I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1589 
To improve the lives of working families by providing family and medical 
need assistance, child care assistance, in-school and afterschool assist-
ance, family care assistance, and encouraging the establishment of family- 
friendly workplaces. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 13, 2005 
Ms. WOOLSEY (for herself, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Ms. DELAURO, 
Mr. OWENS, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. WEXLER, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, 
Mr. KUCINICH, Ms. CARSON, Mr. FILNER, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. WAXMAN, 
Mr. LANTOS, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. RUSH, Ms. 
PELOSI, Mrs. MCCARTHY, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mrs. 
CHRISTENSEN, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. PAYNE, 
Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. WASSERMAN 
SCHULTZ, Ms. SOLIS, Mrs. CAPPS, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Mr. 
BROWN of Ohio, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. LEE, Ms. LINDA T. 
SA´NCHEZ of California, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. 
MCKINNEY, Mr. FARR, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. WATSON, and Mr. 
DOGGETT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Commit-
tees on House Administration, Government Reform, and Financial Serv-
ices, 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 improve the lives of working families by providing family 
and medical need assistance, child care assistance, in- 
school and afterschool assistance, family care assistance, 
and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly 
workplaces.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Family and Workplace Balancing Act of 2005’’ or ‘‘Bal-
ancing Act of 2005’’ . 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
TITLE I—PAID LEAVE FOR NEW PARENTS AND FAMILY AND 
MEDICAL LEAVE ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2003 
Subtitle A—Paid Leave for New Parents 
Sec. 101. Short title. 
Sec. 102. Purpose. 
Sec. 103. Definitions. 
Sec. 104. Grants. 
Sec. 105. Notification. 
Sec. 106. Report. 
Sec. 107. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 108. Technical and conforming amendments. 
Subtitle B—Family and Medical Leave Enhancement Act of 2003 
Sec. 111. Short title. 
Sec. 112. Additional leave for parental involvement. 
Sec. 113. Parental involvement leave for civil servants. 
Sec. 114. Clarification of leave entitlement. 
Sec. 115. Definition of grandchild. 
TITLE II—CHILD CARE EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT 
Subtitle A—Care for Young Children 
Sec. 201. Expanding child care for young children. 
Subtitle B—Improving Child Care Quality Through Teacher Incentives 
Sec. 221. Purpose. 
Sec. 222. Definitions. 
Sec. 223. Funds for child care provider development and retention grants, 
scholarships, and health benefits coverage. 
Sec. 224. Allotments to States. 
Sec. 225. Application and plan. 
Sec. 226. Child care provider development and retention grant program.
Sec. 227. Child care provider scholarship program. 
Sec. 228. Child care provider health benefits coverage. 
Sec. 229. Annual report. 
Sec. 230. Evaluation of health benefits programs by Secretary. 
Sec. 231. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle C—Child Care Construction and Renovation Incentive Grants 
Sec. 241. Short title. 
Sec. 242. Use of community development block grants to establish child care 
facilities. 
Sec. 243. Insurance for mortgages on new and rehabilitated child care facilities. 
Sec. 244. Insurance for mortgages for acquisition or refinancing debt of exist-
ing child care facilities. 
Sec. 245. Study of availability of secondary markets for mortgages on child 
care facilities. 
Sec. 246. Technical and financial assistance grants. 
Subtitle D—Business Child Care Incentive Grant Program 
Sec. 251. Business child care incentive grant program. 
TITLE III—PRE-SCHOOL, IN-SCHOOL, AND AFTERSCHOOL 
ASSISTANCE 
Subtitle A—Universal Prekindergarten Act 
Sec. 301. Short title. 
Sec. 302. Findings and purpose. 
Sec. 303. Prekindergarten grant program authorization. 
Sec. 304. State requirements. 
Sec. 305. Local requirements. 
Sec. 306. Professional development set-aside. 
Sec. 307. Reporting. 
Sec. 308. Federal funds supplementary. 
Sec. 309. Definitions. 
Sec. 310. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Universal Free School Breakfast Program 
Sec. 311. Universal free school breakfast program. 
Subtitle C—Nutritional Improvement for Children Served under Child 
Nutrition Programs 
Sec. 321. Nutritional improvement for children served under child nutrition 
programs. 
