), an eligible em17 ployee shall be entitled to leave under this para18 graph to— 

19 ‘‘(i) participate in or attend an activ20 ity that is sponsored by a school or com21 munity organization and relates to a pro22 gram of the school or organization that is 

23 attended by a son or daughter or a grand24 child of the employee; or 

25 ‘‘(ii) meet routine family medical care 

26 needs (including by attending medical and 


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1 dental appointments of the employee or a 

2 son or daughter, spouse or domestic part3 ner, or grandchild of the employee) or at4 tend to the care needs of an elderly indi5 vidual who is any other individual whose 

6 close association is the equivalent of a fam7 ily relationship with the employee (includ8 ing by making visits to nursing homes or 

9 group homes). 

10 ‘‘(B) LIMITATIONS.— 

11 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—An eligible em12 ployee shall be entitled to— 

13 ‘‘(I) not to exceed 4 hours of 

14 leave under this paragraph during any 

15 30-day period; and 

16 ‘‘(II) not to exceed 24 hours of 

17 leave under this paragraph during any 

18 12-month period described in para19 graph (4). 

20 ‘‘(ii) COORDINATION RULE.—Leave 

21 under this paragraph shall be in addition 

22 to any leave provided under any other 

23 paragraph of this subsection. 

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1 ‘‘(i) COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION.— 

2 The term ‘community organization’ means 

3 a private nonprofit organization that is 

4 representative of a community or a signifi5 cant segment of a community and provides 

6 activities for individuals described in sec7 tion 101(12), such as a scouting or sports 

8 organization. 

9 ‘‘(ii) SCHOOL.—The term ‘school’ 

10 means an elementary school or secondary 

11 school (as such terms are defined in sec12 tion 8101 of the Elementary and Sec13 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

14 7801)), a Head Start program assisted 

15 under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 

16 et seq.), and a child care facility licensed 

17 under State law.’’. 

18 (b) SCHEDULE.—Section 102(b)(1) of such Act (29 

19 U.S.C. 2612(b)(1)) is amended by inserting after the third 

20 sentence the following new sentence: ‘‘Subject to sub21 section (e)(4) and section 103(g), leave under subsection 

22 (a)(5) may be taken intermittently or on a reduced leave 

23 schedule.’’. 


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1 (c) SUBSTITUTION OF PAID LEAVE.—Section 

2 102(d)(2) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2612(d)(2)) is amended 

3 by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 

4 ‘‘(C) PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT LEAVE AND

5 FAMILY WELLNESS LEAVE.— 

6 ‘‘(i) VACATION LEAVE; PERSONAL

7 LEAVE; FAMILY LEAVE.—An eligible em8 ployee may elect, or an employer may re9 quire the employee, to substitute any of 

10 the accrued paid vacation leave, personal 

11 leave, or family leave of the employee for 

12 any part of the period of leave under sub13 section (a)(5). 

14 ‘‘(ii) MEDICAL OR SICK LEAVE.—An 

15 eligible employee may elect, or an employer 

16 may require the employee, to substitute 

17 any of the accrued paid medical or sick 

18 leave of the employee for any part of the 

19 period of leave provided under clause (ii) of 

20 subsection (a)(5)(A), except that nothing 

21 in this title shall require an employer to 

22 provide paid sick leave or paid medical 

23 leave in any situation in which such em24 ployer would not normally provide any 

25 such paid leave. 


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1 ‘‘(iii) PROHIBITION ON RESTRICTIONS

2 AND LIMITATIONS.—If the employee elects 

3 or the employer requires the substitution 

4 of accrued paid leave for leave under sub5 section (a)(5), the employer shall not re6 strict or limit the leave that may be sub7 stituted or impose any additional terms 

8 and conditions on the substitution of such 

9 leave that are more stringent for the em10 ployee than the terms and conditions set 

11 forth in this Act.’’. 

12 (d) NOTICE.—Section 102(e) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 

13 2612(e)), as amended by section 2(b), is further amended 

14 by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

15 ‘‘(4) NOTICE RELATING TO PARENTAL IN16 VOLVEMENT AND FAMILY WELLNESS LEAVE.—In 

17 any case in which an employee requests leave under 

18 paragraph (5) of subsection (a), the employee 

19 shall— 

20 ‘‘(A) provide the employer with not less 

21 than 7 days’ notice, or (if such notice is imprac22 ticable) such notice as is practicable, before the 

23 date the leave is to begin, of the employee’s in24 tention to take leave under such paragraph; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) in the case of leave to be taken under 

2 subsection (a)(5)(A)(ii), make a reasonable ef3 fort to schedule the activity or care involved so 

4 as not to disrupt unduly the operations of the 

5 employer, subject to the approval of the health 

6 care provider involved (if any).’’. 

