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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2589 

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, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 15, 2021 

Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Ms. MENG, Ms. 

SPEIER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. EVANS, Mr. CARSON, Mr. GRIJALVA, and Mr. 

RASKIN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on 

Oversight and Reform, 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, and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Family Medical Leave 

5 Modernization 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 RELATED BY

17 BLOOD WHOSE CLOSE ASSOCIATION IS THE EQUIVA18 LENT OF A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP.—The term ‘any 

19 other individual related by blood whose close associa20 tion is the equivalent of a family relationship’, used 

21 with respect to an employee, means any person with 

22 whom the employee has a significant personal bond 

23 that is or is like a family relationship, regardless of 

24 biological or legal relationship. 


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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, 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 re15 lated by blood whose close association is 

16 the equivalent of a family relationship with 

17 the employee, if such spouse, domestic 

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

19 daughter-in-law, parent, parent-in-law, 

20 grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or 

21 aunt, or nephew or niece, or such other in22 dividual’’; and 

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

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

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1 mestic partner, or a son or daughter, son2 in-law, daughter-in-law, parent, parent-in3 law, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or 

4 nephew or niece of the employee, or any 

5 other individual related by blood whose 

6 close association is the equivalent of a fam7 ily relationship with the employee’’; and 

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

9 son, daughter, parent, or next of kin of a cov10 ered servicemember’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or 

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

12 daughter-in-law, parent, parent-in-law, grand13 parent, sibling, uncle or aunt, nephew or niece, 

14 or next of kin of a covered servicemember, or 

15 any other individual related by blood whose 

16 close association is the equivalent of a family 

17 relationship with the covered servicemember’’; 

18 (2) in subsection (e)— 

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

20 daughter, spouse, parent, or covered service21 member of the employee, as appropriate’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in-law, daugh23 ter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, parent, 

24 parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, 

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1 icemember of the employee, or any other indi2 vidual related by blood whose close association 

3 is the equivalent of a family relationship with 

4 the employee, as appropriate’’; and 

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

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

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

8 son or daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, 

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

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

11 any other individual related by blood whose 

12 close association is the equivalent of a family 

13 relationship with the employee, as appro14 priate,’’; and 

15 (3) in subsection (f)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

17 (i) in the matter preceding subpara18 graph (A), by inserting ‘‘, or domestic 

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

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

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

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

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

24 wife’’ each place it appears. 


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

2 Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2613) is amend3 ed— 

4 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘son, daugh5 ter, spouse, or parent of the employee, or of the next 

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

7 under such paragraph (3), as appropriate’’ and in8 serting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in9 law, spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in10 law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, 

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

12 kin of an individual, or any other individual related 

13 by blood whose close association is the equivalent of 

14 a family relationship with the employee, as appro15 priate’’; and 

16 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

18 daughter, spouse, or parent and an estimate of 

19 the amount of time that such employee is need20 ed to care for the son, daughter, spouse, or par21 ent’’ and inserting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in22 law, daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic part23 ner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grand24 child, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece 

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1 by blood whose close association is the equiva2 lent of a family relationship with the employee, 

3 as appropriate, and an estimate of the amount 

4 of time that such employee is needed to care for 

5 such son or daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in6 law, spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent7 in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle 

8 or aunt, or nephew or niece, or such other indi9 vidual’’; and 

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

11 daughter, parent, or spouse who has a serious 

12 health condition, or will assist in their recov13 ery,’’ and inserting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in14 law, daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic part15 ner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grand16 child, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece, 

17 with a serious health condition, of the employee, 

18 or an individual, with a serious health condi19 tion, who is any other individual related by 

20 blood whose close association is the equivalent 

21 of a family relationship with the employee, as 

22 appropriate, or will assist in the recovery,’’. 

