I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5845 
To permit leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 for 
victims of violent crime and domestic violence and immediate family 
members of victims of violent crime and domestic violence to attend 
court proceedings relating to such crimes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 17, 2008 
Mr. EMANUEL (for himself, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Ms. WOOL-
SEY, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. NADLER, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. 
COSTA, and Mr. POE) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Com-
mittees 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 permit leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act 
of 1993 for victims of violent crime and domestic violence 
and immediate family members of victims of violent 
crime and domestic violence to attend court proceedings 
relating to such crimes. 
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 ‘‘Crime Victims Employ-
ment Leave Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LEAVE FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME AND DO-
MESTIC VIOLENCE. 
(a) 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), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(F) To attend court proceedings relating 
to the prosecution of a person for a violent 
crime (including domestic violence) committed 
against the employee, a spouse, parent, son, or 
daughter of the employee, or other next of kin 
of the employee (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 101 of this Act and under regulations pro-
mulgated by the Secretary).’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘subpara-
graph (C) or (D)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (C), 
(D), or (F)’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘or 
(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘(E), or (F)’’. 
(b) NOTICE.—Section 102(e)(1) of the Family and 
Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(e)(1)) is 
amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘In any case’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(A) CHILDBIRTH
OR
PLACEMENT.—In 
any case’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) COURT PROCEEDINGS.—In any case 
in which the necessity for leave under subpara-
graph (F) of subsection (a)(1) is foreseeable 
based on a scheduled court proceeding, the em-
ployee shall provide the employer with not less 
than 14 days’ notice, before the date the leave 
is to begin, of the employee’s intention to take 
leave under such subparagraph, except that if 
the date of the court proceeding requires leave 
to begin in less than 14 days, the employee 
shall provide such notice as is practicable.’’. 
(c) CERTIFICATION.—Section 103 of the Family and 
Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2613) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) CERTIFICATION FOR LEAVE TAKEN TO ATTEND 
COURT PROCEEDINGS.—An employer may require that a 
request for leave under subparagraph (E) of section 
102(a)(1) be supported by a certification issued by a court 
or prosecutor relating to the court proceeding for which 
leave is taken. The employee shall provide, in a timely 
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manner, a copy of such certification to the employer. Any 
notification of the court proceeding issued by the appro-
priate court or court personnel or prosecutor shall be suffi-
cient certification for purposes of this section. An em-
ployer shall not disclose any certification provided by the 
employee pursuant to this subsection and shall maintain 
confidential any information contained therein relating to 
the nature of the court proceeding for which the employee 
is taking leave.’’. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—Section 101 of the Family and 
Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (18), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (19), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(20) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term ‘domes-
tic violence’ has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 40002(a)(6) of the Violence Against Women 
Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13925(a)(6)).’’. 
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