I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1002 
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, or adult child, or another related individual, who has a serious 
health condition, and to allow employees to take, as additional leave, 
parental involvement and family wellness leave to participate in or attend 
their children’s and grandchildren’s educational and extracurricular ac-
tivities or meet family care needs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2025 
Mrs. HAYES (for herself, Ms. NORTON, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. 
DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. BEYER, Ms. STANSBURY, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCOR-
MICK, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. CASTEN, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. CLARKE of New 
York, Mr. FROST, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MAGAZINER, Mr. GARCI´A of Illi-
nois, Mr. DELUZIO, Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, Mr. SMITH of Wash-
ington, Mr. CARSON, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. EVANS of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
DELAURO, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. GOMEZ, Ms. PRESSLEY, 
Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. OLSZEWSKI, Ms. MCBRIDE, Ms. UNDER-
WOOD, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mr. COHEN, Mrs. MCIVER, Mr. MCGARVEY, and 
Ms. OMAR) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and 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 com-
mittee 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, or adult child, 
or another related individual, who has a serious health 
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condition, and to allow employees to take, as additional 
leave, parental involvement and family wellness leave to 
participate in or attend their children’s and grand-
children’s educational and extracurricular activities or 
meet family care needs. 
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 ‘‘Caring for All Families 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LEAVE TO CARE FOR A DOMESTIC PARTNER, SON- 
IN-LAW, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, PARENT-IN-LAW, 
ADULT CHILD, GRANDPARENT, GRANDCHILD, 
OR SIBLING OF THE EMPLOYEE, OR AN-
OTHER RELATED INDIVIDUAL. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) INCLUSION
OF
RELATED
INDIVIDUALS.— 
Section 101 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 
1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(20) ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL WHOSE CLOSE 
ASSOCIATION IS THE EQUIVALENT OF A FAMILY RE-
LATIONSHIP.—The term ‘any other individual whose 
close association is the equivalent of a family rela-
tionship’, used with respect to an employee or a cov-
ered servicemember, means any person with whom 
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or daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, 
parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, 
sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece, with 
a serious health condition, of the employee, or 
an individual, with a serious health condition, 
who is any other individual whose close associa-
tion is the equivalent of a family relationship 
with the employee, as appropriate, or will assist 
in the recovery,’’. 
(d) EMPLOYMENT AND BENEFITS PROTECTION.— 
Section 104(c)(3) of the Family and Medical Leave Act 
of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2614(c)(3)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ‘‘son, 
daughter, spouse, or parent of the employee, as ap-
propriate,’’ and inserting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in- 
law or daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, 
parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sib-
ling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece of the em-
ployee, or any other individual whose close associa-
tion is the equivalent of a family relationship with 
the employee, as appropriate,’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking ‘‘son, 
daughter, spouse, or parent’’ and inserting ‘‘employ-
ee’s son or daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, 
spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, 
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grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or 
nephew or niece, or (with relation to the employee) 
any other individual whose close association is the 
equivalent of a family relationship, as appropriate,’’. 
SEC. 3. LEAVE TO CARE FOR A DOMESTIC PARTNER, SON- 
IN-LAW, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, PARENT-IN-LAW, 
ADULT CHILD, GRANDPARENT, GRANDCHILD, 
OR SIBLING OF THE EMPLOYEE, OR AN-
OTHER RELATED INDIVIDUAL FOR FEDERAL 
EMPLOYEES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) INCLUSION OF A DOMESTIC PARTNER, SON- 
IN-LAW, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, PARENT-IN-LAW, ADULT 
CHILD, GRANDPARENT, GRANDCHILD, OR
SIBLING 
OF
THE
EMPLOYEE, 
OR
ANOTHER
INDIVIDUAL 
WHOSE CLOSE ASSOCIATION IS THE EQUIVALENT OF 
A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP.—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 ‘any other individual whose 
close association is the equivalent of a family rela-
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tionship’, used with respect to an employee or a cov-
ered servicemember, means any person with whom 
the employee or covered servicemember, as the case 
may be, has a significant personal bond that is or 
is like a family relationship, regardless of biological 
or legal relationship; 
‘‘(14) the term ‘domestic partner’, used with re-
spect to an employee or a covered servicemember, 
means— 
‘‘(A) the person recognized as the domestic 
partner of the employee or covered servicemem-
ber under any domestic partnership or civil 
union law of a State or political subdivision of 
a State; or 
‘‘(B) in the case of an unmarried employee 
or covered servicemember, an unmarried adult 
person who is in a committed, personal relation-
ship with the employee or covered servicemem-
ber, is not a domestic partner as described in 
subparagraph (A) to or in such a relationship 
with any other person, and who is designated to 
the employing agency by such employee or cov-
ered service member as the domestic partner of 
that employee or covered servicemember; 
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‘‘(15) the term ‘grandchild’, used with respect 
to an employee or a covered servicemember, means 
the son or daughter of a son or daughter of the em-
ployee or covered service member; 
‘‘(16) the term ‘grandparent’, used with respect 
to an employee or a covered servicemember, means 
a parent of a parent of the employee or covered serv-
ice member; 
‘‘(17) the terms ‘nephew’ and ‘niece’, used with 
respect to an employee or a covered servicemember, 
mean a son or daughter of the sibling of the em-
ployee or covered service member; 
‘‘(18) the term ‘parent-in-law’, used with re-
spect to an employee or a covered servicemember, 
means a parent of the spouse or domestic partner of 
the employee or covered service member; 
‘‘(19) the term ‘sibling’, used with respect to an 
employee or a covered servicemember, means any 
person who is a son or daughter of parent of the em-
ployee or covered service member (other than the 
employee or covered servicemember); 
‘‘(20) the terms ‘son-in-law’ and ‘daughter-in- 
law’, used with respect to an employee or a covered 
servicemember, mean any person who is a spouse or 
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domestic partner of a son or daughter, as the case 
may be, of the employee or covered service member; 
‘‘(21) the term ‘State’ has the same meaning 
given the term in section 3 of the Fair Labor Stand-
ards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203); and 
‘‘(22) terms ‘uncle’ and ‘aunt’, used with re-
spect to an employee or a covered servicemember, 
mean the son or daughter, as the case may be, of 
the grandparent of the employee or covered service-
member (other than the parent of the employee or 
covered service member).’’. 
