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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1993
To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5, United 
States Code, to allow leave for individuals who provide living organ donations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 28, 2005
Mr. HINOJOSA (for himself, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. KIL-
DEE, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. HOLT, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. CUMMINGS, 
Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. DINGELL, 
Mr. OWENS, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. RAN-
GEL, Ms. KAPTUR, and Mr. TIERNEY) 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 Adminis-
tration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and 
title 5, United States Code, to allow leave for individuals 
who provide living organ donations.
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 ‘‘Living Organ Donor 
Job Security Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. LEAVE FOR LIVING ORGAN DONATION. 
(a) LEAVE REQUIREMENT.—Section 102(a)(1) of the 
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 
2612(a)) and section 6382(a)(1) of title 5, United States 
Code, are each amended by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) In order to provide a living organ do-
nation, including time spent for—
‘‘(i) tests used to determine whether 
the eligible employee is medically suitable 
for live organ donation; 
‘‘(ii) physical, psychological, and social 
evaluations of the live donor; 
‘‘(iii) pretransplant outpatient serv-
ices; 
‘‘(iv) postoperative inpatient and out-
patient transplantation services; 
‘‘(v) travel in connection with tests, 
evaluations, and services described in 
clauses (i) through (iv); and 
‘‘(vi) recuperation consistent with the 
type of transplant performed.’’. 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—
(1) NON-FEDERAL
EMPLOYEES.—The Family 
and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611 et 
seq.) is further amended by striking ‘‘section
102(a)(1)(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (D) or 
(E) of section 102(a)(1)’’ in the following sections, 
respectively: 
(A) Section 103(b)(4)(B) (29 U.S.C. 
2613(b)(4)(B)). 
(B) Section 104(c)(3)(A)(ii) (29 U.S.C. 
2614(c)(3)(A)(ii)). 
(2) 
FEDERAL
EMPLOYEES.—Section 
6383(b)(4)(B) of title 5, United States Code is 
amended by striking ‘‘section 6382(a)(1)(D)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subparagraph (D) or (E) of section 
6382(a)(1)’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) NON-FEDERAL
EMPLOYEES.—The Family 
and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611 et 
seq.) is further amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘(C) or (D)’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘(C), (D), or (E)’’ in—
(i) section 102(b)(1) and (2) (29 
U.S.C. 2612(b)(1) and (2)); 
(ii) section 102(e)(2) (29 U.S.C. 
2612(e)(2)); 
(iii) section 103(c)(1) (29 U.S.C. 
2613(c)(1));
(iv) 
section 
104(c)(2)(B)(i) 
(29 
U.S.C. 2614(c)(2)(B)(i)); and 
(v) section 108(c)(1) (29 U.S.C. 
2618(c)(1)); 
(B) by inserting ‘‘(including living organ 
donation)’’ after ‘‘planned medical treatment’’ 
in—
(i) section 102(b)(2) and (e)(2) (29 
U.S.C. 2612(b)(2) and (e)(2)); 
(ii) section 103(b)(5) (29 U.S.C. 
2613(b)(5)); and 
(iii) section 108(c)(1) (29 U.S.C. 
2618(c)(1)), in the matter preceding sub-
paragraph (A); and 
(C) in section 104(a)(4) (29 U.S.C. 
2614(a)(4)), by striking ‘‘section 102(a)(1)(D)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (D) or (E) of sec-
tion 102(a)(1)’’. 
(2) FEDERAL
EMPLOYEES.—Title 5, United 
States Code, is further amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘(C) or (D)’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘(C), (D), or (E)’’ in—
(i) section 6382(b)(2) and (e)(2); and 
(ii) section 6383(a);
(B) in section 6382(d), by striking ‘‘or 
(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘(D), or (E)’’; 
(C) in section 6383(b)(5), by inserting 
‘‘(including 
living 
organ 
donation)’’ 
after 
‘‘planned medical treatment’’; and 
(D) in section 6384(d), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 6382(a)(1)(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘subpara-
graph (D) or (E) of section 6382(a)(1)’’.
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