I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4576 
To allow Americans to receive paid leave time to process and address their 
own health needs and the health needs of their partners during the 
period following a pregnancy loss, an unsuccessful round of intrauterine 
insemination or of an assisted reproductive technology procedure, a failed 
adoption arrangement, a failed surrogacy arrangement, or a diagnosis 
or event that impacts pregnancy or fertility, to support related research 
and education, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 20, 2021 
Ms. PRESSLEY (for herself, Ms. NORTON, Ms. BUSH, Mr. BOWMAN, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, and Ms. LEE of California) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on House Adminis-
tration, Oversight and Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To allow Americans to receive paid leave time to process 
and address their own health needs and the health needs 
of their partners during the period following a pregnancy 
loss, an unsuccessful round of intrauterine insemination 
or of an assisted reproductive technology procedure, a 
failed adoption arrangement, a failed surrogacy arrange-
ment, or a diagnosis or event that impacts pregnancy 
or fertility, to support related research and education, 
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 ‘‘Support Through Loss 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to allow individuals in the United States to 
receive supplementary paid leave time to process and 
address their own health needs and the health needs 
of their partners during the period following a preg-
nancy loss, an unsuccessful round of intrauterine in-
semination or of an assisted reproductive technology 
procedure, a failed adoption arrangement, a failed 
surrogacy arrangement, or a diagnosis or event that 
impacts pregnancy or fertility; and 
(2) to support related research or education. 
TITLE I—PAID LEAVE 
FOLLOWING A PREGNANCY LOSS 
SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) ASSISTED
REPRODUCTIVE
TECHNOLOGY 
PROCEDURE.—The term ‘‘assisted reproductive tech-
nology procedure’’ has the meaning given the term 
‘‘assisted reproductive technology’’ in section 8 of 
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the Fertility Clinic Success Rate and Certification 
Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 263a–7). 
(2) DOMESTIC PARTNER.—The term ‘‘domestic 
partner’’, used with respect to an unmarried em-
ployee, includes— 
(A) the person recognized as the domestic 
partner of the employee under any domestic 
partnership or civil union law of a State or po-
litical subdivision of a State; and 
(B) an unmarried, adult person who is in 
a committed, personal relationship with the em-
ployee, who is not a domestic partner as de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) to or in such a re-
lationship with any other person, and who is 
designated to the employee’s employer by such 
employee as that employee’s domestic partner. 
(3) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘employee’’ means 
an individual who is— 
(A)(i) an employee, as defined in section 
3(e) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 
(29 U.S.C. 203(e)), who is not covered under 
subparagraph (E), except that a reference in 
such section to an employer shall be considered 
to be a reference to an employer described in 
clauses (i)(I) and (ii) of paragraph (4)(A); or 
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(ii) an employee of the Government Ac-
countability Office; 
(B) a State employee described in section 
304(a) of the Government Employee Rights Act 
of 1991 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–16c(a)); 
(C) a covered employee, as defined in sec-
tion 101 of the Congressional Accountability 
Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301), other than an ap-
plicant for employment; 
(D) a covered employee, as defined in sec-
tion 411(c) of title 3, United States Code, other 
than an applicant for employment; or 
(E) a Federal officer or employee covered 
under subchapter V of chapter 63 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(4) EMPLOYER.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘employer’’ 
means a person who is— 
(i)(I) a covered employer, as defined 
in subparagraph (B), who is not covered 
under subclause (V); 
(II) an entity employing a State em-
ployee described in section 304(a) of the 
Government Employee Rights Act of 1991; 
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(III) an employing office, as defined 
in section 101 of the Congressional Ac-
countability Act of 1995; 
(IV) an employing office, as defined in 
section 411(c) of title 3, United States 
Code; or 
(V) an employing agency covered 
under subchapter V of chapter 63 of title 
5, United States Code; and 
(ii) engaged in commerce (including 
government), or an industry or activity af-
fecting commerce (including government), 
as defined in subparagraph (B)(iii). 