23 (d) EMPLOYMENT AND BENEFITS PROTECTION.— 

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

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


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

2 daughter, spouse, or parent of the employee, as ap3 propriate,’’ and inserting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in4 law, daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, 

5 parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sib6 ling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece of the em7 ployee, or any other individual related by blood 

8 whose close association is the equivalent of a family 

9 relationship with the employee, as appropriate,’’; and 

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

11 daughter, spouse, or parent’’ and inserting ‘‘employ12 ee’s son or daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, 

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

14 grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or 

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

16 any other individual related by blood whose close as17 sociation is the equivalent of a family relationship, 

18 as appropriate,’’. 

19 SEC. 3. LEAVE TO CARE FOR A DOMESTIC PARTNER, SON20 IN-LAW, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, PARENT-IN-LAW, 

21 ADULT CHILD, GRANDPARENT, GRANDCHILD, 

22 OR SIBLING OF THE EMPLOYEE, OR AN23 OTHER RELATED INDIVIDUAL FOR FEDERAL 

24 EMPLOYEES. 

25 (a) DEFINITIONS.— 


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1 (1) INCLUSION OF A DOMESTIC PARTNER, SON2 IN-LAW, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, PARENT-IN-LAW, ADULT

3 CHILD, GRANDPARENT, GRANDCHILD, OR SIBLING

4 OF THE EMPLOYEE, OR ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL RE5 LATED BY BLOOD.—Section 6381 of title 5, United 

6 States Code, is amended— 

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

8 and inserting a semicolon; 

9 (B) in paragraph (12), by striking the pe10 riod and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

12 ‘‘(13) the term ‘any other individual related by 

13 blood whose close association is the equivalent of a 

14 family relationship’, used with respect to an em15 ployee, means any person with whom the employee 

16 has a significant personal bond that is or is like a 

17 family relationship, regardless of biological or legal 

18 relationship; 

19 ‘‘(14) the term ‘domestic partner’, used with re20 spect to an employee, means— 

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

22 partner of the employee under any domestic 

23 partnership or civil union law of a State or po24 litical subdivision of a State; or 


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1 ‘‘(B) in the case of an unmarried em2 ployee, an unmarried adult person who is in a 

3 committed, personal relationship with the em4 ployee, is not a domestic partner as described 

5 in subparagraph (A) or in such a relationship 

6 with any other person, and who is designated to 

7 the employing agency by such employee as that 

8 employee’s domestic partner; 

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

10 daughter of an employee’s son or daughter; 

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

12 a parent of an employee; 

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

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

15 the employee’s sibling; 

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

17 of the spouse or domestic partner of an employee; 

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

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

20 than the employee); 

21 ‘‘(20) the terms ‘son-in-law’ and ‘daughter-in22 law’, used with respect to an employee, mean any 

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

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


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

2 given the term in section 3 of the Fair Labor Stand3 ards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203); and 

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

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

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

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

8 (2) INCLUSION OF ADULT CHILDREN AND CHIL9 DREN OF A DOMESTIC PARTNER.—Section 6381(6) 

10 of such title is amended— 

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

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

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

14 follows and inserting ‘‘and includes an adult 

15 child’’. 

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

17 United States Code, is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (a)— 

19 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

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

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

22 the employee, if such spouse, son, daugh23 ter, or parent’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or 

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1 ent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sib2 ling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece of 

3 the employee, or any other individual re4 lated by blood whose close association with 

5 the employee is the equivalent of a family 

6 relationship, if such spouse, domestic part7 ner, son or daughter, son-in-law, daughter8 in-law, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, 

9 grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or neph10 ew or niece, or such other individual’’; and 

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

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

13 the employee’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or do14 mestic partner, or a son or daughter, son15 in-law, daughter-in-law, parent, parent-in16 law, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or 

17 nephew or niece of the employee, or any 

18 other individual related by blood whose 

19 close association is the equivalent of a fam20 ily relationship with the employee’’; and 

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

22 son, daughter, parent, or next of kin of a cov23 ered servicemember’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or 

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

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1 parent, sibling, uncle or aunt, nephew or niece, 

2 or next of kin of a covered servicemember, or 

3 any other individual related by blood whose 

4 close association is the equivalent of a family 

5 relationship with the covered servicemember’’; 

6 and 

7 (2) in subsection (e)— 

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

9 daughter, spouse, parent, or covered service10 member of the employee, as appropriate’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in-law, daugh12 ter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, parent, 

13 parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, 

14 uncle or aunt, nephew or niece, or covered serv15 icemember of the employee, or any other indi16 vidual related by blood whose close association 

17 is the equivalent of a family relationship with 

18 the employee, as appropriate’’; and 

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

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

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

22 son or daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, 

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

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

25 any other individual related by blood whose 


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1 close association is the equivalent of a family 

2 relationship with the employee, as appro3 priate,’’. 