(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)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent, of 
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the employee, if such spouse, son, daugh-
ter, or parent’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or 
domestic partner, or a son or daughter, 
son-in-law or daughter-in-law, parent, par-
ent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sib-
ling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece of 
the employee, or any other individual 
whose close association with the employee 
is the equivalent of a family relationship, if 
such spouse, domestic partner, son or 
daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, 
parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grand-
child, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or 
niece, or such other individual’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (E), by striking 
‘‘spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent of 
the employee’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or do-
mestic partner, or a son or daughter, son- 
in-law or daughter-in-law, parent, parent- 
in-law, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, 
or nephew or niece of the employee, or any 
other individual whose close association is 
the equivalent of a family relationship with 
the employee’’; and 
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(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘spouse, 
son, daughter, parent, or next of kin of a cov-
ered servicemember’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or 
domestic partner, son or daughter, son-in-law 
or 
daughter-in-law, 
parent, 
parent-in-law, 
grandparent, sibling, uncle or aunt, nephew or 
niece, or next of kin of a covered servicemem-
ber, or any other individual whose close associa-
tion is the equivalent of a family relationship 
with the covered servicemember’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘son, 
daughter, spouse, parent, or covered service-
member of the employee, as appropriate’’ and 
inserting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in-law or 
daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, 
parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, 
sibling, uncle or aunt, nephew or niece, or cov-
ered servicemember of the employee, or any 
other individual whose close association is the 
equivalent of a family relationship with the em-
ployee, as appropriate’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘spouse, 
or a son, daughter, or parent, of the employee’’ 
and inserting ‘‘spouse or domestic partner, or a 
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son or daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, 
parent, parent-in-law, grandchild, sibling, uncle 
or aunt, or nephew or niece of the employee, or 
any other individual whose close association is 
the equivalent of a family relationship with the 
employee, as appropriate,’’. 
(c) CERTIFICATION.—Section 6383 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘son, daugh-
ter, spouse, or parent of the employee, as appro-
priate’’ and inserting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in-law 
or daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, par-
ent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, 
uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece of the employee, 
or any other individual whose close association is the 
equivalent of a family relationship with the em-
ployee, as appropriate’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(4)(A), by striking ‘‘son, 
daughter, 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 in-
serting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in- 
law, spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in- 
law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, 
or nephew or niece of the employee, or any other in-
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dividual whose close association is the equivalent of 
a family relationship with the employee, as appro-
priate, and an estimate of the amount of time that 
such employee is needed to care for such son or 
daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, spouse or 
domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grand-
parent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew 
or niece, or such other individual’’. 
SEC. 4. 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)), as amended by section 2(b), is further amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-
graph (6); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) ENTITLEMENT TO ADDITIONAL LEAVE FOR 
PARENTAL
INVOLVEMENT
AND
FAMILY 
WELLNESS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B) and section 103(g), an eligible em-
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ployee shall be entitled to leave under this para-
graph 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 by attending medical and 
dental appointments of the employee or a 
son or daughter, spouse or domestic part-
ner, or grandchild of the employee) or at-
tend to the care needs of an elderly indi-
vidual who is any other individual whose 
close association is the equivalent of a fam-
ily relationship with the employee (includ-
ing by making visits to nursing homes or 
group homes). 
‘‘(B) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—An eligible em-
ployee shall be entitled to— 
‘‘(I) not to exceed 4 hours of 
leave under this paragraph during any 
30-day period; and 
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‘‘(II) not to exceed 24 hours of 
leave under this paragraph during any 
12-month period described in para-
graph (4). 