(B) COVERED EMPLOYER.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—In subparagraph 
(A)(i)(I), the term ‘‘covered employer’’— 
(I) means any person engaged in 
commerce or in any industry or activ-
ity affecting commerce who employs 5 
or more employees for each working 
day during each of 20 or more cal-
endar workweeks in the current or 
preceding year; 
(II) includes— 
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(aa) any person who acts, 
directly or indirectly, in the inter-
est of an employer to any of the 
employees of such employer; and 
(bb) any successor in inter-
est of an employer; 
(III) includes any ‘‘public agen-
cy’’, as defined in section 3(x) of the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 
(29 U.S.C. 203(x)); and 
(IV) includes the Government 
Accountability Office. 
(ii) PUBLIC
AGENCY.—For purposes 
of clause (i)(III), a public agency shall be 
considered to be a person engaged in com-
merce or in an industry or activity affect-
ing commerce. 
(iii) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of 
this subparagraph: 
(I) 
COMMERCE.—The 
terms 
‘‘commerce’’ and ‘‘industry or activity 
affecting commerce’’ mean any activ-
ity, business, or industry in commerce 
or in which a labor dispute would 
hinder or obstruct commerce or the 
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free flow of commerce, and include 
‘‘commerce’’ and any ‘‘industry affect-
ing commerce’’, as defined in para-
graphs (1) and (3) of section 501 of 
the Labor Management Relations Act, 
1947 (29 U.S.C. 142 (1) and (3)). 
(II) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘em-
ployee’’ has the same meaning given 
such term in section 3(e) of the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 
U.S.C. 203(e)). 
(III) PERSON.—The term ‘‘per-
son’’ has the same meaning given 
such term in section 3(a) of the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 
U.S.C. 203(a)). 
(C) PREDECESSORS.—Any reference in 
this paragraph to an employer shall include a 
reference to any predecessor of such employer. 
(5) EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.—The term ‘‘em-
ployment benefits’’ means all benefits provided or 
made available to employees by an employer, includ-
ing group life insurance, health insurance, disability 
insurance, sick leave, annual leave, educational bene-
fits, and pensions, regardless of whether such bene-
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fits are provided by a practice or written policy of 
an employer or through an ‘‘employee benefit plan’’, 
as defined in section 3(3) of the Employee Retire-
ment Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 
1002(3)). 
(6) PAID LEAVE TIME.—The term ‘‘paid leave 
time’’ means an increment of compensated leave that 
can be granted to an employee for use during an ab-
sence from employment for any reason described in 
section 102(b). 
(7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Labor. 
(8) SPOUSE.—The term ‘‘spouse’’, with respect 
to an employee, has the meaning given such term by 
the marriage laws of the State in which the mar-
riage was celebrated. 
(9) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 3 of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203). 
(10) UNPAID LEAVE TIME.—The term ‘‘unpaid 
leave time’’ means the leave granted and used in the 
same manner and under the same conditions as paid 
leave time for the purposes of this title, except that 
no compensation shall be paid. 
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SEC. 102. PAID LEAVE TIME. 
(a) GRANTING LEAVE TIME.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An employer shall grant to 
each employee employed by the employer, 24 hours 
of paid leave time on the employee’s first workday 
of each calendar year. The employee shall use the 
paid leave time as needed during that calendar year 
for reasons described in subsection (b). 
(2) CARRYOVER.—Paid leave time granted 
under this section shall not carry over from 1 year 
to the next. 
(3) EMPLOYERS
WITH
EXISTING
POLICIES.— 
Any employer with a paid leave policy who makes 
available an amount of paid leave that is sufficient 
to meet the requirements of this section and that is 
made available for all stated reasons and under all 
stated conditions that are the same as the reasons 
and conditions outlined in subsection (b) shall not be 
required to grant an employee additional paid leave 
time under this section. 
