I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3409 
To allow Americans to earn paid sick time so that they can address their 
own health needs and the health needs of their families. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 17, 2023 
Ms. DELAURO (for herself, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. CARSON, Ms. KUSTER, Ms. 
PRESSLEY, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. FOSTER, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, 
Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. 
DELUZIO, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. PHILLIPS, Ms. ROSS, Mr. KILMER, 
Mr. BEYER, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. EVANS, Mr. BLUMENAUER, 
Ms. NORTON, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mrs. 
NAPOLITANO, Mr. CASAR, Ms. OMAR, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Mr. NADLER, Mr. 
GARCI´A of Illinois, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. LAR-
SON of Connecticut, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. MORELLE, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. 
VARGAS, Ms. CHU, Ms. BROWNLEY, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. POR-
TER, Mr. MULLIN, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. BLUNT ROCH-
ESTER, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Mrs. MCBATH, 
Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. POCAN, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. 
MCGARVEY, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Ms. BUDZINSKI, 
Mr. TONKO, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. KELLY of 
Illinois, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. JACOBS, Mr. PETERS, Mr. MAGAZINER, Mr. 
MOULTON, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, 
Ms. DELBENE, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. LIEU, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. NICKEL, 
and Ms. LOFGREN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the 
Committees on House Administration, and Oversight and Accountability, 
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 allow Americans to earn paid sick time so that they 
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can address their own health needs and the health needs 
of their families. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Healthy Families Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CHILD.—The term ‘‘child’’ means a biologi-
cal, foster, or adopted child, a stepchild, a child of 
a domestic partner, a legal ward, or a child of a per-
son standing in loco parentis. 
(2) COMMERCE.—The terms ‘‘commerce’’ and 
‘‘industry or activity affecting commerce’’ mean any 
activity, business, or industry in commerce or in 
which a labor dispute would hinder or obstruct com-
merce or the free flow of commerce, and include 
‘‘commerce’’ and any ‘‘industry affecting com-
merce’’, as defined in paragraphs (1) and (3) of sec-
tion 501 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 
1947 (29 U.S.C. 142 (1) and (3)). 
(3) DOMESTIC PARTNER.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘domestic 
partner’’, with respect to an individual, means 
another individual with whom the individual is 
in a committed relationship. 
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(B) 
COMMITTED
RELATIONSHIP
DE-
FINED.—The term ‘‘committed relationship’’ 
means a relationship between 2 individuals, 
each at least 18 years of age, in which each in-
dividual is the other individual’s sole domestic 
partner and both individuals share responsi-
bility for a significant measure of each other’s 
common welfare. The term includes any such 
relationship between 2 individuals, including in-
dividuals of the same sex, that is granted legal 
recognition by a State or political subdivision of 
a State as a marriage or analogous relationship, 
including a civil union or domestic partnership. 
(4) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘domestic 
violence’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 
1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(a)), except that the ref-
erence in such section to the term ‘‘jurisdiction re-
ceiving grant funding’’ shall be deemed to mean the 
jurisdiction in which the victim lives or the jurisdic-
tion in which the employer involved is located. Such 
term also includes ‘‘dating violence’’, as that term is 
defined in such section. 
(5) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘employee’’ means 
an individual who is— 
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(A)(i) an employee, as defined in section 
3(e) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 
(29 U.S.C. 203(e)), who is not covered under 
any other provision of this paragraph, including 
such an employee of the Library of Congress, 
except that a reference in such section to an 
employer shall be considered to be a reference 
to 
an 
employer 
described 
in 
paragraph 
(6)(A)(i)(I); 
(ii) an employee of the Government Ac-
countability Office; or 
(iii) an employee of a covered employer de-
scribed in paragraph (6)(B)(i)(V) who performs 
work that has been traditionally performed by 
employees in a railroad industry craft or class 
recognized under the Ninth paragraph of sec-
tion 2 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 
152), including any employee who performs— 
(I) work with respect to the movement 
of trains; 
(II) maintenance of way work; 
(III) signal work; 
(IV) work for purposes of the inspec-
tion, maintenance, repair, or cleaning of lo-
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comotives, rail maintenance facilities, rail- 
related equipment, or rail cars; 
(V) dispatching work; 
(VI) work with respect to the move-
ment of equipment within a rail yard; or 
(VII) rail clerical or communications 
work; 
(B) a State employee described in section 
304(a) of the Government Employee Rights Act 
of 1991 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–16c(a)); 
(C) a covered employee, as defined in sec-
tion 101 of the Congressional Accountability 
Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301), other than an ap-
plicant for employment; 
(D) a covered employee, as defined in sec-
tion 411(c) of title 3, United States Code; or 
(E) a Federal officer or employee covered 
under subchapter V of chapter 63 of title 5, 
United States Code (without regard to the limi-
tation in section 6381(1)(B) of that title). 
