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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3704

To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to apply the Act

to a greater percentage of the United States workforce and to allow

employees to take parental involvement leave to participate in or attend

their children’s educational and extracurricular activities, and for other

purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 24, 1996

Mrs. SCHROEDER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, and in addition

to the Committees on Government Reform and Oversight and House

Oversight, 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

apply the Act to a greater percentage of the United

States workforce and to allow employees to take parental

involvement leave to participate in or attend their children’s educational and extracurricular activities, 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. COVERAGE OF EMPLOYEES.

2 Paragraphs (2)(B)(ii) and (4)(A)(i) of section 101 of

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

4 2611 (2)(B)(ii) and (4)(A)(i)) are amended by striking

5 ‘‘50’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘25’’.

6 SEC. 2. PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT LEAVE.

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

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

9 2612(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

10 ‘‘(3) ENTITLEMENT TO PARENTAL INVOLVE11 MENT LEAVE.—

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

13 103(f), an eligible employee shall be entitled to

14 a total of 4 hours of leave during any 30-day

15 period, and a total of 24 hours of leave during

16 any 12-month period, in addition to leave avail17 able under paragraph (1), to participate in or

18 attend an activity that—

19 ‘‘(i) is sponsored by a school or com20 munity organization; and

21 ‘‘(ii) relates to a program of the

22 school or organization that is attended by

23 a son or daughter of the employee, includ24 ing a foster child of the employee.

25 ‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this para26 graph:
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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 sub7 paragraph (A) or (B) of section 101(12),

8 such as a scouting or sports organization.

9 ‘‘(ii) 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 Second13 ary 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 (b) SCHEDULE.—Section 102(b)(1) of such Act (29

19 U.S.C. 2612(b)(1)) is amended by inserting after the sec20 ond sentence the following: ‘‘Leave under subsection

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

22 schedule.’’.

23 (c) SUBSTITUTION OF PAID LEAVE.—Section

24 102(d)(2)(A) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2612(d)(2)(A)) is

25 amended by inserting before the period the following: ‘‘,
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1 or for leave provided under subsection (a)(3) for any part

2 of the 24-hour period of such leave under such sub3 section’’.

4 (d) NOTICE.—Section 102(e)(1) of such Act (29

5 U.S.C. 2612(e)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the

6 following: ‘‘In any case in which an employee requests

7 leave under subsection (a)(3), the employee shall provide

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

9 date the leave is to begin, of the employee’s intention to

10 take leave under such subsection.’’.

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

12 U.S.C. 2613) is amended by adding at the end the follow13 ing:

14 ‘‘(f) CERTIFICATION FOR PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT

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

16 leave under section 102(a)(3) be supported by a certifi17 cation issued at such time and in such manner as the Sec18 retary may by regulation prescribe.’’.

19 SEC. 3. PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT LEAVE FOR CIVIL

20 SERVANTS.

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

22 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end

23 the following:

24 ‘‘(3)(A) Subject to section 6383(f), an employee shall

25 be entitled to a total of 4 hours of leave during any 30-
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1 day period, and a total of 24 hours of leave during any

2 12-month period, in addition to leave available under para3 graph (1), to participate in or attend an activity that—

4 ‘‘(i) is sponsored by a school or community or5 ganization; and

6 ‘‘(ii) relates to a program of the school or orga7 nization that is attended by a son or daughter of the

8 employee, including a foster child of the employee.

9 ‘‘(B) As used in this paragraph:

10 ‘‘(i) The term ‘community organization’ means

11 a private nonprofit organization that is representa12 tive of a community or a significant segment of a

13 community and provides activities for individuals de14 scribed in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section

15 6381(6), such as a scouting or sports organization.

16 ‘‘(ii) The term ‘school’ means an elementary

17 school or secondary school (as such terms are de18 fined in section 14101 of the Elementary and Sec19 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801)), a

20 Head Start program assisted under the Head Start

21 Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), and a child care facil22 ity licensed under State law.’’.

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

24 amended by inserting after the second sentence the follow-
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1 ing: ‘‘Leave under subsection (a)(3) may be taken inter2 mittently or on a reduced leave schedule.’’.

3 (c) SUBSTITUTION OF PAID LEAVE.—Section

4 6382(d) of such title is amended by inserting before ‘‘,

5 except’’ the following: ‘‘, or for leave provided under sub6 section (a)(3) any of the employee’s accrued or accumu7 lated annual leave under subchapter I for any part of the

8 24-hour period of such leave under such subsection’’.

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

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

11 in which an employee requests leave under subsection

12 (a)(3), the employee shall provide the employing agency

13 with not less than 7 days’ notice, before the date the leave

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

15 such subsection.’’.

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

17 amended by adding at the end the following:

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

19 for leave under section 6382(a)(3) be supported by a cer20 tification issued at such time and in such manner as the

21 Office of Personnel Management may by regulation pre22 scribe.’’.

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