(4) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed as requiring financial or other re-
imbursement to an employee from an employer upon 
the employee’s termination, resignation, retirement, 
or other separation from employment for granted 
paid leave time that has not been used. 
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(5) PROHIBITION.—An employer may not re-
quire, as a condition of providing paid leave time 
under this title, that the employee involved search 
for or find a replacement employee to cover the 
hours during which the employee is using paid leave 
time. 
(b) USES.—Paid leave time granted under this sec-
tion may be used by an employee for either of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) An absence resulting from— 
(A) a pregnancy loss; 
(B) an unsuccessful round of intrauterine 
insemination or of an assisted reproductive 
technology procedure; 
(C) a failed adoption match or an adoption 
that is not finalized because it is contested by 
another party; 
(D) a failed surrogacy arrangement; or 
(E) a diagnosis or event that impacts preg-
nancy or fertility. 
(2) An absence to care for a spouse or domestic 
partner who experiences a circumstance described in 
paragraph (1). 
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(c) PROCEDURES.—Paid leave time shall be provided 
upon the oral or written request of an employee. Such re-
quest shall— 
(1) include the expected duration of the period 
of such time; and 
(2) be provided as soon as practicable after the 
employee is aware of the need for such period. 
SEC. 103. NOTICE REQUIREMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Each employer shall notify each 
employee and include in any employee handbook the infor-
mation described in paragraphs (1) through (3). Each em-
ployer shall post and keep posted a notice, to be prepared 
or approved in accordance with procedures specified in 
regulations prescribed under section 110, setting forth ex-
cerpts from, or summaries of, the pertinent provisions of 
this title including— 
(1) information describing paid leave time avail-
able to employees under this title; 
(2) information pertaining to the filing of an 
action under this title; and 
(3) information that describes— 
(A) the protections that an employee has 
in exercising rights under this title; and 
(B) how the employee can contact the Sec-
retary (or other appropriate authority as de-
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scribed in section 105) if any of the rights are 
violated. 
(b) LOCATION.—The notice described under sub-
section (a) shall be posted— 
(1) in conspicuous places on the premises of the 
employer, where notices to employees (including ap-
plicants) are customarily posted; or 
(2) in employee handbooks. 
(c) VIOLATION; PENALTY.—Any employer who will-
fully violates the posting requirements of this section shall 
be subject to a civil fine in an amount not to exceed $100 
for each separate offense. 
SEC. 104. PROHIBITED ACTS. 
(a) INTERFERENCE WITH RIGHTS.— 
(1) EXERCISE OF RIGHTS.—It shall be unlawful 
for any employer to interfere with, restrain, or deny 
the exercise of, or the attempt to exercise, any right 
provided under this title, including— 
(A) discharging or discriminating against 
(including retaliating against) any individual, 
including a job applicant, for exercising, or at-
tempting to exercise, any right provided under 
this title; 
(B) using the taking of paid leave time or 
unpaid leave time under this title as a negative 
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factor in an employment action, such as hiring, 
promotion, reducing hours or number of shifts, 
or a disciplinary action; or 
(C) counting the paid leave time or unpaid 
leave time under a no-fault attendance policy or 
any other absence control policy. 
(2) DISCRIMINATION.—It shall be unlawful for 
any employer to discharge or in any other manner 
discriminate against (including retaliating against) 
any individual, including a job applicant, for oppos-
ing any practice made unlawful by this title. 
(b) INTERFERENCE WITH PROCEEDINGS OR INQUIR-
IES.—It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge or 
in any other manner discriminate against (including retali-
ating against) any individual, including a job applicant, 
because such individual— 
(1) has filed an action, or has instituted or 
caused to be instituted any proceeding, under or re-
lated to this title; 
(2) has given, or is about to give, any informa-
tion in connection with any inquiry or proceeding re-
lating to any right provided under this title; or 
(3) has testified, or is about to testify, in any 
inquiry or proceeding relating to any right provided 
under this title. 
