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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6098 

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, adult child, sibling, grandchild, or grandparent who has a serious 

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

parental involvement leave to participate in or attend their children’s 

and grandchildren’s educational and extracurricular activities. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 13, 2018 

Mrs. CAROLYN B. 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 Oversight and 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 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 to allow employees to take, as additional 

leave, parental involvement leave to participate in or 

attend their children’s and grandchildren’s educational 

and extracurricular activities. 

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. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Family Medical Leave 

3 Modernization Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE. 

5 Section 101(2)(B)(ii) of the Family and Medical 

6 Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611(2)(B)(ii)) is amended 

7 by striking ‘‘less than 50’’ each place it appears and in8 serting ‘‘fewer than 15’’. 

9 SEC. 3. LEAVE TO CARE FOR A DOMESTIC PARTNER, PAR10 ENT-IN-LAW, ADULT CHILD, SIBLING, GRAND11 PARENT, GRANDCHILD, AUNT, UNCLE, OR 

12 OTHER INDIVIDUAL RELATED BY BLOOD OR 

13 AFFINITY. 

14 (a) DEFINITIONS.— 

15 (1) INCLUSION OF GRANDPARENTS, GRAND16 CHILDREN, PARENTS-IN-LAW, SIBLINGS, AND DO17 MESTIC PARTNERS.—Section 101 of such Act is fur18 ther amended by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(20) DOMESTIC PARTNER.—The term ‘domes20 tic partner’ means— 

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

22 partner of the employee under any domestic 

23 partner registry or civil union laws of the State 

24 or political subdivision of a State; or 

25 ‘‘(B) in the case of an unmarried em26 ployee, an unmarried adult person who is in a 


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1 committed, personal relationship with the em2 ployee, is not a domestic partner to any other 

3 person, and who is designated to the employer 

4 by such employee as that employee’s domestic 

5 partner. 

6 ‘‘(21) GRANDCHILD.—The term ‘grandchild’ 

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

8 daughter. 

9 ‘‘(22) GRANDPARENT.—The term ‘grandparent’ 

10 means a parent of a parent of an employee. 

11 ‘‘(23) PARENT-IN-LAW.—The term ‘parent-in12 law’ means a parent of the spouse or domestic part13 ner of an employee. 

14 ‘‘(24) SIBLING.—The term ‘sibling’ means any 

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

16 parent. 

17 ‘‘(25) SON-IN-LAW AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW.— 

18 The terms ‘son-in-law’ and ‘daughter-in-law’, used 

19 with respect to an employee, means any person who 

20 is a spouse or domestic partner of a son or daughter 

21 of the employee. 

22 ‘‘(26) AUNT OR UNCLE.—The term ‘aunt or 

23 uncle of the employee’, means the sister or brother 

24 of an employee’s parent. 


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1 ‘‘(27) ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL RELATED BY

2 BLOOD OR AFFINITY WHOSE CLOSE ASSOCIATION IS

3 THE EQUIVALENT OF A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP.— 

4 The term ‘any other individual related by blood or 

5 affinity whose close association is the equivalent of 

6 a family relationship’ means any person with whom 

7 the employee has a significant personal bond that is 

8 or is like a family relationship, regardless of biologi9 cal or legal relationship.’’. 

10 (2) INCLUSION OF ADULT CHILDREN AND CHIL11 DREN OF A DOMESTIC PARTNER.—Section 101(12) 

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

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

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

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

16 follows and inserting ‘‘and includes an adult 

17 child’’. 

18 (b) LEAVE REQUIREMENT.—Section 102 of the Fam19 ily and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612) is 

20 amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (a)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘spouse, 

22 or a son, daughter, or parent of the employee, if 

23 such spouse, son, daughter, or parent’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘spouse or domestic partner, or a son, daughter, 

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1 ling, aunt, or uncle of the employee, or any other in2 dividual related by blood or affinity whose close as3 sociation with the employee is the equivalent of a 

4 family relationship, if such spouse, domestic partner, 

5 son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, 

6 grandchild, sibling, or such other individual’’; 

7 (2) in subsection (a)(1)(E), by striking ‘‘spouse, 

8 or a son, daughter, or parent of the employee’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘spouse or domestic partner, or a son, 