Subtitle D—Child and Adult Care Food Program 
Sec. 331. Reimbursements for afterschool dinners. 
Sec. 332. Eligibility of private child care centers. 
Subtitle E—Afterschool Education Enhancement Act 
Sec. 341. Short title. 
Sec. 342. Amendments regarding 21st century community learning centers. 
TITLE IV—IMPROVING THE WORKPLACE FOR FAMILIES
Subtitle A—Part-Time and Temporary Workers Benefits 
Sec. 401. Treatment of employees working at less than full-time under partici-
pation, vesting, and accrual rules governing pension plans. 
Sec. 402. Treatment of employees working at less than full-time under group 
health plans. 
Sec. 403. Expansion of definition of employee to include certain individuals 
whose services are leased or contracted for. 
Sec. 404. Effective dates. 
Subtitle B—United States Business Telework Act 
Sec. 411. Short title. 
Sec. 412. Telework pilot program. 
Sec. 413. Report to Congress. 
Sec. 414. Definition. 
Sec. 415. Termination. 
Sec. 416. Authorization of appropriations. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Currently in two-thirds of married families 
with children in the United States, both parents 
work full-time. Seventy-one percent of mothers with 
children under age 18 work full-time, and another 
29 percent work part-time. 
(2) The National Study of the Changing Work-
force found that 70 percent of employed parents in-
dicated that they don’t have enough time with their 
children. 
(3)(A) A survey conducted by the Boys and 
Girls Clubs of America found that more than half of 
the respondents indicated that they had little or no 
time to spend in physical activities with their chil-
dren.
(B) Parents in 3,500,000 households, rep-
resenting 7,000,000 children, spend an hour or less 
a week doing physical activities with their children. 
(C) The primary obstacle cited by the parents 
to engaging in physical activities with their children 
was their work schedules. 
(4) Nearly two-thirds of employees who need to 
take family or medical leave do not take such leave 
because they cannot afford to forgo the pay. 
(5) Nearly every industrialized nation other 
than the United States, and most developing na-
tions, provides parents with paid leave for infant 
care. 
(6) In the United States, more than half of all 
mothers of children under the age of one now work. 
Yet parents of infants and toddlers face acute prob-
lems finding child care, and child care that is avail-
able is often of mediocre quality. 
(7) The cost of child care averages $4,000 to 
$6,000 per year in the United States, and families 
with younger children or with more than one child 
face even greater costs. For example, the average 
annual cost of child care for a 4-year-old in an 
urban area center is more than the average annual 
cost of public college tuition in all but one State.
(8) The average annual child care teacher sal-
ary is $15,430, a wage so low that many programs 
find it extremely challenging to recruit fully qualified 
teachers and to retain them. High turnover rates 
make it more difficult to provide quality and con-
tinuity of care. 
(9) Only 12 percent of eligible children receive 
child care assistance through the Child Care Devel-
opment Block Grant, and only about 3 out of 5 eligi-
ble preschoolers are able to participate in the Head 
Start program. 
(10) Among needy students, school nutrition 
programs often provide the primary opportunity for 
consumption of nutritionally valuable foods. 
(11) Breakfast is a critical meal for children 
and provides the nutrition necessary to optimize 
their learning capacities. 
(12) According to the Bureau of the Census, 
nearly 7,000,000 children in the United States are 
left alone after school each week without adult su-
pervision or structured activities of any kind. 
(13) Violent juvenile crime peaks between the 
hours of 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. and teens are 
more likely to be victims of serious violent crime in
the hour after school lets out than any other time 
of the day. 
(14) The Nation’s communities can benefit 
from teleworking, which give workers more time to 
spend at home with their families. 
(15) Companies with telework programs have 
found that telework can boost employee productivity 
5 percent to 20 percent, thereby saving businesses 
valuable resources and time. 
(16) More United States families are working 
more hours than ever. In 2000, the average Amer-
ican worker worked 36 hours more, almost a full 
week, than in 1990. A recent AFL–CIO poll found 
that nearly three-quarters of working adults indi-
cated that they have little or no control over their 
work schedules. 
