(e) REMEDIES FOR STATE EMPLOYEES.— 
(1) WAIVER
OF
SOVEREIGN
IMMUNITY.—A 
State’s receipt or use of Federal financial assistance 
for any program or activity of a State shall con-
stitute a waiver of sovereign immunity, under the 
11th Amendment to the Constitution or otherwise, 
to a suit brought by an employee of that program 
or activity under this title for equitable, legal, or 
other relief authorized under this title. 
(2) OFFICIAL CAPACITY.—An official of a State 
may be sued in the official capacity of the official by 
any employee who has complied with the procedures 
under subsection (a)(3), for injunctive relief that is 
authorized under this title. In such a suit the court 
may award to the prevailing party those costs au-
thorized by section 722 of the Revised Statutes (42 
U.S.C. 1988). 
(3) APPLICABILITY.—With respect to a par-
ticular program or activity, paragraph (1) applies to 
conduct occurring on or after the day, after the date 
of enactment of this title, on which a State first re-
ceives or uses Federal financial assistance for that 
program or activity. 
(4) DEFINITION OF PROGRAM OR ACTIVITY.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘‘program or activity’’ has 
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the meaning given the term in section 606 of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d–4a). 
SEC. 106. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR EDU-
CATION AND OUTREACH. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of Labor such sums as may be necessary in order 
that the Secretary may conduct a public awareness cam-
paign to educate and inform the public of the require-
ments for paid leave time required by this title. 
SEC. 107. EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS. 
(a) FEDERAL
AND
STATE
ANTIDISCRIMINATION 
LAWS.—Nothing in this title shall be construed to modify 
or affect any Federal or State law prohibiting discrimina-
tion on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, 
sex, age, or disability. 
(b) FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS.—Nothing 
in this title shall be construed to supersede (including pre-
empting) any provision of any Federal, State, or local law 
that provides greater paid or unpaid family or medical 
leave rights than the rights established under this title. 
SEC. 108. EFFECT ON EXISTING EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. 
(a) MORE PROTECTIVE.—Nothing in this title shall 
be construed to diminish the obligation of an employer to 
comply with any contract, collective bargaining agreement, 
or any employment benefit program or plan that provides 
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greater paid leave or other leave rights to employees or 
individuals than the rights established under this title. 
(b) LESS PROTECTIVE.—The rights established for 
employees under this title shall not be diminished by any 
contract, collective bargaining agreement, or any employ-
ment benefit program or plan. 
SEC. 109. ENCOURAGEMENT OF MORE GENEROUS LEAVE 
POLICIES. 
Nothing in this title shall be construed to discourage 
employers from adopting or retaining leave policies more 
generous than policies that comply with the requirements 
of this title. 
SEC. 110. REGULATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this title, the Secretary shall prescribe 
such regulations as are necessary to carry out this 
title with respect to employees described in subpara-
graph (A) or (B) of section 101(3) and other indi-
viduals affected by employers described in subclause 
(I) or (II) of section 101(4)(A)(i). 
(2) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE.— 
The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
prescribe the regulations with respect to employees 
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of the Government Accountability Office and the Li-
brary of Congress, respectively, and other individuals 
affected by the Comptroller General of the United 
States. 
(b) EMPLOYEES COVERED BY CONGRESSIONAL AC-
COUNTABILITY ACT OF 1995.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Not later than 90 days after 
the Secretary prescribes regulations under sub-
section (a), the Board of Directors of the Office of 
Compliance shall prescribe (in accordance with sec-
tion 304 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1384)) such regulations as are nec-
essary to carry out this title with respect to employ-
ees described in section 101(3)(C) and other individ-
uals affected by employers described in section 
101(4)(A)(i)(III). 
(2) AGENCY
REGULATIONS.—The regulations 
prescribed under paragraph (1) shall be the same as 
substantive regulations promulgated by the Sec-
retary to carry out this title except insofar as the 
Board may determine, for good cause shown and 
stated together with the regulations prescribed 
under paragraph (1), that a modification of such 
regulations would be more effective for the imple-
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mentation of the rights and protections involved 
under this section. 
(c) EMPLOYEES COVERED BY CHAPTER 5 OF TITLE 
3, UNITED STATES CODE.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Not later than 90 days after 
the Secretary prescribes regulations under sub-
section (a), the President (or the designee of the 
President) shall prescribe such regulations as are 
necessary to carry out this title with respect to em-
ployees described in section 101(3)(D) and other in-
dividuals affected by employers described in section 
101(4)(A)(i)(IV). 
(2) AGENCY
REGULATIONS.—The regulations 
prescribed under paragraph (1) shall be the same as 
substantive regulations promulgated by the Sec-
retary to carry out this title except insofar as the 
President (or designee) may determine, for good 
cause shown and stated together with the regula-
tions prescribed under paragraph (1), that a modi-
fication of such regulations would be more effective 
for the implementation of the rights and protections 
involved under this section. 
(d) EMPLOYEES COVERED BY CHAPTER 63 OF TITLE 
5, UNITED STATES CODE.— 
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