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

11 aunt, or uncle of the employee, or any other indi12 vidual related by blood or affinity whose close asso13 ciation with the employee is the equivalent of a fam14 ily relationship’’; 

15 (3) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘spouse, 

16 son, daughter, parent, or next of kin of a covered 

17 service member’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or domestic 

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

19 parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, sibling, aunt, or 

20 uncle, or next of kin of a covered service member, 

21 or any other individual related by blood or affinity 

22 to a covered service member who close association 

23 with such service member is the equivalent of a fam24 ily relationship’’; 


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1 (4) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘spouse, 

2 parent, or covered service member of the employee’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘spouse or domestic partner, parent, 

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

5 aunt, or uncle, or covered service member of the em6 ployee, or any other individual related by blood or 

7 affinity whose close association with the employee is 

8 the equivalent of a family relationship’’; 

9 (5) in subsection (e)(3), by striking ‘‘spouse, or 

10 a son, daughter, or parent, of the employee’’ and in11 serting ‘‘spouse or domestic partner, or a son, 

12 daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandchild, sibling, 

13 aunt, or uncle of the employee, or any other indi14 vidual related by blood or affinity whose close asso15 ciation with the employee is the equivalent of a fam16 ily relationship’’; and 

17 (6) in subsection (f)— 

18 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

19 (A), by inserting ‘‘or domestic partners’’ after 

20 ‘‘husband and wife’’; and 

21 (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘or 

22 parent-in-law’’ after ‘‘parent’’. 

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 ‘‘spouse, or 

2 parent of the employee, or of the next of kin of an 

3 individual in the case of leave taken under such 

4 paragraph (3), as appropriate’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, 

6 grandparent, grandchild, sibling, aunt, or uncle of 

7 the employee, or of the next of kin of an individual 

8 in the case of leave taken under such paragraph (3), 

9 as appropriate, or any other individual related by 

10 blood or affinity whose close association with the 

11 employee is the equivalent of a family relationship’’; 

12 (2) in subsection (b)(4)(A), by striking ‘‘spouse, 

13 or parent and an estimate of the amount of time 

14 that such employee is needed to care for the son, 

15 daughter, spouse, or parent’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse 

16 or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grand17 parent, grandchild, sibling, aunt, or uncle of the em18 ployee, or any other individual related by blood or 

19 affinity whose close association with the employee is 

20 the equivalent of a family relationship and an esti21 mate of the amount of time that such employee is 

22 needed to care for such son, daughter, spouse or do23 mestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, 

24 sibling, aunt, or uncle, or such other individual’’; 

25 and 


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1 (3) in subsection (b)(7), by striking ‘‘parent, or 

2 spouse’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or domestic partner, 

3 parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sib4 ling, aunt, or uncle of the employee, or any other in5 dividual related by blood or affinity whose close as6 sociation with the employee is the equivalent of a 

7 family relationship’’. 

8 (d) EMPLOYMENT AND BENEFITS PROTECTION.— 

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

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

11 (1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ‘‘spouse, 

12 or parent’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or domestic part13 ner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, 

14 sibling, aunt, or uncle, or any other individual re15 lated by blood or affinity whose close association 

16 with the employee is the equivalent of a family rela17 tionship’’; and 

18 (2) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking 

19 ‘‘spouse, or parent’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or domes20 tic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, 

21 grandchild, sibling, aunt, or uncle of the employee, 

22 or any other individual related by blood or affinity 

23 whose close association with the employee is the 

24 equivalent of a family relationship’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. LEAVE TO CARE FOR A DOMESTIC PARTNER, PAR2 ENT-IN-LAW, ADULT CHILD, SIBLING, GRAND3 PARENT, GRANDCHILD, AUNT, OR UNCLE OF 

4 THE EMPLOYEE, OR OTHER INDIVIDUAL RE5 LATED BY BLOOD OR AFFINITY FOR FED6 ERAL EMPLOYEES. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.— 

