(g) INSTRUCTIONAL EMPLOYEES.—Section 108 of 
such Act (29 U.S.C. 2618) is amended, in subsections 
(c)(1), (d)(2), and (d)(3), by inserting ‘‘or under section 
102(a)(3)’’ after ‘‘section 102(a)(1)’’. 
SEC. 3. SERVICEMEMBER FAMILY LEAVE FOR CIVIL SERV-
ICE EMPLOYEES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 6381 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) the term ‘active duty’ means duty under a 
call or order to active duty under a provision of law 
referred to in section 101(a)(13)(B) of title 10, 
United States Code; 
‘‘(8) the term ‘covered servicemember’ means a 
member of the Armed Forces, including a member 
of the National Guard or a Reserve, who is under-
going medical treatment, recuperation, or therapy, is 
otherwise in medical hold or medical holdover status, 
or is otherwise on the temporary disability retired 
list, for a serious injury or illness; 
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‘‘(9) the term ‘medical hold or medical holdover 
status’ means— 
‘‘(A) the status of a member of the Armed 
Forces, including a member of the National 
Guard or a Reserve, assigned or attached to a 
military hospital for medical care; and 
‘‘(B) the status of a member of a reserve 
component of the Armed Forces who is sepa-
rated, whether pre-deployment or post-deploy-
ment, from the member’s unit while in need of 
health care based on a medical condition identi-
fied while the member is on active duty in the 
Armed Forces; 
‘‘(10) the term ‘next of kin’, used with respect 
to an individual, means the nearest blood relative of 
that individual; and 
‘‘(11) the term ‘serious injury or illness’, in the 
case of a member of the Armed Forces, means an 
injury or illness incurred by the member in line of 
duty on active duty in the Armed Forces that may 
render the member medically unfit to perform the 
duties of the member’s office, grade, rank, or rat-
ing.’’. 
(b) ENTITLEMENT TO LEAVE.—Section 6382(a) of 
such title is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(3) Subject to section 6383, an employee who 
is the spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin 
of a covered servicemember shall be entitled to a 
total of 26 administrative workweeks of leave during 
a 12-month period to care for the servicemember. 
The leave described in this paragraph shall only be 
available during a single 12-month period. 
‘‘(4) During the single 12-month period de-
scribed in paragraph (3), an employee shall be enti-
tled to a combined total of 26 administrative work-
weeks of leave under paragraphs (1) and (3). Noth-
ing in this paragraph shall be construed to limit the 
availability of leave under paragraph (1) during any 
other 12-month period.’’. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO LEAVE.— 
(1) SCHEDULE.—Section 6382(b) of such title 
is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), in the second sen-
tence— 
(i) by striking ‘‘section 6383(b)(5)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(5) or (f) (as 
appropriate) of section 6383’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or under subsection 
(a)(3)’’ after ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’; and 
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(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or 
under subsection (a)(3)’’ after ‘‘subsection 
(a)(1)’’. 
(2) SUBSTITUTION
OF
PAID
LEAVE.—Section 
6382(d) of such title is amended by adding at the 
end the following: ‘‘An employee may elect to sub-
stitute for leave under subsection (a)(3) any of the 
employee’s accrued or accumulated annual or sick 
leave under subchapter I for any part of the 26-week 
period of leave under such subsection.’’. 
(3) NOTICE.—Section 6382(e) of such title is 
amended by inserting ‘‘or under subsection (a)(3)’’ 
after ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’. 
(d) CERTIFICATION.—Section 6383 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) An employing agency may require that a request 
for leave under section 6382(a)(3) be supported by a cer-
tification issued at such time and in such manner as the 
Office of Personnel Management may by regulation pre-
scribe.’’. 
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