I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7233 
To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to allow employees 
to take, as additional leave, parental involvement leave to participate 
in or attend their children’s and grandchildren’s educational and extra-
curricular activities and to clarify that leave may be taken for routine 
family medical needs and to assist elderly relatives, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2008 
Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, 
Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, 
and Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to 
the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform and House Admin-
istration, 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 to 
allow employees to take, as additional leave, parental 
involvement leave to participate in or attend their chil-
dren’s and grandchildren’s educational and extra-
curricular activities and to clarify that leave may be 
taken for routine family medical needs and to assist 
elderly relatives, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Family and Medical 
Leave Enhancement Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE. 
Section 101(2)(B)(ii) of the Family and Medical 
Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611(2)(B)(ii)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘less than 50’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘fewer than 25’’. 
SEC. 3. ENTITLEMENT TO ADDITIONAL LEAVE FOR PAREN-
TAL 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: 
‘‘(5) ENTITLEMENT TO ADDITIONAL LEAVE FOR 
PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B) and section 103(g), an eligible em-
ployee shall be entitled to leave under this para-
graph to participate in or attend an activity 
that— 
‘‘(i) is sponsored by a school or com-
munity organization; and 
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‘‘(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) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—An eligible em-
ployee is entitled to— 
‘‘(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. 
‘‘(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) 
SCHOOL.—The 
term 
‘school’ 
means an elementary school or secondary 
school (as such terms are defined in sec-
tion 9101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801)), a Head Start program assisted 
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