I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6098 
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 to allow employees to take, as additional leave, 
parental involvement leave to participate in or attend their children’s 
and grandchildren’s educational and extracurricular activities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 13, 2018 
Mrs. CAROLYN B. 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 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 permit leave to care 
for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, 
grandchild, or grandparent who has a serious health 
condition, and to allow employees to take, as additional 
leave, parental involvement leave to participate in or 
attend their children’s and grandchildren’s educational 
and extracurricular activities. 
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 Medical Leave 
Modernization Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE. 
Section 101(2)(B)(ii) of the Family and Medical 
Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611(2)(B)(ii)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘less than 50’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘fewer than 15’’. 
SEC. 3. LEAVE TO CARE FOR A DOMESTIC PARTNER, PAR-
ENT-IN-LAW, ADULT CHILD, SIBLING, GRAND-
PARENT, GRANDCHILD, AUNT, UNCLE, OR 
OTHER INDIVIDUAL 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 
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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. 
‘‘(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. 
‘‘(26) AUNT OR UNCLE.—The term ‘aunt or 
uncle of the employee’, means the sister or brother 
of an employee’s parent. 
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‘‘(27) ANY
OTHER
INDIVIDUAL
RELATED
BY 
BLOOD OR AFFINITY WHOSE CLOSE ASSOCIATION IS 
THE EQUIVALENT OF A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP.— 
The term ‘any other individual related by blood or 
affinity whose close association is the equivalent of 
a family relationship’ means any person with whom 
the employee has a significant personal bond that is 
or is like a family relationship, regardless of biologi-
cal or legal relationship.’’. 
(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’’. 
(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, sib-
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ling, aunt, or uncle of the employee, or any other in-
dividual related by blood or affinity whose close as-
sociation with the employee is the equivalent of a 
family relationship, if such spouse, domestic partner, 
son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, 
grandchild, sibling, or such other individual’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(1)(E), by striking ‘‘spouse, 
or a son, daughter, or parent of the employee’’ and 
inserting ‘‘spouse or domestic partner, or a son, 
daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandchild, sibling, 
aunt, or uncle of the employee, 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, or next of kin of a covered 
service member’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or domestic 
partner, son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, 
parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, sibling, aunt, or 
uncle, or next of kin of a covered service member, 
or any other individual related by blood or affinity 
to a covered service member who close association 
with such service member is the equivalent of a fam-
ily relationship’’; 
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SEC. 4. LEAVE TO CARE FOR A DOMESTIC PARTNER, PAR-
ENT-IN-LAW, ADULT CHILD, SIBLING, GRAND-
PARENT, GRANDCHILD, AUNT, OR UNCLE OF 
THE EMPLOYEE, OR OTHER INDIVIDUAL RE-
LATED BY BLOOD OR AFFINITY FOR FED-
ERAL EMPLOYEES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) INCLUSION OF DOMESTIC PARTNERS, PAR-
ENTS-IN-LAW, ADULT CHILDREN, SIBLING, AUNT, OR 
UNCLE, 
GRANDPARENTS, 
GRANDCHILDREN, 
OR 
OTHER INDIVIDUALS RELATED BY BLOOD OR AFFIN-
ITY.—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-
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ployee, is not a domestic partner to any other 
person, and who is designated to the employing 
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. 
‘‘(19) AUNT OR UNCLE.—The term ‘aunt or 
uncle of the employee’, means the sister or brother 
of an employee’s parent. 
‘‘(20) ANY
OTHER
INDIVIDUAL
RELATED
BY 
BLOOD OR AFFINITY WHOSE CLOSE ASSOCIATION IS 
THE EQUIVALENT OF A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP.— 
The term ‘any other individual related by blood or 
affinity whose close association is the equivalent of 
a family relationship’ means any person with whom 
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the employee has a significant personal bond that is 
or is like a family relationship, regardless of biologi-
cal or legal relationship.’’. 
(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, aunt, or uncle 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, if such spouse, domestic partner, 
son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, 
grandchild, sibling, or such other individual’’; 
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(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, aunt, or uncle 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’’; 
(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, 
aunt, or uncle of the employee, 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,’’; 
(4) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘spouse, 
parent,’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or domestic partner, 
parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sib-
ling, aunt, or uncle of the employee, or any other in-
dividual related by blood or affinity whose close as-
sociation with the employee is the equivalent of a 
family relationship,’’; 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-
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ent-in-law, grandchild, sibling, aunt, or uncle 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,’’. 
