I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2364 
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 for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 24, 2011 
Mrs. MALONEY (for herself, Mr. POLIS, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of 
California, Mr. STARK, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. 
DAVIS of California, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. WIL-
SON of Florida, Mr. OLVER, Mr. SHERMAN, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. SERRANO, 
Mr. NADLER, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. MOORE, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. CHU, 
and Mr. JACKSON of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition 
to the Committees on House Administration and Oversight and Govern-
ment Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction 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 for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Family and Medical 
Leave Inclusion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LEAVE TO CARE FOR A DOMESTIC PARTNER, PAR-
ENT-IN-LAW, 
ADULT 
CHILD, 
SIBLING, 
OR 
GRANDPARENT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) INCLUSION
OF
GRANDPARENTS, GRAND-
CHILDREN, PARENTS-IN-LAW, SIBLINGS, AND
DO-
MESTIC PARTNERS.—Section 101 of such Act is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(20) DOMESTIC PARTNER.—The term ‘domes-
tic partner’ means— 
‘‘(A) the person recognized as the domestic 
partner of the employee under any domestic 
partner registry or civil union laws of the State 
or political subdivision of a State where the em-
ployee resides, or who is lawfully married to the 
employee under the laws of the State where the 
employee resides; or 
‘‘(B) in the case of an unmarried employee 
who lives in a State where a person cannot 
marry a person of the same sex under the laws 
of the State, an unmarried adult person of the 
same sex as the employee who is in a com-
mitted, personal relationship with the employee, 
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is not a domestic partner to any other person, 
and who is designated to the employer by such 
employee as that employee’s domestic partner. 
‘‘(21) GRANDCHILD.—The term ‘grandchild’ 
means the son or daughter of an employee’s son or 
daughter. 
‘‘(22) GRANDPARENT.—The term ‘grandparent’ 
means a parent of a parent of an employee. 
‘‘(23) PARENT-IN-LAW.—The term ‘parent-in- 
law’ means a parent of the spouse or domestic part-
ner of an employee. 
‘‘(24) SIBLING.—The term ‘sibling’ means any 
person who is a son or daughter of an employee’s 
parent. 
‘‘(25) SON-IN-LAW
AND
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW.— 
The terms ‘son-in-law’ and ‘daughter-in-law’, used 
with respect to an employee, means any person who 
is a spouse or domestic partner of a son or daughter 
of the employee.’’. 
(2) INCLUSION OF ADULT CHILDREN AND CHIL-
DREN OF A DOMESTIC PARTNER.—Section 101(12) 
of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2611(12)) is amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘a child of an individual’s 
domestic partner,’’ after ‘‘a legal ward,’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘who is—’’ and all that 
follows and inserting ‘‘and includes an adult 
child’’. 
(b) LEAVE REQUIREMENT.—Section 102 of the Fam-
ily and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘spouse, 
or a son, daughter, or parent of the employee, if 
such spouse, son, daughter, or parent’’ and inserting 
‘‘spouse or domestic partner, or a son, daughter, 
parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, or 
sibling, of the employee if such spouse, domestic 
partner, son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grand-
parent, grandchild, or sibling’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(1)(E), by striking ‘‘spouse, 
or a son, daughter, or parent’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse 
or domestic partner, or a son, daughter, parent, par-
ent-in-law, grandchild, or sibling’’; 
(3) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘spouse, 
son, daughter, parent,’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or do-
mestic partner, son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter- 
in-law, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, or sib-
ling,’’; 
(4) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘spouse, 
parent,’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or domestic partner, 
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amount of time that such employee is needed to care 
for such son, daughter, spouse or domestic partner, 
parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, or sibling’’; and 
(3) in subsection (b)(7), by striking ‘‘parent, or 
spouse’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or domestic partner, 
parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, or sibling’’. 
(d) EMPLOYMENT AND BENEFITS PROTECTION.— 
Section 104(c)(3) of the Family and Medical Leave Act 
of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2614(c)(3)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ‘‘spouse, 
or parent’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or domestic part-
ner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, or sibling’’; 
and 
(2) 
in 
subparagraph 
(C)(ii), 
by 
striking 
‘‘spouse, or parent’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or domes-
tic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, or 
sibling’’. 
SEC. 3. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) INCLUSION OF GRANDPARENTS, PARENTS- 
IN-LAW, SIBLINGS, AND DOMESTIC PARTNERS.—Sec-
tion 6381 of title 5, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(A) in paragraph (11) by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
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(B) in paragraph (12), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(13) the term ‘domestic partner’ means— 
‘‘(A) the person recognized as the domestic 
partner of the employee under any domestic 
partner registry or civil union laws of the State 
or political subdivision of a State where the em-
ployee resides, or who is lawfully married to the 
employee under the laws of the State where the 
employee resides; or 
‘‘(B) in the case of an unmarried employee 
who lives in a State where a person cannot 
marry a person of the same sex under the laws 
of the State, an unmarried adult person of the 
same sex as the employee who is in a com-
mitted, personal relationship with the employee, 
is not a domestic partner to any other person, 
and who is designated to the employing agency 
by such employee as that employee’s domestic 
partner; 
‘‘(14) the term ‘parent-in-law’ means a parent 
of the spouse or domestic partner of an employee; 
‘‘(15) the term ‘grandchild’ means the son or 
daughter of an employee’s son or daughter; 
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‘‘(16) the term ‘grandparent’ means a parent of 
a parent of an employee; 
‘‘(17) the term ‘sibling’ means any person who 
is a son or daughter of an employee’s parent; and 
‘‘(18) the terms ‘son-in-law and daughter-in- 
law’, used with respect to an employee, means any 
person who is a spouse or domestic partner of a son 
or daughter of the employee.’’. 
(2) INCLUSION OF ADULT CHILDREN AND CHIL-
DREN OF A DOMESTIC PARTNER.—Section 6381(6) 
of such title is amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘a child of an individual’s 
domestic partner,’’ after ‘‘a legal ward,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘who is—’’ and all that 
follows and inserting ‘‘and includes an adult 
child’’. 
(b) LEAVE REQUIREMENT.—Section 6382 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘spouse, 
or a son, daughter, or parent of the employee, if 
such spouse, son, daughter, or parent’’ and inserting 
‘‘spouse or domestic partner, or a son, daughter, 
parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, or 
sibling, of the employee if such spouse, domestic 
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partner, son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grand-
parent, grandchild, or sibling’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(1)(E), by striking ‘‘spouse, 
or a son, daughter, or parent’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse 
or domestic partner, or a son, daughter, parent, par-
ent-in-law, grandchild, or sibling’’; 
(3) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘spouse, 
son, daughter, parent,’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or do-
mestic partner, son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter- 
in-law, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, sibling,’’; 
(4) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘spouse, 
parent,’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or domestic partner, 
parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sib-
ling,’’; and 
(5) in subsection (e)(3), by striking ‘‘spouse, or 
a son, daughter, or parent,’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse 
or domestic partner, or a son, daughter, parent, par-
ent-in-law, grandchild, or sibling,’’. 
(c) CERTIFICATION.—Section 6383 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘spouse, or 
parent’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or domestic partner, 
parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, or 
sibling’’; and 
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(2) in subsection (b)(4)(A), by striking ‘‘spouse, 
or parent, and an estimate of the amount of time 
that such employee is needed to care for such son, 
daughter, spouse, or parent’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse 
or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grand-
parent, grandchild, or sibling and an estimate of the 
amount of time that such employee is needed to care 
for such son, daughter, spouse or domestic partner, 
parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, or 
sibling’’. 
Æ 
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