8 (1) INCLUSION OF DOMESTIC PARTNERS, PAR9 ENTS-IN-LAW, ADULT CHILDREN, SIBLING, AUNT, OR

10 UNCLE, GRANDPARENTS, GRANDCHILDREN, OR

11 OTHER INDIVIDUALS RELATED BY BLOOD OR AFFIN12 ITY.—Section 6381 of title 5, United States Code, is 

13 amended— 

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

15 and inserting a semicolon; 

16 (B) in paragraph (12), by striking the pe17 riod and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

19 ‘‘(13) the term ‘domestic partner’ means— 

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

21 partner of the employee under any domestic 

22 partner registry or civil union laws of the State 

23 or political subdivision of a State; or 

24 ‘‘(B) in the case of an unmarried em25 ployee, an unmarried adult person who is in a 

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1 ployee, is not a domestic partner to any other 

2 person, and who is designated to the employing 

3 agency by such employee as that employee’s do4 mestic partner; 

5 ‘‘(14) the term ‘parent-in-law’ means a parent 

6 of the spouse or domestic partner of an employee; 

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

8 daughter of an employee’s son or daughter; 

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

10 a parent of an employee; 

11 ‘‘(17) the term ‘sibling’ means any person who 

12 is a son or daughter of an employee’s parent; and 

13 ‘‘(18) the terms ‘son-in-law and daughter-in14 law’, used with respect to an employee, means any 

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

16 or daughter of the employee. 

17 ‘‘(19) AUNT OR UNCLE.—The term ‘aunt or 

18 uncle of the employee’, means the sister or brother 

19 of an employee’s parent. 

20 ‘‘(20) ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL RELATED BY

21 BLOOD OR AFFINITY WHOSE CLOSE ASSOCIATION IS

22 THE EQUIVALENT OF A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP.— 

23 The term ‘any other individual related by blood or 

24 affinity whose close association is the equivalent of 

25 a family relationship’ means any person with whom 


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1 the employee has a significant personal bond that is 

2 or is like a family relationship, regardless of biologi3 cal or legal relationship.’’. 

4 (2) INCLUSION OF ADULT CHILDREN AND CHIL5 DREN OF A DOMESTIC PARTNER.—Section 6381(6) 

6 of such title is amended— 

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

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

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

10 follows and inserting ‘‘and includes an adult 

11 child’’. 

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

13 United States Code, is amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (a)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘spouse, 

15 or a son, daughter, or parent of the employee, if 

16 such spouse, son, daughter, or parent’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘spouse or domestic partner, or a son, daughter, 

18 parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, or 

19 sibling, aunt, or uncle of the employee, or any other 

20 individual related by blood or affinity whose close as21 sociation with the employee is the equivalent of a 

22 family relationship, if such spouse, domestic partner, 

23 son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, 

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1 (2) in subsection (a)(1)(E), by striking ‘‘spouse, 

2 or a son, daughter, or parent’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse 

3 or domestic partner, or a son, daughter, parent, par4 ent-in-law, grandchild, sibling, aunt, or uncle of the 

5 employee, or any other individual related by blood or 

6 affinity whose close association with the employee is 

7 the equivalent of a family relationship’’; 

8 (3) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘spouse, 

9 son, daughter, parent,’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or do10 mestic partner, son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter11 in-law, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, sibling, 

12 aunt, or uncle of the employee, or any other indi13 vidual related by blood or affinity whose close asso14 ciation with the employee is the equivalent of a fam15 ily relationship,’’; 

16 (4) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘spouse, 

17 parent,’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or domestic partner, 

18 parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sib19 ling, aunt, or uncle of the employee, or any other in20 dividual related by blood or affinity whose close as21 sociation with the employee is the equivalent of a 

22 family relationship,’’; and 

23 (5) in subsection (e)(3), by striking ‘‘spouse, or 

24 a son, daughter, or parent,’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse 

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1 ent-in-law, grandchild, sibling, aunt, or uncle of the 

2 employee, or any other individual related by blood or 

3 affinity whose close association with the employee is 

4 the equivalent of a family relationship,’’. 