(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, sib-
ling, aunt, or uncle of the employee, or any other in-
dividual related by blood or affinity whose close as-
sociation with the employee is the equivalent of a 
family relationship,’’; and 
(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, sibling, aunt, or uncle of the em-
ployee, or any other individual related by blood or 
affinity whose close association with the employee is 
the equivalent of a family relationship and an esti-
mate of the amount of time that such employee is 
needed to care for such son, daughter, spouse or do-
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mestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, 
grandchild, sibling, or such other individual’’. 
SEC. 5. ENTITLEMENT TO ADDITIONAL LEAVE UNDER THE 
FMLA FOR PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND 
FAMILY WELLNESS. 
(a) LEAVE REQUIREMENT.—Section 102(a) of the 
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 
2612(a)) is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) ENTITLEMENT TO ADDITIONAL LEAVE FOR 
PARENTAL
INVOLVEMENT
AND
FAMILY 
WELLNESS.— 
‘‘(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—Subject 
to 
subparagraph (B) and section 103(g), an eligi-
ble employee shall be entitled to leave under 
this paragraph to— 
‘‘(i) participate in or attend an activ-
ity that is sponsored by a school or com-
munity organization and relates to a pro-
gram of the school or organization that is 
attended by a son or daughter or a grand-
child of the employee; or 
‘‘(ii) meet routine family medical care 
needs, including for medical and dental ap-
pointments of the employee or a son, 
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daughter, spouse, or grandchild of the em-
ployee, or to attend to the care needs of el-
derly individuals who are related to the eli-
gible employee, including visits to nursing 
homes and group homes. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—An eligible em-
ployee is entitled to— 
‘‘(I) not to exceed 4 hours of 
leave under this paragraph during any 
30-day period; and 
‘‘(II) not to exceed 24 hours of 
leave under this paragraph during any 
12-month period. 
‘‘(ii) COORDINATION
RULE.—Leave 
under this paragraph shall be in addition 
to any leave provided under any other 
paragraph of this subsection. 
‘‘(C) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this para-
graph: 
‘‘(i) 
SCHOOL.—The 
term 
‘school’ 
means an elementary school or secondary 
school (as such terms are defined in sec-
tion 8101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
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7801)), a Head Start program assisted 
under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 
et seq.), or a child care facility. 
‘‘(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) of such Act (29 
U.S.C. 2612(b)(1)) is amended by inserting after the third 
sentence the following new sentence: ‘‘Leave under sub-
section (a)(5) may be taken intermittently or on a reduced 
leave schedule.’’. 
(c) 
SUBSTITUTION
OF
PAID
LEAVE.—Section 
102(d)(2) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2612(d)(2)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT LEAVE AND 
FAMILY
WELLNESS
LEAVE.—An eligible em-
ployee may elect, or an employer may require 
the employee, to substitute any of the accrued 
paid vacation leave, personal leave, or family 
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leave of the employee for any leave under sub-
section (a)(5). In addition, an eligible employee 
may elect, or an employer may require the em-
ployee, to substitute any of the accrued paid 
medical or sick leave of the employee for leave 
provided 
under 
clause 
(ii) 
of 
subsection 
(a)(5)(A) for any part of the leave under such 
clause, except that nothing in this title shall re-
quire an employer to provide paid sick leave or 
paid medical leave in any situation in which 
such employer would not normally provide any 
such paid leave. If the employee elects or the 
employer requires the substitution of accrued 
paid leave for leave provided under subsection 
(a)(5)(A), the employer shall not restrict or 
limit this substitution or impose any additional 
terms and conditions on such leave that are 
more stringent on the employee than the terms 
and conditions set forth in this Act.’’. 
