I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5519 
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 16, 2016 
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, 
Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. LEE, Mr. NADLER, and 
Mr. JEFFRIES) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Com-
mittees on House Administration and Oversight and Government Reform, 
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 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, GRAND-
PARENT, 
GRANDCHILD, 
OR 
OTHER 
INDI-
VIDUAL RELATED BY BLOOD OR AFFINITY. 
(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; or 
‘‘(B) in the case of an unmarried em-
ployee, an unmarried adult person who is in a 
committed, personal relationship with the em-
ployee, 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. 
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‘‘(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 
(B) by striking ‘‘who is—’’ and all that 
follows and inserting ‘‘and includes an adult 
child’’. 
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parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, or sibling, or 
next of kin of a covered servicemember, or any other 
individual related by blood or affinity to a covered 
servicemember who close association with such serv-
icemember is the equivalent of a family relation-
ship’’; 
(4) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘spouse, 
parent, or covered servicemember of the employee’’ 
and inserting ‘‘spouse or domestic partner, parent, 
parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or 
covered servicemember of the employee, or any other 
individual related by blood or affinity whose close as-
sociation with the employee is the equivalent of a 
family relationship’’; 
(5) in subsection (e)(3), by striking ‘‘spouse, or 
a son, daughter, or parent, of the employee’’ and in-
serting ‘‘spouse or domestic partner, or a son, 
daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandchild, or sib-
ling, of the employee, or any other individual related 
by blood or affinity whose close association with the 
employee is the equivalent of a family relationship’’; 
and 
(6) in subsection (f)— 
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(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by inserting ‘‘or domestic partners’’ after 
‘‘husband and wife’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘or 
parent-in-law’’ after ‘‘parent’’. 
(c) CERTIFICATION.—Section 103 of the Family and 
Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2613) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘spouse, or 
parent of the employee, or of the next of kin of an 
individual in the case of leave taken under such 
paragraph (3), as appropriate’’ and inserting 
‘‘spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, 
grandparent, grandchild, or sibling of the employee, 
or of the next of kin of an individual in the case of 
leave taken under such paragraph (3), as appro-
priate, or any other individual related by blood or af-
finity whose close association with the employee is 
the equivalent of a family relationship’’; 
(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 the son, 
daughter, spouse, or parent’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse 
or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grand-
parent, grandchild, sibling, or any other individual 
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related by blood or affinity whose close association 
with the employee is the equivalent of a family rela-
tionship and an estimate of the amount of time that 
such employee is needed to care for such son, daugh-
ter, spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in- 
law, grandparent, sibling, or such other individual’’; 
and 
(3) in subsection (b)(7), by striking ‘‘parent, or 
spouse’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or domestic partner, 
parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sib-
ling, or any other individual related by blood or af-
finity whose close association with the employee is 
the equivalent of a family relationship’’. 
(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, grandchild, 
sibling, or any other individual related by blood or 
affinity whose close association with the employee is 
the equivalent of a family relationship’’; and 
(2) 
in 
subparagraph 
(C)(ii), 
by 
striking 
‘‘spouse, or parent’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or domes-
tic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, 
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grandchild, sibling, or any other individual related 
by blood or affinity whose close association with the 
employee is the equivalent of a family relationship’’. 
SEC. 3. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) INCLUSION OF DOMESTIC PARTNERS, PAR-
ENTS-IN-LAW, ADULT CHILDREN, SIBLINGS, GRAND-
PARENTS, GRANDCHILDREN, OR OTHER INDIVIDUALS 
RELATED BY BLOOD OR AFFINITY.—Section 6381 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (11) by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(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; or 
‘‘(B) in the case of an unmarried em-
ployee, an unmarried adult person who is in a 
committed, personal relationship with the em-
ployee, is not a domestic partner to any other 
person, and who is designated to the employing 
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agency by such employee as that employee’s do-
mestic 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; 
‘‘(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— 
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(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, or any other individual re-
lated by blood or affinity whose close association 
with the employee is the equivalent of a family rela-
tionship, if such spouse, domestic partner, son, 
daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grand-
child, sibling, or such other individual’’; 
(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, sibling, or any other indi-
vidual related by blood or affinity whose close asso-
ciation with the employee is the equivalent of a fam-
ily relationship’’; 
(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, 
or any other individual related by blood or affinity 
whose close association with the employee is the 
equivalent of a family relationship,’’; 
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or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grand-
parent, grandchild, sibling, or any other individual 
related by blood or affinity whose close association 
with the employee is the equivalent of a family rela-
tionship and an estimate of the amount of time that 
such employee is needed to care for such son, daugh-
ter, spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in- 
law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or such other 
individual’’. 
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