(17) The AFL–CIO’s ‘‘Ask a Working Woman’’ 
survey for 2002 reported that 63 percent of working 
women work more than 40 hours a week, 30 percent 
of working women work 20 to 39 hours a week, and 
7 percent of working women work less than 20 
hours a week.
TITLE I—PAID LEAVE FOR NEW 
PARENTS AND FAMILY AND 
MEDICAL LEAVE ENHANCE-
MENT ACT OF 2005 
Subtitle A—Paid Leave for New 
Parents 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Family Income to 
Respond to Significant Transitions Act’’. 
SEC. 102. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this subtitle is to establish a program 
that supports the efforts of States and political subdivi-
sions of States to provide partial or full wage replacement, 
often referred to as FIRST insurance, to new parents so 
that the new parents are able to spend time with a new 
infant or newly adopted child, and to other employees. 
SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) EMPLOYER; SON OR DAUGHTER; STATE.— 
The terms ‘‘employer’’, ‘‘son or daughter’’, and 
‘‘State’’ have the meanings given the terms in sec-
tion 101 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 
1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611).
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Labor, acting after consultation 
with the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 
SEC. 104. GRANTS. 
(a) GRANTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor shall 
make grants to eligible entities to pay for the Fed-
eral share of the cost of carrying out projects that 
assist families by providing, through various mecha-
nisms, wage replacement for eligible individuals who 
are responding to— 
(A) caregiving needs resulting from the 
birth or adoption of a son or daughter; or 
(B) other family caregiving needs. 
(2) PERIODS.—The Secretary shall make the 
grants for periods of five years. 
(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this section, an entity shall be a State or polit-
ical subdivision of a State. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—An entity that receives a 
grant under this section may use the funds made 
available through the grant to provide partial or full 
wage replacement as described in subsection (a) to 
an eligible individual—
(A) directly; 
(B) through an insurance program, such 
as a State temporary disability insurance pro-
gram or a State unemployment compensation 
benefit program; 
(C) through a private disability or other 
insurance plan, or another mechanism provided 
by a private employer; or 
(D) through another mechanism. 
(2) PERIOD.—In carrying out a project under 
this section, the entity shall provide partial or full 
wage replacement to an eligible individual for not 
less than six weeks during a period of leave, or an 
absence from employment, described in subsection 
(d)(2), during any 12-month period. Wage replace-
ment available to an eligible individual under this 
subsection shall be in addition to any compensation 
from annual or sick leave that the individual may 
elect to use during a period of leave, or an absence 
from employment, described in subsection (d)(2), 
during any 12-month period. 
(3) ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.—No entity may 
use more than ten percent of the total funds made 
available through the grant during the five-year pe-
riod of the grant to pay for the administrative costs 
relating to a project described in subsection (a). 
(d) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—To be eligible to re-
ceive wage replacement under subsection (a), an individual 
shall— 
(1) meet such eligibility criteria as the eligible 
entity providing the wage replacement may specify 
in an application described in subsection (e); and 
(2) be— 
(A) an individual who is taking leave, 
under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 
1993 (29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.), under other 
Federal, State, or local law, or under a private 
plan, for a reason described in subparagraph 
(A) or (B) of section 102(a)(1) of the Family 
and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 
2612(a)(1)); 
(B) at the option of the eligible entity, an 
individual who— 
(i) is taking leave, under that Act, 
under other Federal, State, or local law, or 
under a private plan, for a reason de-
scribed in subparagraph (C), (D), (E), or 
(F) of section 102(a)(1) of the Family and
Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 
2612(a)(1)); or 
(ii) leaves employment, and has an ab-
sence from employment, because the indi-
vidual has elected to care for a son or 
daughter under the age of one year; or 
(C) at the option of the eligible entity, an 
individual who has an absence from employ-
ment and has other characteristics specified by 
the eligible entity in an application described in 
subsection (e). 
(e) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, an entity shall submit an application 
to the Secretary, at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Secretary may require, in-
cluding, at a minimum— 
(1) a description of the wage replacement pro-
gram; 
(2)(A) information on the number and type of 
families to be covered by the project, and the extent 
of such coverage in the area served under the grant; 
and 
(B) information on any criteria or characteris-
tics that the entity will use to determine whether an 
individual is eligible for wage replacement under
subsection (a), as described in paragraphs (1) and 
(2)(C) of subsection (d); 
(3) if the project will expand on State and pri-
vate systems of wage replacement for eligible indi-
viduals, information on the manner in which the 
project will expand on the systems; and 
(4) information demonstrating the manner in 
which the wage replacement assistance provided 
through the project will assist families in which an 
individual takes leave or is absent from employment 
as described in subsection (d)(2). 
