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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2776 

To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5, United 

States Code, to allow leave for individuals who provide living organ donations. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 9, 2009 

Mr. HINOJOSA (for himself, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. EHLERS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, 

Mr. ORTIZ, and Mr. SESTAK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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 allow leave for individuals 

who provide living organ donations. 

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 ‘‘Living Organ Donor 

5 Job Security Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LEAVE FOR LIVING ORGAN DONATION. 

7 (a) LEAVE REQUIREMENT.— 


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1 (1) NON-FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—Section 

2 102(a)(1) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 

3 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(a)) is amended by adding at 

4 the end the following new subparagraph: 

5 ‘‘(F) In order to provide a living organ do6 nation, including time spent for— 

7 ‘‘(i) tests used to determine whether 

8 the eligible employee is medically suitable 

9 for live organ donation; 

10 ‘‘(ii) physical, psychological, and social 

11 evaluations of the live donor; 

12 ‘‘(iii) pretransplant outpatient serv13 ices; 

14 ‘‘(iv) postoperative inpatient and out15 patient transplantation services; 

16 ‘‘(v) travel in connection with tests, 

17 evaluations, and services described in 

18 clauses (i) through (iv); and 

19 ‘‘(vi) recuperation consistent with the 

20 type of transplant performed.’’. 

21 (2) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—Section 6382(a)(1) 

22 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding 

23 at the end the following new subparagraph: 

24 ‘‘(E) In order to provide a living organ do25 nation, including time spent for— 


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1 ‘‘(i) tests used to determine whether 

2 the eligible employee is medically suitable 

3 for live organ donation; 

4 ‘‘(ii) physical, psychological, and social 

5 evaluations of the live donor; 

6 ‘‘(iii) pretransplant outpatient serv7 ices; 

8 ‘‘(iv) postoperative inpatient and out9 patient transplantation services; 

10 ‘‘(v) travel in connection with tests, 

11 evaluations, and services described in 

12 clauses (i) through (iv); and 

13 ‘‘(vi) recuperation consistent with the 

14 type of transplant performed.’’. 

15 (b) CERTIFICATION.— 

16 (1) NON-FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—The Family 

17 and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611 et 

18 seq.) is further amended by striking ‘‘section 

19 102(a)(1)(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (D) or 

20 (F) of section 102(a)(1)’’ in the following sections, 

21 respectively: 

22 (A) Section 103(b)(4)(B) (29 U.S.C. 

23 2613(b)(4)(B)). 

24 (B) Section 104(c)(3)(A)(ii) (29 U.S.C. 

25 2614(c)(3)(A)(ii)). 


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1 (2) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—Section 

2 6383(b)(4)(B) of title 5, United States Code is 

3 amended by striking ‘‘section 6382(a)(1)(D)’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘subparagraph (D) or (E) of section 

5 6382(a)(1)’’. 

6 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

7 (1) NON-FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—The Family 

8 and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611 et 

9 seq.) is further amended— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘(C) or (D)’’ each place it 

11 appears and inserting ‘‘(C), (D), or (F)’’ in— 

12 (i) section 102(b) (1) and (2) (29 

13 U.S.C. 2612(b) (1) and (2)); 

14 (ii) section 102(e)(2) (29 U.S.C. 

15 2612(e)(2)); 

16 (iii) section 103(c)(1) (29 U.S.C. 

17 2613(c)(1)); 

18 (iv) section 104(c)(2)(B)(i) (29 

19 U.S.C. 2614(c)(2)(B)(i)); and 

20 (v) section 108(c)(1) (29 U.S.C. 

21 2618(c)(1)); 

22 (B) by inserting ‘‘(including living organ 

23 donation)’’ after ‘‘planned medical treatment’’ 

24 in— 


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1 (i) section 102(b)(2) and (e)(2) (29 

2 U.S.C. 2612(b)(2) and (e)(2)); 

3 (ii) section 103(b)(5) (29 U.S.C. 

4 2613(b)(5)); and 

5 (iii) section 108(c)(1) (29 U.S.C. 

6 2618(c)(1)), in the matter preceding sub7 paragraph (A); and 

8 (C) in section 104(a)(4) (29 U.S.C. 

9 2614(a)(4)), by striking ‘‘section 102(a)(1)(D)’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (D) or (F) of sec11 tion 102(a)(1)’’. 

12 (2) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—Title 5, United 

13 States Code, is further amended— 

14 (A) by striking ‘‘(C) or (D)’’ each place it 

15 appears and inserting ‘‘(C), (D), or (E)’’ in— 

16 (i) section 6382(b)(2) and (e)(2); and 

17 (ii) section 6383(a); 

18 (B) in section 6382(d), by striking ‘‘or 

19 (D)’’ and inserting ‘‘(D), or (E)’’; 

20 (C) in section 6383(b)(5), by inserting 

21 ‘‘(including living organ donation)’’ after 

22 ‘‘planned medical treatment’’; and 


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1 (D) in section 6384(d), by striking ‘‘sec2 tion 6382(a)(1)(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘subpara3 graph (D) or (E) of section 6382(a)(1)’’. 

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