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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2103
To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to allow employees
to take, as additional leave, parental involvement leave to participate
in or attend their children’s educational and extracurricular activities
and to clarify that leave may be taken for routine medical needs and
to assist elderly relatives, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 9, 1999
Mrs. MALONEY of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to
the Committees on 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 com-
mittee concerned
A BILL
To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to
allow employees to take, as additional leave, parental
involvement leave to participate in or attend their chil-
dren’s educational and extracurricular activities and to
clarify that leave may be taken for routine medical needs
and to assist elderly relatives, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCE.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Family and Medical Leave Enhancement Act’’.
(b) REFERENCE.—Whenever in sections 2, 3, and 5
an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an
amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision,
the reference shall be considered to be made to a section
or other provision of the Family and Medical Leave Act
of 1993.
SEC. 2. ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE.
Section 101(2)(B)(ii) (29 U.S.C. 2611(2)(B)(ii)) is
amended by striking ‘‘50’’ each place it occurs and insert-
ing ‘‘25’’.
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL LEAVE FOR PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.
(a) LEAVE
REQUIREMENT.—Section 102(a) (29
U.S.C. 2612(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(3) ENTITLEMENT TO ADDITIONAL LEAVE FOR
PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to section
103(f), in addition to leave available under
paragraph (1), an eligible employee shall be en-
titled to a total of 4 hours of leave during any
30-day period, and a total of 24 hours of leave
during any 12-month period to participate in or
attend an activity that—
‘‘(i) is sponsored by a school or com-
munity organization; and
‘‘(ii) relates to a program of the
school or organization that is attended by
a son or daughter of the employee, includ-
ing a foster child of the employee.
‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—As used in subpara-
graph (A):
‘‘(i) 
SCHOOL.—The 
term 
‘school’
means an elementary school or secondary
school (as such terms are defined in sec-
tion 14101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
8801)), a Head Start program assisted
under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831
et seq.), and a child care facility licensed
under State law.’’.
‘‘(ii) COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATION.—
The term ‘community organization’ means
a private nonprofit organization that is
representative of a community or a signifi-
cant segment of a community and provides
activities for individuals described in sub-
paragraph (A) or (B) of section 101(12),
such as a scouting or sports organiza-
tion.’’.
(b) SCHEDULE.—Section 102(b)(1) (29 U.S.C.
2612(b)(1)) is amended by inserting after the second sen-
tence the following: ‘‘Leave under subsection (a)(3)(A)
may be taken intermittently or on a reduced leave sched-
ule.’’.
(c) 
SUBSTITUTION
OF
PAID
LEAVE.—Section
102(d)(2)(A) (29 U.S.C. 2612(d)(2)(A)) is amended by
inserting before the period the following: ‘‘, or for leave
provided under subsection (a)(3)(A) for any part of the
24-hour period of such leave under such subsection’’.
(d) 
NOTICE.—Section 
102(e)(1) 
(29 
U.S.C.
2612(e)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘In any case in which an employee requests leave
under subsection (a)(3)(A), the employee shall provide the
employer with not less than 7 days’ notice, before the date
the leave is to begin, of the employee’s intention to take
leave under such subsection.’’.
(e) CERTIFICATION.—Section 103 (29 U.S.C. 2613)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(f) CERTIFICATION FOR PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
LEAVE.—An employer may require that a request for
leave under section 102(a)(3)(A) be supported by a certifi-