(f) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In selecting entities to re-
ceive grants for projects under this section, the Secretary 
shall— 
(1) take into consideration— 
(A) the scope of the proposed projects; 
(B) the cost-effectiveness, feasibility, and 
financial soundness of the proposed projects; 
(C) the extent to which the proposed 
projects would expand access to wage replace-
ment in response to family caregiving needs, 
particularly for low-wage employees, in the area 
served by the grant; and
(D) the benefits that would be offered to 
families and children through the proposed 
projects; and 
(2) to the extent feasible, select entities pro-
posing projects that utilize diverse mechanisms, in-
cluding expansion of State unemployment compensa-
tion benefit programs, and establishment or expan-
sion of State temporary disability insurance pro-
grams, to provide the wage replacement. 
(g) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the 
cost described in subsection (a) shall be— 
(A) 50 percent for the first year of the 
grant period; 
(B) 40 percent for the second year of that 
period; 
(C) 30 percent for the third year of that 
period; and 
(D) 20 percent for each subsequent year. 
(2) NON-FEDERAL
SHARE.—The non-Federal 
share of the cost may be in cash or in kind, fairly 
evaluated, including plant, equipment, and services 
and may be provided from State, local, or private 
sources, or from Federal sources other than this 
subtitle.
(h) SUPPLEMENT
NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds appro-
priated pursuant to the authority of this subtitle shall be 
used to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, 
and local public funds and private funds expended to pro-
vide wage replacement. 
(i) EFFECT ON EXISTING RIGHTS.—Nothing in this 
subtitle shall be construed to supersede, preempt, or other-
wise infringe on the provisions of any collective bargaining 
agreement or any employment benefit program or plan 
that provides greater rights to employees than the rights 
established under this subtitle. 
SEC. 105. NOTIFICATION. 
An eligible entity that provides partial or full wage 
replacement to an eligible individual under this subtitle 
shall notify (in a form and manner prescribed by the Sec-
retary)— 
(1) the employer of the individual of the 
amount of the wage replacement provided; and 
(2) the individual and the employer of the indi-
vidual that the employer shall count an appropriate 
period of leave, calculated under section 102(g) of 
the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 
U.S.C. 2612(g)), as added by section 108, against 
the total amount of leave (if any) to which the em-
ployee is entitled under section 102(a)(1) of that Act 
(29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)). 
SEC. 106. REPORT. 
Not later than three years after the beginning of the 
grant period for the first grant made under section 104, 
and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to 
Congress a report that contains a description and evalua-
tion of the program under this subtitle for the preceding 
year. 
SEC. 107. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subtitle $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such 
sums as may be necessary for each subsequent fiscal year. 
SEC. 108. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 102 of the Family and 
Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) RELATIONSHIP TO FIRST INSURANCE.— 
‘‘(1) FULL WAGE REPLACEMENT.—If an eligible 
entity provides full wage replacement to an employee 
for a period under title I of the Family and Work-
place Balancing Act of 2005, the employee’s em-
ployer shall count an amount of leave, equal to that 
period, against the total amount of leave (if any) to
which the employee is entitled under subsection 
(a)(1). 
‘‘(2) PARTIAL WAGE REPLACEMENT.—If an eli-
gible entity provides partial wage replacement to an 
employee for a period under title I of the Family 
and Workplace Balancing Act of 2005, the employ-
ee’s employer shall— 
‘‘(A) total the amount of partial wage re-
placement provided for that period; 
‘‘(B) convert the total into a corresponding 
amount of full wage replacement provided for a 
proportionately reduced period; and 
‘‘(C) count an amount of leave, equal to 
the period described in subparagraph (B), 
against the total amount of leave (if any) to 
which the employee is entitled under subsection 
(a)(1).’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
Section 102(d)(2) of the Family and Medical Leave Act 
of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(d)(2)) is amended by striking 
‘‘for leave’’ and inserting ‘‘for any unpaid leave’’.