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

6 States Code, is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘spouse, or 

8 parent’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or domestic partner, 

9 parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sib10 ling, aunt, or uncle of the employee, or any other in11 dividual related by blood or affinity whose close as12 sociation with the employee is the equivalent of a 

13 family relationship,’’; and 

14 (2) in subsection (b)(4)(A), by striking ‘‘spouse, 

15 or parent, and an estimate of the amount of time 

16 that such employee is needed to care for such son, 

17 daughter, spouse, or parent’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse 

18 or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grand19 parent, grandchild, sibling, aunt, or uncle of the em20 ployee, or any other individual related by blood or 

21 affinity whose close association with the employee is 

22 the equivalent of a family relationship and an esti23 mate of the amount of time that such employee is 

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1 mestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, 

2 grandchild, sibling, or such other individual’’. 

3 SEC. 5. ENTITLEMENT TO ADDITIONAL LEAVE UNDER THE 

4 FMLA FOR PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND 

5 FAMILY WELLNESS. 

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

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

8 2612(a)) is further amended by adding at the end the fol9 lowing new paragraph: 

10 ‘‘(5) ENTITLEMENT TO ADDITIONAL LEAVE FOR

11 PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND FAMILY

12 WELLNESS.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to 

14 subparagraph (B) and section 103(g), an eligi15 ble employee shall be entitled to leave under 

16 this paragraph to— 

17 ‘‘(i) participate in or attend an activ18 ity that is sponsored by a school or com19 munity organization and relates to a pro20 gram of the school or organization that is 

21 attended by a son or daughter or a grand22 child of the employee; or 

23 ‘‘(ii) meet routine family medical care 

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1 daughter, spouse, or grandchild of the em2 ployee, or to attend to the care needs of el3 derly individuals who are related to the eli4 gible employee, including visits to nursing 

5 homes and group homes. 

6 ‘‘(B) LIMITATIONS.— 

7 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—An eligible em8 ployee is entitled to— 

9 ‘‘(I) not to exceed 4 hours of 

10 leave under this paragraph during any 

11 30-day period; and 

12 ‘‘(II) not to exceed 24 hours of 

13 leave under this paragraph during any 

14 12-month period. 

15 ‘‘(ii) COORDINATION RULE.—Leave 

16 under this paragraph shall be in addition 

17 to any leave provided under any other 

18 paragraph of this subsection. 

19 ‘‘(C) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this para20 graph: 

21 ‘‘(i) SCHOOL.—The term ‘school’ 

22 means an elementary school or secondary 

23 school (as such terms are defined in sec24 tion 8101 of the Elementary and Sec25 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 


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1 7801)), a Head Start program assisted 

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

3 et seq.), or a child care facility. 

4 ‘‘(ii) COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION.— 

5 The term ‘community organization’ means 

6 a private nonprofit organization that is 

7 representative of a community or a signifi8 cant segment of a community and provides 

9 activities for individuals described in sub10 paragraph (A) or (B) of section 101(12), 

11 such as a scouting or sports organiza12 tion.’’. 

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

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

15 sentence the following new sentence: ‘‘Leave under sub16 section (a)(5) may be taken intermittently or on a reduced 

17 leave schedule.’’. 

18 (c) SUBSTITUTION OF PAID LEAVE.—Section 

19 102(d)(2) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2612(d)(2)) is amended 

20 by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 

21 ‘‘(C) PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT LEAVE AND

22 FAMILY WELLNESS LEAVE.—An eligible em23 ployee may elect, or an employer may require 

24 the employee, to substitute any of the accrued 

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1 leave of the employee for any leave under sub2 section (a)(5). In addition, an eligible employee 

3 may elect, or an employer may require the em4 ployee, to substitute any of the accrued paid 

5 medical or sick leave of the employee for leave 

6 provided under clause (ii) of subsection 

7 (a)(5)(A) for any part of the leave under such 

8 clause, except that nothing in this title shall re9 quire an employer to provide paid sick leave or 

10 paid medical leave in any situation in which 

11 such employer would not normally provide any 

12 such paid leave. If the employee elects or the 

13 employer requires the substitution of accrued 

14 paid leave for leave provided under subsection 

15 (a)(5)(A), the employer shall not restrict or 

16 limit this substitution or impose any additional 

17 terms and conditions on such leave that are 

18 more stringent on the employee than the terms 

19 and conditions set forth in this Act.’’. 