(d) NOTICE.—Section 102(e) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
2612(e)) is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) NOTICE
RELATING
TO
PARENTAL
IN-
VOLVEMENT
AND
FAMILY
WELLNESS
LEAVE.—In 
any case in which an employee requests leave under 
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paragraph (5) of subsection (a), the employee 
shall— 
‘‘(A) provide the employer with not less 
than 7 days’ notice or as much notice as is 
practicable before the date the leave is to be 
taken, of the employee’s intention to take leave 
under such paragraph; and 
‘‘(B) in the case of leave to be taken under 
subparagraph (A)(ii), make a reasonable effort 
to schedule the leave so as not to disrupt un-
duly the operations of the employer, subject to 
the approval of the health care provider in-
volved (if any).’’. 
(e) CERTIFICATION.—Section 103 of such Act (29 
U.S.C. 2613) is further amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) CERTIFICATION RELATED TO PARENTAL IN-
VOLVEMENT AND FAMILY WELLNESS LEAVE.—An em-
ployer may require that a request for leave under section 
102(a)(5) be supported by a certification issued at such 
time and in such manner as the Secretary may by regula-
tion prescribe.’’. 
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SEC. 6. ENTITLEMENT OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES TO LEAVE 
FOR PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND FAMILY 
WELLNESS. 
(a) LEAVE REQUIREMENT.—Section 6382(a) of title 
5, United States Code, is further amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B)(i) and section 
6383(f), an employee shall be entitled to leave under this 
paragraph to— 
‘‘(i) participate in or attend an activity that is 
sponsored by a school or community organization 
and relates to a program of the school or organiza-
tion that is attended by a son or daughter or a 
grandchild of the employee; or 
‘‘(ii) meet routine family medical care needs, in-
cluding for medical and dental appointments of a 
son, daughter, spouse, or grandchild of the em-
ployee, or to attend to the care needs of elderly indi-
viduals who are related to the eligible employee, in-
cluding visits to nursing homes and group homes. 
‘‘(B)(i) An employee is entitled to— 
‘‘(I) not to exceed 4 hours of leave under this 
paragraph during any 30-day period; and 
‘‘(II) not to exceed 24 hours of leave under this 
paragraph during any 12-month period. 
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‘‘(ii) Leave under this paragraph shall be in addition 
to any leave provided under any other paragraph of this 
subsection. 
‘‘(C) For the purpose of this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) the term ‘school’ means an elementary 
school or secondary school (as such terms are de-
fined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965), a Head Start pro-
gram assisted under the Head Start Act, and a child 
care facility licensed under State law; and 
‘‘(ii) the term ‘community organization’ means 
a private nonprofit organization that is representa-
tive of a community or a significant segment of a 
community and provides activities for individuals de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 
6381(6), such as a scouting or sports organization.’’. 
(b) SCHEDULE.—Section 6382(b)(1) of such title is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting after the second sentence the 
following new sentence: ‘‘Leave under subsection 
(a)(5) may be taken intermittently or on a reduced 
leave schedule.’’; and 
(2) in the last sentence, by striking ‘‘involved,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘involved (or, in the case of leave 
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under subsection (a)(5), for purposes of any 30-day 
or 12-month period),’’. 
(c) 
SUBSTITUTION
OF
PAID
LEAVE.—Section 
6382(d) of such title is further amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after the subsection des-
ignation; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) An employee may elect to substitute for leave 
under subsection (a)(5), any of the employee’s accrued or 
accumulated annual or sick leave under subchapter I. If 
the employee elects to substitute accumulated annual or 
sick leave for leave provided under subsection (a)(5), the 
employing agency shall not restrict or limit this substi-
tution or impose any additional terms and conditions on 
such leave that are more stringent on the employee than 
the terms and conditions set forth in this subchapter.’’. 
(d) NOTICE.—Section 6382(e) of such title is further 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(3) In any case in which an employee requests leave 
under paragraph (5) of subsection (a), the employee 
shall— 
‘‘(A) provide the employing agency with not less 
than 7 days’ notice, before the date the leave is to 
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be taken, of the employee’s intention to take leave 
under such paragraph; and 
‘‘(B) in the case of leave to be taken under sub-
paragraph (A)(ii), make a reasonable effort to 
schedule the leave so as not to disrupt unduly the 
operations of the employer, subject to the approval 
of the health care provider involved (if any).’’. 
(e) CERTIFICATION.—Section 6383(f) of such title is 
amended by striking ‘‘6382(a)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘para-
graph (3) or (5) of section 6382(a)’’. 
Æ 
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