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

5 States Code, is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘son, daugh7 ter, spouse, or parent of the employee, as appro8 priate’’ and inserting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in-law, 

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

10 parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, 

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

12 or any other individual related by blood whose close 

13 association is the equivalent of a family relationship 

14 with the employee, as appropriate’’; and 

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

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

17 amount of time that such employee is needed to care 

18 for such son, daughter, spouse, or parent’’ and in19 serting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in20 law, spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in21 law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, 

22 or nephew or niece of the employee, or any other in23 dividual related by blood whose close association is 

24 the equivalent of a family relationship with the em25 ployee, as appropriate, and an estimate of the 


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1 amount of time that such employee is needed to care 

2 for such son or daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in3 law, spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in4 law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, 

5 or nephew or niece, or such other individual’’. 

6 SEC. 4. ENTITLEMENT TO ADDITIONAL LEAVE UNDER THE 

7 FMLA FOR PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND 

8 FAMILY WELLNESS. 

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

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

11 2612(a)), as amended by section 2(b), is further amend12 ed— 

13 (1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para14 graph (6); and 

15 (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol16 lowing new paragraph: 

17 ‘‘(5) ENTITLEMENT TO ADDITIONAL LEAVE FOR

18 PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND FAMILY

19 WELLNESS.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to 

21 subparagraph (B) and section 103(g), an eligi22 ble employee shall be entitled to leave under 

23 this paragraph to— 

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1 munity organization and relates to a pro2 gram of the school or organization that is 

3 attended by a son or daughter or a grand4 child of the employee; or 

5 ‘‘(ii) meet routine family medical care 

6 needs (including by attending medical and 

7 dental appointments of the employee or a 

8 son or daughter, spouse, or grandchild of 

9 the employee) or attend to the care needs 

10 of an elderly individual who is related to 

11 the employee through a relationship de12 scribed in section 102(a) (including by 

13 making visits to nursing homes or group 

14 homes). 

15 ‘‘(B) LIMITATIONS.— 

16 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—An eligible em17 ployee shall be entitled to— 

18 ‘‘(I) not to exceed 4 hours of 

19 leave under this paragraph during any 

20 30-day period; and 

21 ‘‘(II) not to exceed 24 hours of 

22 leave under this paragraph during any 

23 12-month period described in para24 graph (4). 


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1 ‘‘(ii) COORDINATION RULE.—Leave 

2 under this paragraph shall be in addition 

3 to any leave provided under any other 

4 paragraph of this subsection. 

5 ‘‘(C) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this para6 graph: 

7 ‘‘(i) COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION.— 

8 The term ‘community organization’ means 

9 a private nonprofit organization that is 

10 representative of a community or a signifi11 cant segment of a community and provides 

12 activities for individuals described in sec13 tion 101(12), such as a scouting or sports 

14 organization. 

15 ‘‘(ii) SCHOOL.—The term ‘school’ 

16 means an elementary school or secondary 

17 school (as such terms are defined in sec18 tion 8101 of the Elementary and Sec19 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

20 7801)), a Head Start program assisted 

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

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

23 under State law.’’. 

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

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1 sentence the following new sentence: ‘‘Subject to sub2 section (e)(4) and section 103(g), leave under subsection 

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

4 schedule.’’. 