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

21 2612(e)) is further amended by adding at the end the fol22 lowing new paragraph: 

23 ‘‘(4) NOTICE RELATING TO PARENTAL IN24 VOLVEMENT AND FAMILY WELLNESS LEAVE.—In 

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

2 shall— 

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

4 than 7 days’ notice or as much notice as is 

5 practicable before the date the leave is to be 

6 taken, of the employee’s intention to take leave 

7 under such paragraph; and 

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

9 subparagraph (A)(ii), make a reasonable effort 

10 to schedule the leave so as not to disrupt un11 duly the operations of the employer, subject to 

12 the approval of the health care provider in13 volved (if any).’’. 

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

15 U.S.C. 2613) is further amended by adding at the end 

16 the following new subsection: 

17 ‘‘(g) CERTIFICATION RELATED TO PARENTAL IN18 VOLVEMENT AND FAMILY WELLNESS LEAVE.—An em19 ployer may require that a request for leave under section 

20 102(a)(5) be supported by a certification issued at such 

21 time and in such manner as the Secretary may by regula22 tion prescribe.’’. 


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1 SEC. 6. ENTITLEMENT OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES TO LEAVE 

2 FOR PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND FAMILY 

3 WELLNESS. 

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

5 5, United States Code, is further amended by adding at 

6 the end the following new paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(5)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B)(i) and section 

8 6383(f), an employee shall be entitled to leave under this 

9 paragraph to— 

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

11 sponsored by a school or community organization 

12 and relates to a program of the school or organiza13 tion that is attended by a son or daughter or a 

14 grandchild of the employee; or 

15 ‘‘(ii) meet routine family medical care needs, in16 cluding for medical and dental appointments of a 

17 son, daughter, spouse, or grandchild of the em18 ployee, or to attend to the care needs of elderly indi19 viduals who are related to the eligible employee, in20 cluding visits to nursing homes and group homes. 

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

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

23 paragraph during any 30-day period; and 

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

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

2 to any leave provided under any other paragraph of this 

3 subsection. 

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

5 ‘‘(i) the term ‘school’ means an elementary 

6 school or secondary school (as such terms are de7 fined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec8 ondary Education Act of 1965), a Head Start pro9 gram assisted under the Head Start Act, and a child 

10 care facility licensed under State law; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) the term ‘community organization’ means 

12 a private nonprofit organization that is representa13 tive of a community or a significant segment of a 

14 community and provides activities for individuals de15 scribed in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 

16 6381(6), such as a scouting or sports organization.’’. 

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

18 amended— 

19 (1) by inserting after the second sentence the 

20 following new sentence: ‘‘Leave under subsection 

21 (a)(5) may be taken intermittently or on a reduced 

22 leave schedule.’’; and 

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

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


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1 under subsection (a)(5), for purposes of any 30-day 

2 or 12-month period),’’. 

3 (c) SUBSTITUTION OF PAID LEAVE.—Section 

4 6382(d) of such title is further amended— 

5 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after the subsection des6 ignation; and 

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

8 ‘‘(2) An employee may elect to substitute for leave 

9 under subsection (a)(5), any of the employee’s accrued or 

10 accumulated annual or sick leave under subchapter I. If 

11 the employee elects to substitute accumulated annual or 

12 sick leave for leave provided under subsection (a)(5), the 

13 employing agency shall not restrict or limit this substi14 tution or impose any additional terms and conditions on 

15 such leave that are more stringent on the employee than 

16 the terms and conditions set forth in this subchapter.’’. 

17 (d) NOTICE.—Section 6382(e) of such title is further 

18 amended by adding at the end the following new para19 graph: 

20 ‘‘(3) In any case in which an employee requests leave 

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

22 shall— 

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

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1 be taken, of the employee’s intention to take leave 

2 under such paragraph; and 

3 ‘‘(B) in the case of leave to be taken under sub4 paragraph (A)(ii), make a reasonable effort to 

5 schedule the leave so as not to disrupt unduly the 

6 operations of the employer, subject to the approval 

7 of the health care provider involved (if any).’’. 

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

9 amended by striking ‘‘6382(a)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘para10 graph (3) or (5) of section 6382(a)’’. 

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