Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. References. 
DIVISION A—PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY FAMILY AND 
MEDICAL LEAVE EXPANSION ACT 
Sec. 101. Short title. 
Sec. 102. Amendments to the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. 
Sec. 103. Employment under multiemployer bargaining agreements. 
Sec. 104. Regulatory authority. 
DIVISION B—PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PAID SICK LEAVE 
ACT 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Sec. 202. Paid sick time requirement. 
Sec. 203. Notice. 
Sec. 204. Prohibited acts. 
Sec. 205. Enforcement. 
Sec. 206. Employment under multiemployer bargaining agreements. 
Sec. 207. Rules of construction. 
Sec. 208. Definitions. 
Sec. 209. Regulatory authority. 
DIVISION C—TAX CREDITS FOR REQUIRED PAID PUBLIC HEALTH 
EMERGENCY LEAVE 
Sec. 301. Payroll credit for required paid public health emergency sick leave. 
Sec. 302. Credit for public health emergency sick leave for certain self-employed 
individuals. 
Sec. 303. Payroll credit for required paid public health emergency family leave. 
Sec. 304. Credit for public health emergency family leave for certain self-em-
ployed individuals. 
Sec. 305. Special rule related to tax on employers. 
SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 
to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall 
be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi-
sion. 
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DIVISION 
A—PUBLIC 
HEALTH 
EMERGENCY 
FAMILY 
AND 
MEDICAL LEAVE EXPANSION 
ACT 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as ‘‘Public Health Emergency 
Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act’’. 
SEC. 102. AMENDMENTS TO THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL 
LEAVE ACT OF 1993. 
(a) PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY LEAVE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 102(a) of the Fam-
ily and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 
2612(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(6) PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY LEAVE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible employee 
shall be entitled to the number of workweeks of 
leave determined under section 111(b)(3) be-
cause of a qualifying need related to a public 
health emergency in accordance with section 
111.’’. 
(2) 
PAID
LEAVE
REQUIREMENT.—Section 
102(c) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 
(29 U.S.C. 2612(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘under 
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subsection (a)(1)(F)’’ and inserting ‘‘under sub-
sections (a)(1)(F) and (a)(1)(G)’’. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Title I of the Family and Med-
ical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611 et seq.) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 111. PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY LEAVE. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—The following shall apply with 
respect to leave under section 102(a)(6): 
‘‘(1) APPLICATION OF CERTAIN TERMS.—The 
definitions in section 101 shall apply, except as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE.—In lieu of the 
definition 
in 
sections 
101(2)(A) 
and 
101(2)(B)(ii), the term ‘eligible employee’ 
means an employee who has been employed for 
at least 30 calendar days by the employer with 
respect to whom leave is requested under sec-
tion 102(a)(6). 
‘‘(B) 
EMPLOYER
THRESHOLD.—Section 
101(4)(A)(i) shall be applied by substituting ‘1 
or more employees’ for ‘50 or more employees 
for each working day during each of 20 or more 
calendar workweeks in the current or preceding 
calendar year’. 
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‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—In addition to 
the definitions described in paragraph (1), the fol-
lowing definitions shall apply with respect to leave 
under section 102(a)(6): 
‘‘(A) QUALIFYING
NEED
RELATED
TO
A 
PUBLIC
HEALTH
EMERGENCY.—The 
term 
‘qualifying need related to a public health emer-
gency’, with respect to leave, means the em-
ployee has a need for leave because the em-
ployee is caring for a child or family member of 
such employee due to disruptions to childcare, 
school, or caregiver services as a result of a 
public health emergency. 
‘‘(B) PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.—The 
term ‘public health emergency’ means an emer-
gency with respect to an infectious disease de-
clared by the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services on or after January 1, 2022. 
‘‘(C) CHILD.—The term ‘child’ means a bi-
ological, foster, or adopted child, a stepchild, a 
child of a domestic partner, a legal ward, or a 
child of a person standing in loco parentis 
under 18 years of age. 
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‘‘(D) FAMILY MEMBER.—The term ‘family 
member’, with respect to an employee, means 
the following: 
‘‘(i) A spouse or domestic partner. 
‘‘(ii) A son or daughter. 
‘‘(iii) A son-in-law or daughter-in-law. 
‘‘(iv) A parent. 
‘‘(v) A parent-in-law. 
‘‘(vi) A grandchild. 
‘‘(vii) A sibling. 
‘‘(viii) An uncle or aunt. 
‘‘(ix) A nephew or niece. 
‘‘(x) Any other individual whose close 
association is the equivalent of a family re-
lationship with the employee. 
‘‘(E) DOMESTIC PARTNER.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘domes-
tic partner’, with respect to an individual, 
means another individual with whom the 
individual is in a committed relationship. 
‘‘(ii) COMMITTED RELATIONSHIP DE-
FINED.—The term ‘committed relationship’ 
means a relationship between individuals, 
each at least 18 years of age, in which 
each individual is the other individual’s 
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sole domestic partner and both individuals 
share responsibility for a significant meas-
ure of each other’s common welfare. The 
term includes any such relationship be-
tween 2 individuals that is granted legal 
recognition by a State or political subdivi-
sion of a State as a marriage or analogous 
relationship, including a civil union or do-
mestic partnership. 
‘‘(F) SCHOOL.—The term ‘school’ means 
an ‘elementary school’ or ‘secondary school’ as 
such terms are defined in section 8101 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
‘‘(b) PAID LEAVE.— 
‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY OF PAID LEAVE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—An employer shall 
provide paid leave for each day of leave under 
section 102(a)(6) that an employee takes. 
‘‘(B) CALCULATION.—Paid leave under 
subparagraph (A) for an employee shall be cal-
culated based on— 
‘‘(i) the employee’s regular rate of pay 
(as determined under section 7(e) of the 
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