(6) EMPLOYER.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘employer’’ 
means a person who is— 
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(i)(I) a covered employer who is not 
described in any other subclause of this 
clause; 
(II) an entity employing a State em-
ployee described in section 304(a) of the 
Government Employee Rights Act of 1991; 
(III) an employing office, as defined 
in section 101 of the Congressional Ac-
countability Act of 1995; 
(IV) an employing office, as defined in 
section 411(c) of title 3, United States 
Code; or 
(V) an employing agency covered 
under subchapter V of chapter 63 of title 
5, United States Code; and 
(ii) engaged in commerce (including 
government), or an industry or activity af-
fecting commerce (including government). 
(B) COVERED EMPLOYER.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—In subparagraph 
(A)(i)(I), the term ‘‘covered employer’’— 
(I) means any person engaged in 
commerce or in any industry or activ-
ity affecting commerce who employs 
15 or more employees for each work-
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ing day during each of 20 or more 
calendar workweeks in the current or 
preceding year; 
(II) means a smaller employer, to 
which the special rule in paragraph 
(3) of section 3(a) applies; 
(III) means the Government Ac-
countability Office and the Library of 
Congress; 
(IV) includes— 
(aa) any person who acts, 
directly or indirectly, in the inter-
est of an employer covered by 
this clause to any of the employ-
ees of such employer; and 
(bb) any successor in inter-
est of such an employer; and 
(V) includes any rail carrier. 
(ii) PUBLIC
AGENCY.—For purposes 
of clause (i), a public agency, as defined in 
section 3(x) of the Fair Labor Standards 
Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(x)), shall be 
considered to be a person engaged in com-
merce or in an industry or activity affect-
ing commerce. 
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(iii) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of 
this subparagraph: 
(I) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘em-
ployee’’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 3(e) of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
203(e)). 
(II) PERSON.—The term ‘‘per-
son’’ has the meaning given such term 
in section 3(a) of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
203(a)). 
(III) SMALLER EMPLOYER.—The 
term ‘‘smaller employer’’ means any 
person engaged in commerce or in any 
industry or activity affecting com-
merce who employs fewer than 15 em-
ployees for each working day during 
each of 20 or more calendar work-
weeks in the preceding year. 
(C) PREDECESSORS.—Any reference in 
this paragraph to an employer, including such 
a smaller employer, shall include a reference to 
any predecessor of such employer. 
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(7) EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.—The term ‘‘em-
ployment benefits’’ means all benefits provided or 
made available to employees by an employer, includ-
ing group life insurance, health insurance, disability 
insurance, sick leave, annual leave, educational bene-
fits, and pensions, regardless of whether such bene-
fits are provided by a practice or written policy of 
an employer or through an ‘‘employee benefit plan’’, 
as defined in section 3(3) of the Employee Retire-
ment Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 
1002(3)). 
(8) HEALTH
CARE
PROVIDER.—The term 
‘‘health care provider’’ means a provider who— 
(A)(i) is a doctor of medicine or osteopathy 
who is authorized to practice medicine or sur-
gery (as appropriate) by the State in which the 
doctor practices; or 
(ii) is any other person determined by the 
Secretary to be capable of providing health care 
services; and 
(B) is not employed by an employer for 
whom the provider issues certification under 
this Act. 
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(9) PAID
SICK
TIME.—The term ‘‘paid sick 
time’’ means an increment of compensated leave 
that— 
(A) can be earned by an employee for use 
during an absence from employment for any of 
the reasons described in paragraphs (1) 
through (4) of section 3(b); and 
(B) is compensated at a rate that is not 
less than the greater of— 
(i) the regular rate of pay of the em-
ployee; 
(ii) the rate specified in section 
6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act 
of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)); or 
(iii) the rate specified in the applica-
ble State or local minimum wage law. 
(10) PARENT.—The term ‘‘parent’’ means a bi-
ological, foster, or adoptive parent of an employee, 
a stepparent of an employee, parent-in-law, parent 
of a domestic partner, or a legal guardian or other 
person who stood in loco parentis to an employee 
when the employee was a child. 
(11) RAIL CARRIER.—The term ‘‘rail carrier’’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 10102 
of title 49, United States Code. 
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