Subtitle B—Family and Medical 
Leave Enhancement Act of 2005 
SEC. 111. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Family and Med-
ical Leave Enhancement Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 112. ADDITIONAL ENTITLEMENT TO LEAVE FOR PA-
RENTAL INVOLVEMENT. 
(a) LEAVE REQUIREMENT.—Section 102(a) of the 
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 
2612(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(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 four 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 or a grandchild of the 
employee. 
‘‘(B) 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 the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.)), 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) of such Act (29 
U.S.C. 2612(b)(1)) is amended by inserting after the sec-
ond sentence the following new sentence: ‘‘Leave under
subsection (a)(3)(A) may be taken intermittently or on a 
reduced leave schedule.’’. 
(c) 
SUBSTITUTION
OF
PAID
LEAVE.—Section 
102(d)(2)(A) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2612(d)(2)(A)) is 
amended by inserting after ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘or under subsection (a)(3)(A)’’. 
(d) NOTICE.—Section 102(e)(1) of such Act (29 
U.S.C. 2612(e)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ‘‘In any case in which an employee 
requests leave under subsection (a)(3)(A), the employee 
shall provide the employer with not less than seven days’ 
notice, before the date the leave is to begin, of the employ-
ee’s intention to take leave under such subsection.’’. 
(e) CERTIFICATION.—Section 103 of such Act (29 
U.S.C. 2613) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(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-
cation issued at such time and in such manner as the Sec-
retary may by regulation prescribe.’’.
SEC. 113. ENTITLEMENT TO LEAVE FOR CIVIL SERVANTS 
FOR PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT. 
(a) LEAVE REQUIREMENT.—Section 6382(a) of title 
5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3)(A) Subject to section 6383(f), in addition to 
leave available under paragraph (1), an employee shall be 
entitled to a total of four 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 community or-
ganization; and 
‘‘(ii) relates to a program of the school or orga-
nization that is attended by a son or daughter or a 
grandchild of the employee. 
‘‘(B) For the purpose of this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) The term ‘school’ means an elementary 
school or secondary school (as such terms are de-
fined in the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.)), a Head Start 
program assisted under the Head Start Act (42 
U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), and a child care facility li-
censed under State law. 
‘‘(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 by inserting after the second sentence the fol-
lowing new sentence: ‘‘Leave under subsection (a)(3)(A) 
may be taken intermittently or on a reduced leave sched-
ule.’’. 
(c) 
SUBSTITUTION
OF
PAID
LEAVE.—Section 
6382(d) of such title is amended by inserting before ‘‘, 
except’’ the following: ‘‘, or for leave provided under sub-
section (a)(3)(A) any of the employee’s accrued or accu-
mulated annual leave under subchapter I for any part of 
the 24-hour period of such leave under such subsection’’. 
(d) NOTICE.—Section 6382(e)(1) of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
‘‘In any case in which an employee requests leave under 
subsection (a)(3)(A), the employee shall provide the em-
ploying agency with not less than seven days’ notice, be-
fore the date the leave is to begin, of the employee’s inten-
tion to take leave under such subsection.’’. 
(e) CERTIFICATION.—Section 6383 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(f) An employing agency may require that a request 
for leave under section 6382(a)(3)(A) be supported by a 
certification issued at such time and in such manner as 
the Office of Personnel Management may by regulation 
prescribe.’’. 
SEC. 114. CLARIFICATION OF ENTITLEMENT TO LEAVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 102(a)(1) of the Family 
and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)) 
and section 6382(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code, are 
each amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraphs: 
‘‘(E) In order to meet routine family med-
ical care needs, including transportation of a 
son or daughter or a grandchild for medical and 
dental appointments for annual checkups and 
vaccinations. 
‘‘(F) In order to meet the routine family 
medical care needs of elderly individuals who 
are related to the eligible employee, including 
visits to nursing homes and group homes.’’. 
(b) SCHEDULE.— 
(1) FAMILY
AND
MEDICAL
LEAVE
ACT
OF 
1993.—The first sentence of section 102(b)(1) of 
such Act (29 U.S.C. 2612(b)(1)) is amended by