5 (c) SUBSTITUTION OF PAID LEAVE.—Section 

6 102(d)(2) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2612(d)(2)) is amended 

7 by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 

8 ‘‘(C) PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT LEAVE AND

9 FAMILY WELLNESS LEAVE.— 

10 ‘‘(i) VACATION LEAVE; PERSONAL

11 LEAVE; FAMILY LEAVE.—An eligible em12 ployee may elect, or an employer may re13 quire the employee, to substitute any of 

14 the accrued paid vacation leave, personal 

15 leave, or family leave of the employee for 

16 any part of the period of leave under sub17 section (a)(5). 

18 ‘‘(ii) MEDICAL OR SICK LEAVE.—An 

19 eligible employee may elect, or an employer 

20 may require the employee, to substitute 

21 any of the accrued paid medical or sick 

22 leave of the employee for any part of the 

23 period of leave provided under clause (ii) of 

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

25 in this title shall require an employer to 


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1 provide paid sick leave or paid medical 

2 leave in any situation in which such em3 ployer would not normally provide any 

4 such paid leave. 

5 ‘‘(iii) PROHIBITION ON RESTRICTIONS

6 AND LIMITATIONS.—If the employee elects 

7 or the employer requires the substitution 

8 of accrued paid leave for leave under sub9 section (a)(5), the employer shall not re10 strict or limit the leave that may be sub11 stituted or impose any additional terms 

12 and conditions on the substitution of such 

13 leave that are more stringent for the em14 ployee than the terms and conditions set 

15 forth in this Act.’’. 

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

17 2612(e)), as amended by section 2(b), is further amended 

18 by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

19 ‘‘(4) NOTICE RELATING TO PARENTAL IN20 VOLVEMENT AND FAMILY WELLNESS LEAVE.—In 

21 any case in which an employee requests leave under 

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

23 shall— 

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

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1 ticable) such notice as is practicable, before the 

2 date the leave is to begin, of the employee’s in3 tention to take leave under such paragraph; and 

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

5 subsection (a)(5)(A)(ii), make a reasonable ef6 fort to schedule the activity or care involved so 

7 as not to disrupt unduly the operations of the 

8 employer, subject to the approval of the health 

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

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

11 U.S.C. 2613) is amended by adding at the end the fol12 lowing new subsection: 

13 ‘‘(g) CERTIFICATION RELATED TO PARENTAL IN14 VOLVEMENT AND FAMILY WELLNESS LEAVE.—An em15 ployer may require that a request for leave under section 

16 102(a)(5) be supported by a certification issued at such 

17 time and in such manner as the Secretary may by regula18 tion prescribe.’’. 

19 SEC. 5. ENTITLEMENT OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES TO LEAVE 

20 FOR PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND FAMILY 

21 WELLNESS. 

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

23 5, United States Code, as amended by section 3(b), is fur24 ther amended by adding at the end the following new para25 graph: 


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

2 6383(f), an employee shall be entitled to leave under this 

3 paragraph to— 

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

5 sponsored by a school or community organization 

6 and relates to a program of the school or organiza7 tion that is attended by a son or daughter or a 

8 grandchild of the employee; or 

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

10 (including by attending medical and dental appoint11 ments of the employee or a son or daughter, spouse, 

12 or grandchild of the employee) or to attend to the 

13 care needs of an elderly individual who is related to 

14 the employee through a relationship described in sec15 tion 6382(a) (including by making visits to nursing 

16 homes and group homes). 

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

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

19 paragraph during any 30-day period; and 

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

21 paragraph during any 12-month period described in 

22 paragraph (4). 

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

24 to any leave provided under any other paragraph of this 

25 subsection. 


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

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

3 private nonprofit organization that is representative 

4 of a community or a significant segment of a com5 munity and provides activities for individuals de6 scribed in section 6381(6), such as a scouting or 

7 sports organization; and 

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

9 school or secondary school (as such terms are de10 fined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec11 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)), a 

12 Head Start program assisted under the Head Start 

13 Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), and a child care facil14 ity licensed under State law.’’. 

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

16 amended— 

17 (1) by inserting after the third sentence the fol18 lowing new sentence: ‘‘Subject to subsection (e)(4) 

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

20 may be taken intermittently or on a reduced leave 

21 schedule.’’; and 

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

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

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

25 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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