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(c) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to state or imply that the scope of the activities 
prohibited by section 105 of the Family and Medical Leave 
Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2615) or the Civil Rights Act of 
1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000a et seq.) is less than the scope of 
the activities prohibited by this section or is otherwise al-
tered by the activities prohibited by this section. 
SEC. 105. ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection— 
(A) the term ‘‘employee’’ means an em-
ployee described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of 
section 101(3); and 
(B) the term ‘‘employer’’ means an em-
ployer described in subclause (I) or (II) of sec-
tion 101(4)(A)(i). 
(2) INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—To ensure compliance 
with the provisions of this title, or any regula-
tion or order issued under this title, the Sec-
retary shall have, subject to subparagraph (C), 
the investigative authority provided under sec-
tion 11(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 211(a)), with respect to em-
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ployers, employees, and other individuals af-
fected. 
(B) OBLIGATION TO KEEP AND PRESERVE 
RECORDS.—An employer shall make, keep, and 
preserve records pertaining to compliance with 
this title in accordance with section 11(c) of the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
211(c)) and in accordance with regulations pre-
scribed by the Secretary. 
(C) REQUIRED
SUBMISSIONS
GENERALLY 
LIMITED TO AN ANNUAL BASIS.—The Secretary 
shall not require, under the authority of this 
paragraph, an employer to submit to the Sec-
retary any books or records more than once 
during any 12-month period, unless the Sec-
retary has reasonable cause to believe there 
may exist a violation of this title or any regula-
tion or order issued pursuant to this title, or is 
investigating a charge pursuant to paragraph 
(4). 
(D) SUBPOENA AUTHORITY.—For the pur-
poses of any investigation provided for in this 
paragraph, the Secretary shall have the sub-
poena authority provided for under section 9 of 
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the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 
U.S.C. 209). 
(3) CIVIL ACTION BY EMPLOYEES OR INDIVID-
UALS.— 
(A) RIGHT OF ACTION.—An action to re-
cover the damages or equitable relief prescribed 
in subparagraph (B) may be maintained 
against any employer in any Federal or State 
court of competent jurisdiction by one or more 
employees or individuals or their representative 
for and on behalf of— 
(i) the employees or individuals; or 
(ii) the employees or individuals and 
others similarly situated. 
(B) LIABILITY.—Any employer who vio-
lates section 104 (including a violation relating 
to rights provided under section 102) shall be 
liable to any employee or individual affected— 
(i) for damages equal to— 
(I) the amount of— 
(aa) any wages, salary, em-
ployment benefits, or other com-
pensation denied or lost by rea-
son of the violation; or 
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(bb) in a case in which 
wages, salary, employment bene-
fits, or other compensation have 
not been denied or lost, any ac-
tual monetary losses sustained as 
a direct result of the violation up 
to a sum equal to 24 hours of 
wages or salary for the employee 
or individual; 
(II) the interest on the amount 
described in subclause (I) calculated 
at the prevailing rate; and 
(III) an additional amount as liq-
uidated damages; and 
(ii) for such equitable relief as may be 
appropriate, including employment, rein-
statement, and promotion. 
(C) FEES AND COSTS.—The court in an 
action under this paragraph shall, in addition to 
any judgment awarded to the plaintiff, allow a 
reasonable attorney’s fee, reasonable expert wit-
ness fees, and other costs of the action to be 
paid by the defendant. 
(4) ACTION BY THE SECRETARY.— 
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(A) ADMINISTRATIVE
ACTION.—The Sec-
retary shall receive, investigate, and attempt to 
resolve complaints of violations of section 104 
(including a violation relating to rights provided 
under section 102) in the same manner that the 
Secretary receives, investigates, and attempts to 
resolve complaints of violations of sections 6 
and 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 
(29 U.S.C. 206 and 207). 
