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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2103

To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to allow employees

to take, as additional leave, parental involvement leave to participate

in or attend their children’s educational and extracurricular activities

and to clarify that leave may be taken for routine medical needs and

to assist elderly relatives, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 9, 1999

Mrs. MALONEY of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred

to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to

the Committees on Government 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 to

allow employees to take, as additional leave, parental

involvement leave to participate in or attend their children’s educational and extracurricular activities and to

clarify that leave may be taken for routine medical needs

and to assist elderly relatives, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCE.

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the

3 ‘‘Family and Medical Leave Enhancement Act’’.

4 (b) REFERENCE.—Whenever in sections 2, 3, and 5

5 an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an

6 amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision,

7 the reference shall be considered to be made to a section

8 or other provision of the Family and Medical Leave Act

9 of 1993.

10 SEC. 2. ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE.

11 Section 101(2)(B)(ii) (29 U.S.C. 2611(2)(B)(ii)) is

12 amended by striking ‘‘50’’ each place it occurs and insert13 ing ‘‘25’’.

14 SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL LEAVE FOR PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.

15 (a) LEAVE REQUIREMENT.—Section 102(a) (29

16 U.S.C. 2612(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol17 lowing:

18 ‘‘(3) ENTITLEMENT TO ADDITIONAL LEAVE FOR

19 PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.—

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to section

21 103(f), in addition to leave available under

22 paragraph (1), an eligible employee shall be en23 titled to a total of 4 hours of leave during any

24 30-day period, and a total of 24 hours of leave

25 during any 12-month period to participate in or

26 attend an activity that—
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1 ‘‘(i) is sponsored by a school or com2 munity organization; and

3 ‘‘(ii) relates to a program of the

4 school or organization that is attended by

5 a son or daughter of the employee, includ6 ing a foster child of the employee.

7 ‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—As used in subpara8 graph (A):

9 ‘‘(i) SCHOOL.—The term ‘school’

10 means an elementary school or secondary

11 school (as such terms are defined in sec12 tion 14101 of the Elementary and Sec13 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.

14 8801)), 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 ‘‘(ii) COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION.—

19 The term ‘community organization’ means

20 a private nonprofit organization that is

21 representative of a community or a signifi22 cant segment of a community and provides

23 activities for individuals described in sub24 paragraph (A) or (B) of section 101(12),
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1 such as a scouting or sports organiza2 tion.’’.

3 (b) SCHEDULE.—Section 102(b)(1) (29 U.S.C.

4 2612(b)(1)) is amended by inserting after the second sen5 tence the following: ‘‘Leave under subsection (a)(3)(A)

6 may be taken intermittently or on a reduced leave sched7 ule.’’.

8 (c) SUBSTITUTION OF PAID LEAVE.—Section

9 102(d)(2)(A) (29 U.S.C. 2612(d)(2)(A)) is amended by

10 inserting before the period the following: ‘‘, or for leave

11 provided under subsection (a)(3)(A) for any part of the

12 24-hour period of such leave under such subsection’’.

13 (d) NOTICE.—Section 102(e)(1) (29 U.S.C.

14 2612(e)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the fol15 lowing: ‘‘In any case in which an employee requests leave

16 under subsection (a)(3)(A), the employee shall provide the

17 employer with not less than 7 days’ notice, before the date

18 the leave is to begin, of the employee’s intention to take

19 leave under such subsection.’’.

20 (e) CERTIFICATION.—Section 103 (29 U.S.C. 2613)

21 is amended by adding at the end the following:

22 ‘‘(f) CERTIFICATION FOR PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT

23 LEAVE.—An employer may require that a request for

24 leave under section 102(a)(3)(A) be supported by a certifi-
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1 cation issued at such time and in such manner as the Sec2 retary may by regulation prescribe.’’.

3 SEC. 4. PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT LEAVE FOR CIVIL SERV4 ANTS.

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

6 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end

7 the following:

8 ‘‘(3)(A) Subject to section 6383(f), in addition to

9 leave available under paragraph (1), an employee shall be

10 entitled to a total of 4 hours of leave during any 30-day

11 period, and a total of 24 hours of leave during any 12-

12 month period to participate in or attend an activity that—

13 ‘‘(i) is sponsored by a school or community or14 ganization; and

15 ‘‘(ii) relates to a program of the school or orga16 nization that is attended by a son or daughter of the

17 employee, including a foster child of the employee.

18 ‘‘(B) As used in this paragraph:

19 ‘‘(i) The term ‘school’ means an elementary

20 school or secondary school (as such terms are de21 fined in section 14101 of the Elementary and Sec22 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801)), a

23 Head Start program assisted under the Head Start

24 Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), and a child care facil25 ity licensed under State law.’’.
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1 ‘‘(ii) The term ‘community organization’ means

2 a private nonprofit organization that is representa3 tive of a community or a significant segment of a

4 community and provides activities for individuals de5 scribed in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section

6 6381(6), such as a scouting or sports organization.’’.

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

8 amended by inserting after the second sentence the fol9 lowing: ‘‘Leave under subsection (a)(3)(A) may be taken

10 intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule.’’.

11 (c) SUBSTITUTION OF PAID LEAVE.—Section

12 6382(d) of such title is amended by inserting before

13 ‘‘, except’’ the following: ‘‘, or for leave provided under

14 subsection (a)(3)(A) any of the employee’s accrued or ac15 cumulated annual leave under subchapter I for any part

16 of the 24-hour period of such leave under such sub17 section’’.

18 (d) NOTICE.—Section 6382(e)(1) of such title is

19 amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘In any case

20 in which an employee requests leave under subsection

21 (a)(3)(A), the employee shall provide the employing agen22 cy with not less than 7 days’ notice, before the date the

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

24 under such subsection.’’.
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1 (e) CERTIFICATION.—Section 6383 of such title is

2 amended by adding at the end the following:

3 ‘‘(f) An employing agency may require that a request

4 for leave under section 6382(a)(3)(A) be supported by a

5 certification issued at such time and in such manner as

6 the Office of Personnel Management may by regulation

7 prescribe.’’.

8 SEC. 5. CLARIFICATION OF LEAVE ENTITLEMENT.

9 Section 102(a)(1) (29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)) is amended

10 by adding at the end the following:

11 ‘‘(E) To meet routine family medical

12 needs, including transportation of children for

13 medical and dental appointments for annual

14 checkups and vaccinations.

15 ‘‘(F) To meet the routine medical care

16 needs of elderly individuals who are related to

17 the eligible employee, including visits to nursing

18 homes and group homes.’’.

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