7 (e) CERTIFICATION.—Section 103 of such Act (29 

8 U.S.C. 2613) is amended by adding at the end the fol9 lowing new subsection: 

10 ‘‘(g) CERTIFICATION RELATED TO PARENTAL IN11 VOLVEMENT AND FAMILY WELLNESS LEAVE.—An em12 ployer may require that a request for leave under section 

13 102(a)(5) be supported by a certification issued at such 

14 time and in such manner as the Secretary may by regula15 tion prescribe.’’. 

16 SEC. 5. ENTITLEMENT OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES TO LEAVE 

17 FOR PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND FAMILY 

18 WELLNESS. 

19 (a) LEAVE REQUIREMENT.—Section 6382(a) of title 

20 5, United States Code, as amended by section 3(b), is fur21 ther amended by adding at the end the following new para22 graph: 

23 ‘‘(5)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B) and section 

24 6383(f), an employee shall be entitled to leave under this 

25 paragraph to— 


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1 ‘‘(i) participate in or attend an activity that is 

2 sponsored by a school or community organization 

3 and relates to a program of the school or organiza4 tion that is attended by a son or daughter or a 

5 grandchild of the employee; or 

6 ‘‘(ii) meet routine family medical care needs 

7 (including by attending medical and dental appoint8 ments of the employee or a son or daughter, spouse 

9 or domestic partner, or grandchild of the employee) 

10 or to attend to the care needs of an elderly indi11 vidual who is any other individual whose close asso12 ciation is the equivalent of a family relationship with 

13 the employee (including by making visits to nursing 

14 homes and group homes). 

15 ‘‘(B)(i) An employee is entitled to— 

16 ‘‘(I) not to exceed 4 hours of leave under this 

17 paragraph during any 30-day period; and 

18 ‘‘(II) not to exceed 24 hours of leave under this 

19 paragraph during any 12-month period described in 

20 paragraph (4). 

21 ‘‘(ii) Leave under this paragraph shall be in addition 

22 to any leave provided under any other paragraph of this 

23 subsection. 

24 ‘‘(C) For the purpose of this paragraph— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the term ‘community organization’ means a 

2 private nonprofit organization that is representative 

3 of a community or a significant segment of a com4 munity and provides activities for individuals de5 scribed in section 6381(6), such as a scouting or 

6 sports organization; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) the term ‘school’ means an elementary 

8 school or secondary school (as such terms are de9 fined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec10 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)), a 

11 Head Start program assisted under the Head Start 

12 Act(42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), and a child care facility 

13 licensed under State law.’’. 

14 (b) SCHEDULE.—Section 6382(b)(1) of such title is 

15 amended— 

16 (1) by inserting after the third sentence the fol17 lowing new sentence: ‘‘Subject to subsection (e)(4) 

18 and section 6383(f), leave under subsection (a)(5) 

19 may be taken intermittently or on a reduced leave 

20 schedule.’’; and 

21 (2) in the last sentence, by striking ‘‘involved,’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘involved (or, in the case of leave 

23 under subsection (a)(5), for purposes of the 30-day 

24 or 12-month period involved),’’. 


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1 (c) SUBSTITUTION OF PAID LEAVE.—Section 

2 6382(d) of such title is amended by adding at the end 

3 the following: 

4 ‘‘(3) An employee may elect to substitute for any part 

5 of the period of leave under subsection (a)(5), any of the 

6 employee’s accrued or accumulated annual or sick leave. 

7 If the employee elects the substitution of that accrued or 

8 accumulated annual or sick leave for leave under sub9 section (a)(5), the employing agency shall not restrict or 

10 limit the leave that may be substituted or impose any addi11 tional terms and conditions on the substitution of such 

12 leave that are more stringent for the employee than the 

13 terms and conditions set forth in this subchapter.’’. 

14 (d) NOTICE.—Section 6382(e) of such title, as 

15 amended by section 3(b)(2), is further amended by adding 

16 at the end the following new paragraph: 

17 ‘‘(4) In any case in which an employee requests leave 

18 under paragraph (5) of subsection (a), the employee 

19 shall— 

20 ‘‘(A) provide the employing agency with not less 

21 than 7 days’ notice, or (if such notice is impracti22 cable) such notice as is practicable, before the date 

23 the leave is to begin, of the employee’s intention to 

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1 ‘‘(B) in the case of leave to be taken under sub2 section (a)(5)(A)(ii), make a reasonable effort to 

3 schedule the activity or care involved so as not to 

4 disrupt unduly the operations of the employing agen5 cy, subject to the approval of the health care pro6 vider involved (if any).’’. 

7 (e) CERTIFICATION.—Section 6383(f) of such title is 

8 amended by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(E) or (3) of’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(E), (3) or (5) of’’. 

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