(B) CIVIL
ACTION.—The Secretary may 
bring an action in any court of competent juris-
diction to recover the damages described in 
paragraph (3)(B)(i). 
(C) SUMS RECOVERED.—Any sums recov-
ered by the Secretary pursuant to subparagraph 
(B) shall be held in a special deposit account 
and shall be paid, on order of the Secretary, di-
rectly to each employee or individual affected. 
Any such sums not paid to an employee or indi-
vidual affected because of inability to do so 
within a period of 3 years shall be deposited 
into the Treasury of the United States as mis-
cellaneous receipts. 
(5) LIMITATION.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), an action may be brought 
under paragraph (3), (4), or (6) not later than 
2 years after the date of the last event consti-
tuting the alleged violation for which the action 
is brought. 
(B) WILLFUL VIOLATION.—In the case of 
an action brought for a willful violation of sec-
tion 104 (including a willful violation relating to 
rights provided under section 102), such action 
may be brought within 3 years of the date of 
the last event constituting the alleged violation 
for which such action is brought. 
(C) 
COMMENCEMENT.—In 
determining 
when an action is commenced under paragraph 
(3), (4), or (6) for the purposes of this para-
graph, it shall be considered to be commenced 
on the date when the complaint is filed. 
(6) ACTION FOR INJUNCTION BY SECRETARY.— 
The district courts of the United States shall have 
jurisdiction, for cause shown, in an action brought 
by the Secretary— 
(A) to restrain violations of section 104 
(including a violation relating to rights provided 
under section 102), including the restraint of 
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any withholding of payment of wages, salary, 
employment benefits, or other compensation, 
plus interest, found by the court to be due to 
employees or individuals eligible under this title; 
or 
(B) to award such other equitable relief as 
may be appropriate, including employment, re-
instatement, and promotion. 
(7) SOLICITOR
OF
LABOR.—The Solicitor of 
Labor may appear for and represent the Secretary 
on any litigation brought under paragraph (4) or 
(6). 
(8) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this sub-
section, in the case of the Government Account-
ability Office, the authority of the Secretary of 
Labor under this subsection shall be exercised by the 
Comptroller General of the United States. 
(b) EMPLOYEES COVERED BY CONGRESSIONAL AC-
COUNTABILITY ACT OF 1995.—The powers, remedies, and 
procedures provided in the Congressional Accountability 
Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) to the Board (as de-
fined in section 101 of that Act (2 U.S.C. 1301)), or any 
person, alleging a violation of section 202(a)(1) of that 
Act (2 U.S.C. 1312(a)(1)) shall be the powers, remedies, 
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and procedures this title provides to that Board, or any 
person, alleging an unlawful employment practice in viola-
tion of this title against an employee described in section 
101(3)(C). 
(c) EMPLOYEES COVERED BY CHAPTER 5 OF TITLE 
3, UNITED STATES CODE.—The powers, remedies, and 
procedures provided in chapter 5 of title 3, United States 
Code, to the President, the Merit Systems Protection 
Board, or any person, alleging a violation of section 
412(a)(1) of that title, shall be the powers, remedies, and 
procedures this title provides to the President, that Board, 
or any person, respectively, alleging an unlawful employ-
ment practice in violation of this title against an employee 
described in section 101(3)(D). 
(d) EMPLOYEES COVERED BY CHAPTER 63 OF TITLE 
5, UNITED STATES CODE.—The powers, remedies, and 
procedures provided in title 5, United States Code, to an 
employing agency, provided in chapter 12 of that title to 
the Merit Systems Protection Board, or provided in that 
title to any person, alleging a violation of chapter 63 of 
that title, shall be the powers, remedies, and procedures 
this title provides to that agency, that Board, or any per-
son, respectively, alleging an unlawful employment prac-
tice in violation of this title against an employee described 
in section 101(3)(E). 
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