‘‘(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) 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 sec-
tion 101(12), such as a scouting or sports 
organization. 
‘‘(ii) 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. 
7801)), a Head Start program assisted 
under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 
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et seq.), and a child care facility licensed 
under State law.’’. 
(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: ‘‘Subject to sub-
section (e)(4) and section 103(g), leave under subsection 
(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.— 
‘‘(i) VACATION
LEAVE; 
PERSONAL 
LEAVE; FAMILY
LEAVE.—An eligible em-
ployee may elect, or an employer may re-
quire the employee, to substitute any of 
the accrued paid vacation leave, personal 
leave, or family leave of the employee for 
any part of the period of leave under sub-
section (a)(5). 
‘‘(ii) MEDICAL OR SICK LEAVE.—An 
eligible employee may elect, or an employer 
may require the employee, to substitute 
any of the accrued paid medical or sick 
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leave of the employee for any part of the 
period of leave provided under clause (ii) of 
subsection (a)(5)(A), except that nothing 
in this title shall require an employer to 
provide paid sick leave or paid medical 
leave in any situation in which such em-
ployer would not normally provide any 
such paid leave. 
‘‘(iii) PROHIBITION ON RESTRICTIONS 
AND LIMITATIONS.—If the employee elects 
or the employer requires the substitution 
of accrued paid leave for leave under sub-
section (a)(5), the employer shall not re-
strict or limit the leave that may be sub-
stituted or impose any additional terms 
and conditions on the substitution of such 
leave that are more stringent for the em-
ployee than the terms and conditions set 
forth in this Act.’’. 
(d) NOTICE.—Section 102(e) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
2612(e)), as amended by section 2(b), is further amended 
by adding at the end the following 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 (if such notice is imprac-
ticable) such notice as is practicable, before the 
date the leave is to begin, of the employee’s in-
tention to take leave under such paragraph; and 
‘‘(B) in the case of leave to be taken under 
subsection (a)(5)(A)(ii), make a reasonable ef-
fort to schedule the activity or care involved 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 103 of such Act (29 
U.S.C. 2613) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing 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. 5. ENTITLEMENT OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES TO LEAVE 
FOR PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND FAMILY 
WELLNESS. 
(a) LEAVE REQUIREMENT.—Section 6382(a) of title 
5, United States Code, as amended by section 3(b), is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(5)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B) 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 
(including by attending medical and dental appoint-
ments of the employee or a son or daughter, spouse 
or domestic partner, or grandchild of the employee) 
or to attend to the care needs of an elderly indi-
vidual who is any other individual whose close asso-
ciation is the equivalent of a family relationship with 
the employee (including by making visits to nursing 
homes and group homes). 
‘‘(B)(i) An employee is entitled to— 
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‘‘(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 described in 
paragraph (4). 
‘‘(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 ‘community organization’ means a 
private nonprofit organization that is representative 
of a community or a significant segment of a com-
munity and provides activities for individuals de-
scribed in section 6381(6), such as a scouting or 
sports organization; and 
‘‘(ii) 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 (20 U.S.C. 7801)), a 
Head Start program assisted under the Head Start 
Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), and a child care facil-
ity licensed under State law.’’. 
(b) SCHEDULE.—Section 6382(b)(1) of such title is 
amended— 
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(1) by inserting after the third sentence the fol-
lowing new sentence: ‘‘Subject to subsection (e)(4) 
and section 6383(f), 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 
under subsection (a)(5), for purposes of the 30-day 
or 12-month period involved),’’. 
(c) 
SUBSTITUTION
OF
PAID
LEAVE.—Section 
6382(d) of such title is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(3) An employee may elect to substitute for any part 
of the period of leave under subsection (a)(5), any of the 
employee’s accrued or accumulated annual or sick leave. 
If the employee elects the substitution of that accrued or 
accumulated annual or sick leave for leave under sub-
section (a)(5), the employing agency shall not restrict or 
limit the leave that may be substituted or impose any addi-
tional terms and conditions on the substitution of such 
leave that are more stringent for the employee than the 
terms and conditions set forth in this subchapter.’’. 
(d) NOTICE.—Section 6382(e) of such title, as 
amended by section 3(b)(2), is further amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(4) 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, or (if such notice is impracti-
cable) such notice as is practicable, before the date 
the leave is to begin, of the employee’s intention to 
take leave under such paragraph; and 
‘‘(B) in the case of leave to be taken under sub-
section (a)(5)(A)(ii), make a reasonable effort to 
schedule the activity or care involved so as not to 
disrupt unduly the operations of the employing agen-
cy, subject to the approval of the health care pro-
vider involved (if any).’’. 
(e) CERTIFICATION.—Section 6383(f) of such title is 
amended by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(E) or (3) of’’ and 
inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(E), (3) or (5) of’’. 
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